Residents held open-air prayers for the dead and missing today on the lawns of churches cracked and shattered in New Zealand’s earthquake while teams continued their search through debris of one of the country’s worst disasters.

New Zealand held a national remembrance service today for 29 coal miners killed in an explosion last month, with a line of 29 black-draped tables each bearing a fallen miner’s helmet, lamp and name serving as the centrepiece.

The home of another Romanian family came under attack last night in Belfast, the Police Service of Northern Ireland have said.