Twelfth of July Parades Draw Thousands Across Northern Ireland

Tens of thousands attended parades across Northern Ireland on Monday as the annual Twelfth of July commemorations began.

• The main parade in Belfast set off at 10:40 BST from Donegall Square West, with parades held at 18 venues across all six counties.
• Orange Order Grand Secretary Rev Mervyn Gibson said all communities are welcome to the Twelfth events.
• On Eleventh Night, hundreds of bonfires were lit; a man died after falling from an unlit bonfire in east Belfast on Friday.
• Effigies of a mosque and rap trio Kneecap were burnt on bonfires in Moygashel and south Belfast respectively.