Belfast families consider moving after arson attack

Families living in a new housing development in north Belfast are considering moving out following a loyalist arson attack over the weekend.

A woman and her three-year-old daughter have already been left homeless after the attack, which destroyed their home at Old Throne Park, in the Whitewell area early yesterday morning.

The family and others are now considering moving away, but if they do, they will lose thousands of pounds as the British government scheme to buy their houses will not compensate them fully.

One of the families living in the area had moved there to get away from violence elsewhere.