Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Rival Scottish independence groups ordered to unite and march together in Arbroath

Two warring factions within the Scottish independence movement have been told to work together as they were given the go ahead to stage a march in Arbroath.

All Under One Banner (AUOB) and the Scottish Independence Movement (SIM) both lodged applications to host independence marches on April 4, which will coincide with the launch of the Arbroath 2020 celebrations.

The All Under One Banner march in Perth last year.

The combined estimates from both groups would see as many as 25,000 people descend upon Arbroath.

The town is set to kick-off a six-month celebration marking the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath’s signing the same weekend.

The two groups wanted to leave at separate times — 12pm and 1pm — and go along slightly different routes.

But on the advice of Police Scotland, Angus Council’s licencing committee said they could only march if they left at the same time and followed the same route.

Madeep Singh, once a member of AUOB and who founded SIM after a public spat, warned the committee his march would leave at 11.30am to avoid the AOUB procession.

At the Angus Council meeting on Thursday, Mr Singh and AUOB’s Neil Mackay continued their dispute, both telling councillors that the other was telling lies.

Mr Mackay “assured” councillors his was the only march that will take place on the day, saying that a similar situation had arisen in Perth last year, but SIM withdrew their application “at the last minute”.

Mr Singh said he lodged his Arbroath application a year ago and AUOB had put their application in later to interfere with his campaign.

He also warned there could be “conflict” if the two groups were forced to come face-to-face.

Chief inspector Gordon Cunningham advised the committee police resources would be stretched too thin if both marches were separate.

For more on this story, read Friday’s Courier