Marchers threaten legal action over Drumcree ban

Loyalist marchers blocked from walking through a nationalist area in Northern Ireland today threatened legal action after accusing the RUC of double standards.

Orangemen who removed their collarettes in a failed bid to be allowed past police at Drumcree church in Portadown, Co Armagh, claimed they have the same rights as Catholic children escorted to Holy Cross school in north Belfast.