Belfast police use water cannon on Northern Ireland rioters – video

Rioters have been blasted with water cannon by police on the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, as unrest continued into a seventh day.

Stones and fireworks were thrown at police by gangs of youths gathered on the nationalist Springfield Road, close to where riots took place on Wednesday night

After calls for calm this week, there was a heavy security presence, with water cannon and riot officers at the scene as police charged the youths with dogs

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