The loyalist protestors outside the Catholic Holy Cross primary school in north Belfast may suspend their demonstration for one day while the schoolgirls sit their 11-plus exams.

Northern Secretary John Reid has reiterated his opposition to the ongoing loyalist protest outside the Catholic Holy Cross primary school in north Belfast.

Six men arrested in connection with the loyalist demonstrations outside the Catholic Holy Cross primary school in Ardoyne have been charged with public order offences.

Shots were fired, petrol bombs thrown and police officers injured when sectarian street violence in Belfast turned into serious rioting overnight.

Parents collecting their children from a north Belfast primary school today came under what police described as a "vicious" stoning attack.