Latest: Teen in critical condition following stabbing at Belfast bonfire

Police in Belfast were forced to abandon a bid to dismantle a bonfire planned in the city last night following a stand off with republican youths.

Latest: An 18-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed at the site of a controversial bonfire in Belfast.

The victim was one of two men stabbed in the New Lodge area, where the disputed fire was burned late last night.