Tensions are continuing to smoulder around two controversial loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland – Moygashel and Belfast – as time ticks down to when they are due to be lit.

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A display on a bonfire in Moygashel, Co Tyrone. The burning of loyalist bonfires is part of the traditional Twelfth commemorations marking the anniversary of the Protestant King William's victory over the Catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Photo: Jonathan McCambridge

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A display on a bonfire in Moygashel, Co Tyrone. The burning of loyalist bonfires is part of the traditional Twelfth commemorations marking the anniversary of the Protestant King William's victory over the Catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Photo: Jonathan McCambridge

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A display on a bonfire in Moygashel, Co Tyrone. The burning of loyalist bonfires is part of the traditional Twelfth commemorations marking the anniversary of the Protestant King William's victory over the Catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Photo: Jonathan McCambridge

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Fenced off area warning of asbestos close to a bonfire on Broadway Industrial Estate off Donegal Road in south Belfast, ahead of events to mark the Twelfth July, that sits yards away from a Northern Ireland Electricity substation and close to Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Photo: Liam McBurney

