Petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks were thrown at police during another night of disorder in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, leaving 17 officers injured.

Police fired baton rounds and used a water cannon to disperse protesters as cars were set on fire and the windows of several houses smashed.

The disorder began on Monday after a peaceful protest over an alleged sexual assault in the County Antrim town.

The protest was organised hours after two teenage boys appeared before Coleraine Magistrates' Court .

They spoke through an interpreter in Romanian to confirm their names and ages.