Homes have been boarded up at a number of huge bonfire sites in the North amid concerns around safety and risk to property.

A leading loyalist godfather was tonight being questioned by police in Belfast following a raid on a bar in the east of the city.

An Ulster Unionist tonight claimed east Belfast was becoming “the Wild West” after a second gun attack linked to feuding among rival loyalist factions left a teenager wounded.

A man is being treated for a gunshot wound after being shot in the groin last night.