For a third night, riots rocked the town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland, with protesters throwing petrol bombs.

Public disorder broke out in Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday with videos and pictures on social media purportedly showing a fire in a leisure center in the town of Larne after masked youths smashed the building’s windows.

Police have come under attack for a fifth consecutive night in Northern Ireland, in what has been dubbed a "week of shame" for the region.