Violence in west Belfast ‘worst since early 1970s’ – community worker

Objects are thrown towards PSNI officers an the water cannon on Springfield Road in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)

A community worker has described seeing scenes of violence in Belfast of a ferocity he had not witnessed since the start of the Troubles.

Isaac Andrews was on the scene on the Springfield Road last week as the PSNI used water cannon to quell crowds for the first time six years.