Police have been attacked with fireworks, bottles and bricks as violence erupted for a third night in Northern Ireland. The worst of the disorder was in Ballymena, but unrest also spread to other towns on Wednesday evening.

The Larne Leisure Centre was targeted on the third night of unrest in Northern Ireland, with one MLA warning: "Someone is going to get killed."

BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -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 centre in the town of Larne after masked youths smashed the building's windows.