A police officer needed hospital treatment after being injured during clashes between rival mobs in running street battles in riot-scarred north Belfast, police said.

Loyalists tonight accused the police of brutality as rival mobs engaged in running street battles in riot-scarred north Belfast.

Police today stepped up efforts to catch those responsible for a gun attack in north Belfast.

A young woman and her family had a lucky escape today after a number of shots were fired into her house in a flashpoint area of north Belfast.