Scorched roads and torn down fencing in the Sperrin Park area of Nelson Drive bear testament to yet another night of violence across loyalist areas of Londonderry.
A gang of around 50 youths gathered in the area on Monday night where a car and a digger were set on fire along with stolen wheelie bins and fencing as police officers came under attack from a hail of petrol bombs.
Anti-police and anti-Northern Ireland Protocol graffiti has been sprawled across walls in Nelson Drive, Irish Street and Rossdowney areas of the Waterside where, for the past seven nights, PSNI officers have come under attack.
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Accusations fly as council split over decision to increase rates
Rise will mean an extra £9.16 on their bills this year for ratepayers
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There were heated exchanges today as Derry City and Strabane District Council met to ratify its latest rates increase.
The council have agreed to strike a rates increase of 1.89% which will equate to a yearly rise of £9.16 for each household in the council area.
This was the lowest rates increase made by the council, and its predecessor Derry City Council, since 1973.
However, the council was split on the increase, with some councillors saying that there should have been no rates increase this year as a result of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.