Police have been attacked with fireworks, bottles and bricks as violence erupted for a third night in Northern Ireland. The worst of the disorder was in Ballymena, but unrest also spread to other towns on Wednesday evening.

Larne Leisure Centre had temporarily been used as emergency shelter for those in urgent need following disturbances in Ballymena earlier in the week.

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