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Council in bid to ban parades in centre of Glasgow

Parades will effectively be banned from Glasgow city centre and the policing costs of all demonstrations publicised under groundbreaking new proposals unveiled today.

Other radical plans aimed at reducing the 500 marches a year within the city’s boundaries include encouraging organisers to consider alternatives to processions and insisting on events with 1000 or more participants assembling at and progressing to a public park.