Controversial loyalist march to cross peaceline
The Parades Commission in the North is allowing a contentious loyalist march to walk through the main peaceline in west Belfast on Saturday.
The Orange Order is protesting against other restrictions placed on the march.
The parade is one of the most controversial as it passes through a 12-foot high peace wall separating the loyalist Shankhill Road area and the republican Falls Road.
This year, the Commission has given permission for 750 people and 12 bands to march through, but with new restrictions.
Last year, booming loudspeakers were built to play sectarian tunes.
This year, bands must leave the procession before it crosses the peaceline.
The Orange Order's Belfast County Grand master, Dawson Ballie, said they did not accept the commission's ruling and the people involved "would not take it lying down".
Meanwhile, there was continuous stoning last night of Catholic homes across the peaceline at the point where the parade passes through.
In Derry, the Bogside Residents Group says it will not be staging a protest against a Royal Black Preceptory march in the town at the end of August.
The groundbreaking decision came after Black Preceptory members held talks with the Bogsiders organised by the Derry City Centre Initiative.
The organisers said the decision sent a message to the Orange Order, which still refuses to talk, that dialogue has benefits.
