Clashes in Bellaghy

Northern Ireland Erupts in Violence for Second Night

Martin McGuinness: claims to have been attacked by police

Troops and police -- whose lines had been breached -- were pelted with bricks. Sinn Fein's chief negotiator, Martin McGuinness, has been hit on the head by, he says, a police baton.

Correspondent June Kelly describes the scene to John Humphrys

Fighting started after a group of nationalists broke through a line of police Land Rovers which had blocked off the road where a loyalist band parade had been re-routed.

Mid-Ulster MP Martin McGuinness was in the midst of a crowd who broke through the lines. They were being interviewed by journalists on the other side when police and troops moved forward to push them back. Mr McGuinness told protesters: "Do not allow yourselves to be provoked by the RUC and the British army."

The loyalist bands began parading up to police lines, then each made an about-turn as it reached the police Land Rovers and marched back down the road.

Aftermath of violence: a burnt out bus

Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Order, Robert Overend, denied that the parade was a provocation after the events of Drumcree. He said there had been a small core of nationalists bent on creating trouble.

The parade was for a rededication of the Orange Hall in the village, which was burned by the IRA two years ago.

The protesters were eventually forced back and calm restored.