Belfast: police use water cannon on rioters in seventh night of unrest

Gangs of youths gathered near the scene of Wednesday night's violence and hurled stones and fireworks at police

Police in Northern Ireland have used water cannon and dogs to contain fresh rioting in Belfast.

Armoured Land Rovers and officers with helmets and shields were deployed on Thursday night after crowds clashed at the Lanark Way interface that separates the nationalist Springfield Road from the loyalist Shankill Road.