Disorder has broken out in Northern Ireland for the third successive night, after police said people are "waking up with genuine fear for their lives" following two nights of violence in Ballymena and other areas.

Police in Northern Ireland say 17 officers were injured during a second night of anti-immigrant violence in the town of Ballymena.

Northern Ireland police chief Jon Boutcher has warned the “bigots and racists” behind several nights of disorder in the region that his officers will be coming after them. Mr Boutcher said a young girl who was the victim of an alleged sexual ­assault in Ballymena at the weekend – an ­incident that triggered protests that descended into violence in

More than 40 police officers have been injured so far after violence in Ballymena went on for a third night. The rioting began on Monday night following an earlier peaceful protest in support of the family of a girl who was the victim of an alleged sexual assault in the area.

MORE rioting broke out across different towns in Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday as yobs attacked police with petrol bombs, hatchets and fireworks in the main

There has been a call for “urgent” action against a Facebook page on which house addresses in Ballymena are being shared amid racist violence in the town. The ‘Ballymena Reaction Group’ page has posted the names of streets in Ballymena,

Online safety experts have warned “there will be consequences” for anyone sharing information about homes for rioters to attack.