The Orange Order has pledged that only hymns will be played outside a Catholic church along the route of a major Belfast parade later this month.

A HISTORIC logbook documenting the arrival of King William of Orange and his army in Ireland ahead of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 has been uncovered during renovation work at Belfast City Hall.

Ulster Unionist Party leader Sir Reg Empey will meet the head of the Orange Order today to explore how the pair can work together – four months after the organisation severed its links with the party.