'This is not culture': Politicians hit out as election posters burnt in NI bonfires

A bonfire in Ballymena. Picture: Philip McGuigan/Twitter

Fire and rescue crews in Northern Ireland recieved a total of 203 emergency calls on the first night of celebrations for the Twelfth of July as a number of politicians hit out at election posters being burnt. 

As hundreds of bonfires were lit across loyalist areas, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) responded to 98 operational incidents.