Driver charged with attempted murder after riot in North

A driver has been arrested for suspected attempted murder after a teenager was hit by a car during a riot in Belfast.

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers lifted the vehicle off the girl, 16, and gave first aid while separating missile-throwing loyalists from republicans in the north of the city.

One inspector sustained a severed ear and another officer’s finger was almost bitten off during sectarian disorder which prompted police to use water cannons and fire baton rounds, striking four people.