POLICE arrested more than 70 people yesterday during Scotland’s first large Orange parade and rally of the year. About 14 were detained in connection with the parade itself and at least 60 around the area of Glasgow Green where a rally was held. More than 18,000 people from 182 Glasgow lodges and about 90 bands joined the Orange procession, the first since Sir John Orr’s review of parades in Scotland.
HOSPITAL managers in the Western Isles have told church ministers and priests visiting the sick that to prevent the spread of MRSA they must wash their hands before carrying out any “laying on of hands” .
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Stars at rally
THE pop star Daniel Bedingfield and the actor Pete Postlethwaite will join the Make Poverty History rally in Edinburgh on Saturday. They will be joined by Jonathan Dimbleby, the broadcaster.
109th birthday
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SCOTLAND’S oldest first world war veteran, Alfred Anderson, celebrated his 109th birthday in his home town of Alyth, Perthshire, yesterday.
Shipbuilding call
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THE SNP began a petition yesterday calling on the executive to award a key shipbuilding contract to Fergusons of Port Glasgow. Jimmy Reid is backing the campaign.