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200 fined, 60 held at Orange parades
More than 200 people were fined and 60 arrested at Scotland's biggest Orange Order parades.Organisers said around 12,000 marchers from all over the UK and Ireland took part in a parade in Glasgow on Saturday, with around the same number at Larkhall.
The fixed £40 fines were issued to drunken spectators. Most were for drinking or urinating in public.
Assistant Chief Constable Kevin Smith said: "The behaviour of those in the parade has been generally good. As usual, those arrested and charged came from spectators and followers."
Five arrests were for sectarian breach of the peace.
Full story at the Evening Times.
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