Thousands of people are set to march through Glasgow this weekend as part of Orange and Loyalist parades. The biggest parade of the year in Scotland will take place on Saturday, July 1 - one of dozens planned for the first weekend of the month.
The parades will vary from smaller, local events to larger processions in the city centre. Glasgow Green is the starting point for several of the parades as they make their way into the city centre.
Around 4,000 people are expected to take part in the largest of the processions, run by the County Grand Orange Lodge of Glasgow. It will begin around 10.30am at George Square before heading to St Vincent Street, Glasgow Cross and London Road, to the final destination at Glasgow Green, reports Glasgow Live.
Around 600 people will meet at Kelvingrove Park at 10am to head down Argyle Street and onto St Vincent Street and meeting the 950 people marching from the east branch of the group at West George Street.
There are also local marches planned in Drumchapel, Baillieston, Govan, and Tollcross. Bridgeton Library will be closed due to one of the marches, Glasgow Life has said. The arms-length charity runs leisure facilities on behalf of the city council.
Police Scotland said they will be in attendance to keep the peace and make sure there is no disruption to the community.
Chief Superintendent Stevie Dolan said: "Police Scotland is a rights-based organisation that puts our values of integrity, fairness, respect and a commitment to upholding human rights at the heart of everything we do.
"We are committed to supporting the human rights of individuals and groups who wish to assemble, balanced against the rights of the wider community and ensuring the safety of everyone involved.
"Our policing operation will be proportionate and focussed on public safety, as well as doing all we can with partners to reduce disruption to the wider community.
"Police Scotland is a rights-based organisation that puts our values of integrity, fairness, respect and a commitment to upholding human rights at the heart of everything we do.
"We are committed to supporting the human rights of individuals and groups who wish to assemble, balanced against the rights of the wider community and ensuring the safety of everyone involved.
"Our policing operation will be proportionate and focussed on public safety, as well as doing all we can with partners to reduce disruption to the wider community.”
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