Unionist and nationalist politicians in the North are condemning a petrol bomb attack on a Protestant Orange hall.

Hopes were rising today that peaceful Orange Order parades in the North could indicate a change of mindsets, leading to durable peace and tolerance.

This year's annual Twelfth of July celebrations in the North have been the most peaceful in many years, with no major trouble reported at any Orange parades.

Loyalist and nationalist communities in Belfast were tonight breathing a sigh of relief after the annual Twelfth of July parade in the city was the most peaceful for years.

A controversial Orange Order march in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast has passed off peacefully this morning.

An Irish tricolour insulting a Northern Irish sectarian murder victim has been placed on top of a bonfire in Co Antrim.

Republicans have been blamed after an Orange Hall was destroyed by fire today.

Tens of thousands of Orangemen will parade in the North as the loyalist marching season reached its July 12 height today.

Nationalist residents from west Belfast are due to launch a last-minute court action today challenging the Parades Commission's decision to allow Orangmen to march through their community this weekend.

The first contentious Orange Order march of the year is due to take place in north Belfast later today.

Three of the North's loyalist marching orders have held a second round of talks at Stormont with the SDLP.

The Continuity IRA has admitted responsibility for throwing blast bombs at police during riots in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast on Tuesday night.

The PSNI has accused dissident republicans of trying to murder police officers during rioting in north Belfast on Tuesday night.

Police tonight accused dissident republicans of trying to kill police officers during rioting in North Belfast last night.

A police chief today urged officers to fire baton rounds sooner, in a bid to halt any repeat of the rioting that left nearly 90 people injured in Belfast.

Sinn Féin has criticised those responsible for throwing blast bombs at police officers during riots in north Belfast last night.

Nearly 90 people were injured in serious rioting in north Belfast after a contentious Orange Parade, police said today.

The British government faced new demands today to review guidelines on parades in the North after 60 police officers were injured, one seriously, when rioting erupted in north Belfast.

More than 40 police officers were injured tonight as rioting erupted in north Belfast after a contentious Orange parade passed through a Catholic area.

A journalist and a policeman were injured tonight as rioting erupted in north Belfast.

Two republican protests were cleared off roads in Belfast and Dunloy this afternoon to allow Orange parades to take place.

Derry's largest Orange parade in more than a decade passed through the city peacefully today.

Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde tonight appealed for peace on the streets of Belfast ahead of a tense Orange Order parade through the city.

Tensions are rising in the North in advance of the Orange Order's annual Twelfth of July parades tomorrow.

The Orange Order's Drumcree march has passed off peacefully today for the third year in a row.

The physical security measures surrounding the annual Orange Order parade at Drumcree are to be scaled down further this year, the PSNI announced today.

The Irish Government has called on both sides of the sectarian divide in the North to exercise restraint during next week's Orange Order parades in the wake of the London bombings.

Nationalist residents in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast have put forward a compromise proposal aimed at preventing possible violence at an Orange Order parade on Tuesday.

Sinn Féin has appealed to the Orange Order to open dialogue with nationalist residents opposed to the organisation's parade in north Belfast next Tuesday.

Fears of a new shooting war between rival loyalist gangs on the streets of Belfast at the height of the Protestant marching season intensified tonight after the murder of a man in the east of the city.

A senior Orangeman in Belfast reportedly took part in discussions in recent weeks with a leading republican.

The Orange Order in Derry has reached an historic agreement with nationalist residents in the city in relation to this year's Twelfth of July parade.

Sinn Féin are meeting the British government this evening to discuss possible tensions during the next few weeks of the loyalist marching season.

A body representing Orangemen, unionist politicians and loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast has pledged to enter talks with nationalist residents about future parades in the North.

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has urged the Orange Order to meet with members of his party to discuss loyalist parades through nationalist areas.

Senior Orange Order officials have demanded a meeting with PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde, following minor disturbances at a parade in Belfast last night.

The Protestant Orange Order has claimed that the Good Friday Agreement is incapable of delivering fair and just government and insisted there can be no cabinet places for Sinn Féin until the IRA has disappeared.

Tensions were running high in the Ardoyne district of North Belfast tonight as Orangemen returned from the main July 12 demonstration.

The leader of the DUP, Ian Paisley has warned that the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister are trying to push the North towards a united Ireland.

A Democratic Unionist MP today dismissed criticism about his participation in an Orange Order parade through a sectarian flashpoint area of Belfast.

Tens of thousands of Orange Order members are marching across Northern Ireland today at their annual July 12th parades.