G8 demonstration cancelled

The Burger King restaurant in Stirling after being vandalised by G8 protestors. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Tayside police have banned today's march near Gleneagles on the grounds of public safety after running battles between police and protesters in Stirling this morning.

I've just spoken to Mike Arnott, a spokesman for the G8 Alternatives group organising the main protest today near the Gleneagles Hotel. Speaking by phone from a coach near Auchterarder, he told me:

"Police have cancelled the demonstration. It was a unilateral decision. It's my understanding that we're challenging the decision. We're talking to the police and we're trying to get the coaches moving."

More details as we get them.