Loyalists want Catholics to take other route as mark of respect

About 200 loyalists gathered on the disputed Ardoyne Road to hold a short service in memory of 16-year-old Thomas McDonald, who died in an incident in another flashpoint area of the city on Tuesday.

The Protestant community has called on Catholic parents not to take their children through the area to school this morning as a mark of respect for the teenager, who will be buried later today.