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A teenager accused of involvement in the “disgusting” Ballymena riots will only be released from custody if he agrees to ...
Jamie Lee McCracken, 34, of no fixed abode, received the sentence at Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Thursday, July 31 ...
The Ballymena man who did not want his name included said that many in the area are keeping the emblems, flags, jerseys, symbols on their doors and windows “just in case”.
Not far from the facades of charred homes in Ballymena is the former site of a Catholic primary school, which was set alight in a 2005 attack that the police described as sectarian. Nearby, Our ...
The man told BBC News NI he was afraid anti-Roma sentiment had spread across Northern Ireland following riots in June.
He now lives in Ballymena with his partner and works as a mechanic, working on coaches – one of the 4,000 or so Filipinos in Northern Ireland’s 1.9 million population.
But a senior judge warned Jake Quigley that if he didn't abide by strict bail conditions he would go back into custody. The 21-year-old, of Drumtara, Ballymena, is facing a single charge of ...
Five nights of anti-migrant protests, riots and attacks on property in Northern Ireland culminated in migrant workers’ houses being burnt out and a leisure centre petrol bombed.
Anti-immigration protests across England, Northern Ireland, Spain and Poland have grown more frequent – and in some cases violent – as far-right groups gain influence in communities grappling with ...
Elsewhere, police investigating Thursday's disorder in Portadown charged a 37-year-old man with two counts of riot and a 32-year-old man with one count of riot. They both appeared in court yesterday.
The PSNI has acknowledged the hurt caused to ethnic minorities by past police failings, including the handling of local Black ...
BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — An effigy of a boat filled with migrants, placed on top of a bonfire and set alight. Homes set on fire during a spasm of riots.