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| Ardoyne march: Residents challenge parade ruling | Ardoyne march: Residents challenge parade ruling |
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| A court challenge over a decision to stop the return leg of an Orange Order parade in north Belfast on Saturday is under way in the High Court. | A court challenge over a decision to stop the return leg of an Orange Order parade in north Belfast on Saturday is under way in the High Court. |
| A judge is considering an application by a resident of Twaddell Avenue opposing the Parades Commission ban. | A judge is considering an application by a resident of Twaddell Avenue opposing the Parades Commission ban. |
| The contested route passes a stretch of the Crumlin Road that separates unionist and nationalist communities. | The contested route passes a stretch of the Crumlin Road that separates unionist and nationalist communities. |
| Meanwhile, a separate court challenge by a member of a nationalist residents' group did not go ahead | Meanwhile, a separate court challenge by a member of a nationalist residents' group did not go ahead |
| The resident sought to challenge the outward parade on 12 July morning but legal aid was refused. | The resident sought to challenge the outward parade on 12 July morning but legal aid was refused. |
| The Parades Commission placed restrictions on the return leg of the march on the afternoon on 12 July, but unionists strongly objected to that ruling. | The Parades Commission placed restrictions on the return leg of the march on the afternoon on 12 July, but unionists strongly objected to that ruling. |
| The nationalist resident objecting to the outward parade is a member of the Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (Garc). | |
| The individual was seeking a judicial review of the Parades Commission decision to allow the march to pass along the disputed section of road on Saturday morning. | The individual was seeking a judicial review of the Parades Commission decision to allow the march to pass along the disputed section of road on Saturday morning. |
| Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson said he was glad that the determination made by the Parades Commission was now going to be tested before the courts. | Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson said he was glad that the determination made by the Parades Commission was now going to be tested before the courts. |
| "We must now wait for the outcome of this review," he tweeted. | "We must now wait for the outcome of this review," he tweeted. |
| Meanwhile, unionist party leaders and the Orange Order have jointly called for unionist protests against the ruling to be peaceful. | Meanwhile, unionist party leaders and the Orange Order have jointly called for unionist protests against the ruling to be peaceful. |
| On Friday, the Deputy Grand Master of the Belfast Orange Order, Spencer Beattie, said: "We will not allow the ways of the past to pollute the progress we seek for a stable peaceful Northern Ireland. | On Friday, the Deputy Grand Master of the Belfast Orange Order, Spencer Beattie, said: "We will not allow the ways of the past to pollute the progress we seek for a stable peaceful Northern Ireland. |
| "The Orange Institution and our partners in the unionist family have pledged themselves to peaceful, lawful protest and political action." | "The Orange Institution and our partners in the unionist family have pledged themselves to peaceful, lawful protest and political action." |
| The Orange Order told the BBC it has arranged for a line of marshalls to stand between protestors and the police on the Woodvale Road. | The Orange Order told the BBC it has arranged for a line of marshalls to stand between protestors and the police on the Woodvale Road. |
| The marshalls will be members of the Orange Order in collarettes. | The marshalls will be members of the Orange Order in collarettes. |
| Mr Beattie said: "We will have enough people there to get a line across the road. | Mr Beattie said: "We will have enough people there to get a line across the road. |
| "Face to face contact between police and protestors will be taken out of the equation," he added. | "Face to face contact between police and protestors will be taken out of the equation," he added. |
| It is understood Loyalist community representatives will also be present to perform a mediation role. | It is understood Loyalist community representatives will also be present to perform a mediation role. |
| These representatives are separate from the Order's members. | These representatives are separate from the Order's members. |
| The police have revealed that they have already spent more than £2m on Saturday's security operation | |
| The Parades Commission, last week, ruled that the Ligoniel Orange Lodge should not make a return parade along the stretch of the Crumlin Road on 12 July. | The Parades Commission, last week, ruled that the Ligoniel Orange Lodge should not make a return parade along the stretch of the Crumlin Road on 12 July. |
| It is the second year in a row that such a ruling has been made. | It is the second year in a row that such a ruling has been made. |
| Several nights of rioting took place after the same parade was stopped from returning along the road last year, with scores of officers injured. | Several nights of rioting took place after the same parade was stopped from returning along the road last year, with scores of officers injured. |