Orange Order loses bid to overturn marching ban
The Midlothian District Loyal Orange Institution of Scotland appealed after Midlothian Council banned an afternoon procession in Penicuik next Saturday afternoon (June 28) for fears it could lead to public disorder.
The local authority agreed to allow a 15-minute march at 9.15am but voted against the organisation's bid to hold a second parade at 4.15pm the same day.
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Hide AdCouncillors took the decision at a special committee meeting on May 6 after hearing that marchers were drinking and urinating in public at the last afternoon parade in the town in 2002.