Petrol bombs have been thrown in a fifth night of violence in Northern Ireland - with the trouble now moving from Ballymena to Portadown. Fireworks and bottles were also hurled at police, who responded with water cannon in an effort to move people off West Street.

By Conor Humphries BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -Violence erupted in different parts of Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday, with masked youths starting a fire in a leisure centre but unrest in the primary flashpoint of Ballymena was notably smaller in scale.