The North’s Enterprise Minister, Reg Empey, has warned that violence in north Belfast could threaten the viability of a US-owned call-centre which employs 300 people in the area.

The police service in the North has launched an investigation into reports that shots were fired following a loyalist parade in a flash point area in Belfast earlier today.

Sectarian street violence erupted on the streets of north Belfast as rival gangs clashed in a flashpoint area.

Rioting has flared tonight in a number of flashpoint areas of north Belfast.

Police were continuing their hunt today for loyalist thugs posing as Glasgow Celtic supporters believed to have been involved in a series of attacks in north Belfast.

There has been fresh rioting in north Belfast.

Violence among rival gangs has subsided after clashes erupted in a sectarian flashpoint area of North Belfast, police said.

The streets of North Belfast erupted into violence today as rival gangs clashed in the streets.

A murder hunt was launched today after the killing of a pensioner during a violent break-in at a house in Co Antrim.

A bomb has exploded this afternoon after being thrown over the peace line in north Belfast.

Police were today hunting gunmen who shot a man dead as he sat in a car on the outskirts of a flashpoint area in North Belfast.

Police were today investigating an explosion in north Belfast.

The death of a Protestant teenager during rioting in north Belfast was a senseless waste of life, Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble said tonight.

A loyalist man has died after a hand-made bomb exploded during rioting in north Belfast.

Two men were today recovering in hospital after being injured in a paramilitary-style shooting in Co Down.

The RUC has recovered the remains of a pipe bomb in north Belfast, a spokesman said tonight.

Police recovered the remains of a pipe bomb in north Belfast, an RUC spokesman said tonight.

The RUC is investigating reports that a blast bomb was thrown during overnight rioting in north Belfast.

Political and community leaders from across east Belfast’s sectarian divide tonight called for an immediate end to the violence tearing the area apart.

Community relations in a flashpoint area of Belfast have been set back 10 years following another night of rioting in the violence-ravaged city, it was claimed today.

Shots were fired tonight as new trouble flared at sectarian interfaces in Belfast.

A gang of loyalists broke through a peace line gate in north Belfast last night and attacked houses on the Catholic side of the line.

A device has exploded outside the offices of the nationalist SDLP in north Belfast.