Bogside residents call off protest against loyalist parade

Nationalist residents in Derry's Bogside have decided not to mount a protest against a loyalist Apprentice Boys march in the city at the weekend.

The Derry Bogside Residents Association had threatened to mount a protest if the Parades Commission allowed a feeder march in Belfast to pass through the nationalist Ardoyne area.

The Parades Commission has decided to ban this contentious march from Ardoyne and the Bogside residents have now asked all supporters to refrain from any protest action in Derry.