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Rebecca Black

Chief Constable’s advice on Drumcree parade to be scrutinised in legal challenge

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson speaks outside court after the hearing of a judicial review by members of the Orange Order to a decision by Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant to stop a parade going down the Garvaghy Road is put back for a week (Rebecca Black/PA) -

Advice given by Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable over the contentious Drumcree parade could be scrutinised as part of a legal challenge to the decision to stop it.

Members of the Orange Order are seeking a judicial review after Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant halted the parade from going along the Garvaghy Road amid large scale protests by residents opposed to the procession.

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