Scores of Twelfth of July parades to take place across Northern Ireland

Tens of thousands of loyal order members and 600 marching bands are to take to the streets of Northern Ireland for the annual Twelfth of July festivities.

It comes after the traditional burning of bonfires at an estimated 300 locations in loyalist neighbourhoods across the North on Thursday night.

Politicians’ election posters appeared on some of the bonfires.

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said it dealt with more than 100 emergency 999 calls since 6pm on Thursday evening.

Brian Stanfield, Assistant Chief Fire and Rescue Officer said: “It has been a relatively quiet 11th night.

“Between 6pm and 2am, we received 109 emergency 999 calls.

“This resulted in our firefighters attending 78 operational incidents, 37 of which were bonfire related.

“During this period, the number of emergency calls received was down 25 per cent when compared to 2023.

“Peak activity was between 10pm…

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