Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a man found in an alleyway in Belfast died from his injuries.

The Union flag will fly over Belfast’s City Hall today to mark a royal birthday.

A man and two teenagers have been arrested in Belfast during protests over the Union flag controversy.

Television and radio presenter Stephen Nolan is set to be targeted by Union flag protesters.

A driver was injured when rioting loyalists hijacked two buses as violence returned to the streets of east Belfast.

The Union flag was flying over Belfast City Hall this morning to mark the Duchess of Cambridge’s birthday.

Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers, has described the recent trouble in Belfast as "simply incomprehensible".

Police have fired baton rounds and deployed water cannon on rioters as violence linked to the Union Flag row flared in east Belfast again.

Around a thousand loyalist protesters picketed Belfast City Hall tonight over the Union flag row as violent disturbances again broke out elsewhere in Northern Ireland’s capital.

Loyalist violence over the flying of the union flag will be firmly dealt with for as long as necessary, the North’s police chief declared after a fourth night of rioting.

SDLP Councillor Claire Hanna, her husband and their baby daughter have escaped injury after shots were fired at their home in East Belfast, hitting the front door and windows.

Politicians and church leaders are holding talks in the North this afternoon in an attempt to stem loyalist street violence over the flying of the Union flag.

Police were attacked for a third night, with frontline officers reportedly coming under gunfire as fresh loyalist violence erupted in the North over the flying of the Union Flag.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after gunshots were fired during the latest trouble in Belfast.

The PSNI are today investigating reports that a number of shots have been fired at police lines on the Newtownards Road.

Police are treating an attack by loyalists on a police officer in Belfast last night as attempted murder.

Loyalists attacked police with petrol bombs in a new outbreak of sporadic trouble in parts east and south Belfast tonight.

Police were bracing themselves for another night of violence after a protest by loyalists against new restrictions on flying the Union flag passed peacefully.

A contentious Unionist parade that passed a Catholic church in Belfast went off without incident, but residents have accused the marchers of breaking rules.

Police are on high alert in Belfast as a massive Orange Order parade takes place to mark the centenary of the signing of the pro-Union Ulster Covenant.

A contentious loyal order parade must adhere to a number of restrictions when it passes a potential flashpoint in Belfast this weekend, an adjudication panel has ruled.

A new £2m (€2.4m) fund aimed at bringing down Northern Ireland’s peace walls by building confidence between divided communities has been announced.

TWO cyclists have died in separate incidents in Monaghan and Belfast.

The worst riots for years in Belfast were not sparked by a lack of investment, the North's Finance Minister said.

A teenager and a man in his 20s were among those shot during violence in Belfast this week, police said.

Hopes of an end to rioting in Belfast were growing today after a night which was free from trouble.

Dissident republicans were responsible for the gun shots which wounded a press photographer during serious rioting in Belfast, police said.

Police faced fresh attacks tonight after trouble ignited in the North.

Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has said the Ulster Volunteer Force launched a "coordinated attack" on the Short Strand after violence flared in south Belfast last night.

A major cannabis factory containing around £500,000 (€591,790) of drugs was uncovered by police today.

Police in the North are investigating the rape of a 19-year-old woman in east Belfast.

Police officers came under further attack from rioting youths in Belfast last night following the violence that marked a contentious loyalist parade in the north of the city on Monday.

A Romanian family whose home was the latest to be attacked by racist vandals in the North said today they are considering fleeing.

A woman found on a Belfast street suffering from severe burns has died in hospital police said tonight.

A 54-year-old woman has been taken to hospital after being found with severe burns on a road in Belfast this morning.

Police appealed for calm today at a sectarian flashpoint area of east Belfast after a gang of youths defaced a memorial to two murdered men.

Police in the North are investigating sectarian vandalism in Belfast overnight.

Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister tonight branded the law which saw him fined for riding his motorbike without tax or MOT “absurd”.

Fresh trouble broke out between rival nationalist and loyalist groups tonight.

A motion was tonight passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly condemning the display of imitation weapons during a Sinn Féin sponsored rally through the centre of Belfast.

Rival gangs in Belfast confronted each other in a row which led to a memorial garden to six IRA victims being damaged by vandals.

A 36-year-old man is due in court in the North today charged with the murder of another man in east Belfast this week.

An Uzi sub-machine gun was seized in Belfast when police stopped a taxi after a tip-off, it was revealed tonight.