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Scottish independence: Orange Lodge registers to campaign for a ‘No’ vote
The Grand Orange Lodge has registered as a “permitted participant” in the Scottish referendum campaign. Registration with the Electoral Commission means the Orange Lodge would be able to spend up to...
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18 people arrested at annual Orange Order parade in Glasgow
Eighteen people have been arrested at the annual County Grand Orange Order parade in Glasgow. Around 4500 marchers and 4000 spectators took part in the event. Police said that the arrests related to...
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Schoolgirl aged 12 covered in blood after being glassed by flying bottle at...
Police are appealing for help to find the thugs who left a schoolgirl covered in blood at an Orange walk. Kellsie Lynch, 12, was gashed by a flying bottle when a fight broke out as she watched the...
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Glasgow flute band plays outside Catholic church in Belfast despite plea by...
All but one band passing St Patrick’s Roman Catholic church in north Belfast respected the building by not playing music on the Twelfth night. As Millar Memorial Flute Band, the first band past the...
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Orange march in Edinburgh for No vote is given the go-ahead
An Orange Order march planned for Edinburgh just days before the independence referendum has been given the go-ahead. The march by up to 15,000 people is scheduled for Saturday, September 13 – the...
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Games fan’s anger at row over ‘sectarian’ Red Hand flag
A Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games fan has been forced to leave a Glasgow bar for displaying his country’s flag [sic] after workers argued it was sectarian. Colin Rice was in JD Wetherspoon pub...
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Catholic Church is invited to celebrate the Orange Order
The Orange Order has offered an unprecedented invitation to the Catholic Church to attend an event celebrating its heritage and culture. The organisation, whose existence is based on the military...
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Orange Order’s ‘great concern’ as Loyalist band give prize to man in Ku Klux...
A Loyalist flute band has been condemned for giving a Halloween fancy dress prize to a man dressed in KKK robes. The Lanarkshire Loyalist Flute Band celebrated a “Halloween/Culture” party on Saturday –...
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Organisers insist ‘Orangefest’ has been a success
Organisers of an Orange Order event in Glasgow insist the day has been a success despite gales which forced them to scale it back. The Order’s Cultural and Heritage Day, dubbed “Orangefest”, took place...
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Letter to the Sunday Herald, 9 July 2017: Peter Swindon’s report (Bloodshed, drunkenness and triumphalism: the Orange Order on the streets of Scotland, Eyewitness, July 2) on the Orange Order parades...
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