Some 63 police officers have been injured in what has been called a “ week of shame ” in Northern Ireland. Disorder started in Ballymena on Monday after an alleged sexual assault of a girl in the Co Antrim town at the weekend, and continued throughout the week.

Plans by Naomi Long to visit Ballymena in the aftermath of racist rioting have been “put on hold” until the justice minister recovers from Covid. The Department of Justice said on Friday that the minister has been ill since last weekend but has “maintained active contact” with the PSNI, Secretary of State Hilary Benn and her officials.

Disorder has broken out in Northern Ireland for the third successive night, after police said people are "waking up with genuine fear for their lives" following two nights of violence in Ballymena and other areas.

Rioters livestreamed themselves burning down a house on TikTok during a second night of racially motivated disorder in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland police say violence in the town of Ballymena, reportedly fueled by racial tension, have left 32 officers injured.

Filipinos in the Ballymena area "have been targeted," the Philippine Embassy in London said after three nights of disorder in Northern Ireland.

About 50 households in Northern Ireland have received housing assistance since disorder broke out in Ballymena this week, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) has said.

Ballymena's streets look "like a scene from the start of the ... Yet Stormont figures show that only 3.5% of Northern Ireland's population is from an ethnic minority, compared to 18% in England and Wales, and 13% in Scotland. "Northern Ireland remains ...