both sides of the community divide between the nationalist Springfield Road and loyalist Shankill

Some 741 people have been arrested with 302 of them charged over rioting in parts of the country triggered by the deaths of three young girls in Southport. The figures from the the National Police Chiefs' Council came as about one thousand people gathered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for a counter-protest against several hundred anti-immigration demonstrators on Friday( August 9).A heavy police presence and barriers were put in place to keep the two groups apart outside Belfast City Hall, while

Tory MP Bernard Jenkin explained the UK used to export talent across the European Union and is now" severely threatened".... He questioned Boris Johnson if he was able to speak to German Chancellor Angela Merkel about visas for musicians and artists in Europe.... Speaking to the Liaison Committee, Mr Jenkin said:" I think I would have liked the chance to ask Chancellor Merkel who wants to stop cultural exchange which is one of the objectives of her visit." The answer is the European Commission

The peer, formerly Labour MP Kate Hoey, spoke out after several days of sporadic violence north of the border which have seen running clashes with the police.... On Sunday, four masked men boarded the double-decker in Church Road at an entrance to the Rathcoole estate in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, at about 7. 45pm on Sunday, ordering the driver and passengers off the vehicle. The bus was then set on fire, with the charred remnants still smouldering later that evening as police in armoured veh

We believe the presence of the UVF pins in his house is also significant.” The detective inspector said the incident has escalated tensions in north Belfast.... He also raised other recent incidents, including a UVF claim to have left a bomb in a bar in Warrenpoint, and a claim a bomb was left on a train between Belfast and Dublin.... I understand the police concerns but it seems to me, I respectfully submit, conjecture and joining the dots in this case....