Plans to build a Chinese community resource centre in a loyalist area of south Belfast are expected to be jettisoned because of the objections of local residents.

The second phase of a multi-million pound facelift for Belfast was launched today.

Loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast were today challenged to state what they knew about a series of attacks in the south of the city which have driven Protestants from their homes.

Youngsters from differing religious, ethnic and social backgrounds are being brought together in Belfast in a new scheme aimed at tackling racism, it was revealed today.

Ian Paisley tonight joined the condemnation of the distribution of racist-style leaflets calling for residents of part of Belfast to resist a so-called “yellow invasion” of Chinese people.

Two thirds of Chinese families have been forced out of a south Belfast neighbourhood where racist thugs are trying to block their attempts to build a community centre, it was claimed today.

A group of English tourists, some of them black, were subjected to a racist attack in the centre of Belfast, police said today.

Following his meeting with Tony Blair Today, Gerry Adams emerged from Downing Street after nearly 70 minutes of talks.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair today to discuss the latest outbreak of violence which has engulfed east Belfast for more than a week and spread to other areas of the city.

Shots were fired and petrol bombs thrown when police came under attack in Belfast early today.