Residents in the mainly Catholic village of Rasharkin in Co Antrim are asking the Parades Commission to re-think its decision to sanction a loyalist parade next Friday.

Politicians and the police have appealed for calm ahead of tomorrow's Apprentice Boys parade in Derry.

The SDLP will support the retention of the Parades Commission when it outlines details of its plans for resolving contentious marches tomorrow.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has reiterated his call on the Orange Order to engage in talks with republicans to resolve disputes about contentious parades.

The Parades Commission in the North was back to full strength today just as the marching season approached.

The body which adjudicates on contentious parades in the North is today looking for a new member after the Law Lords declared the appointment by Peter Hain of one of its members was unlawful.

A senior Democratic Unionist tonight rejected claims by Gerry Adams that his party did nothing to help deliver peaceful Twelfth of July Orange Order marches.

The Parades Commission is today reviewing its decision to allow 50 Orangemen to march through a nationalist area of west Belfast this Saturday.

Nationalists in west Belfast have slammed a decision by the Parades Commission to allow 50 Orangemen to march through their area this weekend.

Hopes of a peaceful summer marching season in the North grew tonight after an accommodation was reached between rival groups over a highly contentious parade due to take place in North Belfast .

Nationalist residents, the SDLP and Sinn Féin have all criticised today's Appeal Court ruling to reinstate two Orangeman onto the Parades Commission.

The Garvaghy Road Residents Group has said it may take a case to the House of Lords in Britain in relation to the appointment of two Orangemen to the Parades Commission.

Northern Secretary Peter Hain has succeeded in overturning a court ruling quashing his appointment of two Portadown Orangemen to the Parades Commission.

The Court of Appeal in the North is due to issue its judgement today on whether the appointment of two Orangemen to the Parades Commission was a breach of the law.