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The contents of the bonfire builders hut in east Belfast blows away the 'family fun day' type myths peddled by loyalists around the annual Eleventh Night traditions.

The organisers of a controversial Eleventh Night bonfire close to where a pyre builder fell to his death last year want to raise £9,000 to have it recognised by the Guinness World Records.

BBC News Published image copyrightPAcemaker About 250 bonfires took place around the Eleventh Night across Northern Ireland this year, with the vast majority passing off without any problems. But incidents at a small number - including a 17-year-old boy suffering burns to his face and body at a bonfire at Silverstream Crescent, Ballysillan - revived a debate about safety and regulation. Some politicians have called for new rules, while others have argued that a legislative framework already exists and just needs to be implemented. According to Dr Jonny Byrne, senior lecturer at Ulster Univers...

Police advised against removing burn victim pyre because of LVF The PSNI advised Belfast City Council not to remove bonfire material from Silverstream because of criminal elements associated with the LVF in the vicinity of the bonfire Connla Young 14 July, 2021 01:00 17-year-old Marcus Chinnery is in critical condition after being set alight at a north Belfast bonfire THE PSNI advised Belfast City Council not to remove material from the bonfire site where Marcus Chinnery received life-threatening injuries because of LVF links to the area. The 17-...

UUP leader Doug Beattie backs mandatory regulation for bonfires UUP leader Doug Beattie pictured at the Bonfire in Adam Street in north Belfast last week Connla Young Prominent loyalist Jamie Bryson UUP leader Doug Beattie has said there needs to be mandatory regulation of Eleventh Night bonfires. He remains in critical but stable condition in hospital. In the days leading up the Eleventh Night a 16-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after he fell from a pyre in Cookstown in Co Tyrone. More concerns have been raised after two huge bonfires in Larne and a...