Tensions smoulder over controversial loyalist bonfires in Belfast and Tyrone

A controversial loyalist bonfire is located close to an electricity substation off the Donegall Road in Belfast. Picture: Rebecca Black/PA

Tensions are continuing to smoulder around two controversial loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland as time ticks down to when they are due to be lit.

In Belfast, a city council committee voted to send contractors to remove a towering pyre close to an electricity substation in the south of the city which powers two hospitals, on a site which also contains asbestos.