The Orange Order has announced that this year's annual Twelfth of July parades have been cancelled due to Covid-19. Grand Master Edward Stevenson said the decision was taken in light of the ongoing pandemic and follows consultation with the Grand Masters of England and Scotland, local County Masters and senior officers. "It is with regret that I must cancel the 2020 Boyne Anniversary Parades.
In the face of the growing crisis surrounding coronavirus it is in the best interests of our members, their families and the wider community that this decision has been made," he said. "In the current circumstances, the gathering of hundreds of thousands of Orangemen and women, together with their accompanying bands and spectators, would not be