Police in the North arrested up to 19 people during St Patrick's Day disturbances in the Holylands area of south Belfast yesterday afternoon.

Up to 12 people have been arrested following riot scenes in the North.

Police in Belfast have launched an investigation into an alleged sexual assault in the south of the city.

Arsonists who set fire to a block of flats today may have been racially motivated, police believe.

New planning laws drawn up after complaints from residents of south Belfast’s university area will control the spread of student accommodation, it emerged today.