Loyalist band to defy ban

The Crumlin Young Loyalist Flute Band is today expected to attempt to defy the Parades Commission ruling on its parade through…

The Crumlin Young Loyalist Flute Band is today expected to attempt to defy the Parades Commission ruling on its parade through the village of Crumlin, Co Antrim.

The band has pledged to march through the town despite the commission's rerouteing of the march away from the centre of the village, because it may damage community relations.

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