Justice Minister David Ford hits out at massive cost of policing parades & protests

The cost of policing parades and protests. It's running into millions and millions - and there's no sign of an end. It's estimated that policing fairly small scale protests in Belfast last weekend came to £200,000 - that's just one day. Then there's the Twaddell loyalist protest camp in the north of the city. Figures released by Justice Minister David Ford show that Twaddell policing costs are now in the region of £6m. Minister Ford also said the bill for policing flag protests and related trouble came to £22m - that's just for the first four months of the City Hall flag row. #BBCNolan