Sinn Féin said today that dissident republicans are raising tensions in Derry ahead of a major loyal Order parade in the city.

Nine people were charged today with a range of offences in connection with violence that flared following yesterday’s Apprentice Boys parade in Derry.

Politicians and the police have appealed for calm ahead of tomorrow's Apprentice Boys parade in Derry.

Derry breathed a sign of relief tonight after an annual loyalist Apprentice Boys parade passed off without trouble.

There are hopes in the North that today's Apprentice Boys parade in Derry will pass peacefully.

Nationalist residents in Derry's Bogside have decided not to mount a protest against a loyalist Apprentice Boys march in the city at the weekend.

Rioters launched a barrage of attacks on police and fire crews in the North overnight.

There were angry confrontations between police and nationalists in the village of Maghera, in Co Derry this morning.

Today's Apprentice Boys parade in North Belfast has passed off peacefully.

An Apprentice Boys parade has passed through Belfast peacefully according to local Sinn Fein councillors.

Republican paramilitaries are being blamed for a riot in east Belfast which left 13 police officers injured.

More than 15,000 people are expected to take part in this afternoon’s annual Apprentice boy’s parade through Derry.

A hotly disputed loyalist march has passed off peacefully in north Belfast.

The Parades Commission has ruled that an Apprentice Boys march can go ahead on the Crumlin Road in Belfast this Sunday, despite objections from local nationalist residents.

There is growing opposition to the Apprentice Boys march on the Lower Ormeau