Taking place here today. But we ve been here the last couple of hours, and there s not a sign of that. Instead, something very different has happened. Chanting thousands of anti racism protesters, trade unionists, members of the local black and asian community, students, took over the streets in what was broadly a good natured evening, but one that sent a message. I feel ashamed for our country right now. It sjust, we re not representing ourselves in any sense of a manner that s, like, admirable at all. You can see a lot of places are boarded up, so there s been a lot of fear about what could happen. And itjust felt really important that we were here to, yeah, protect our community. It was a picture repeated across the country. Walthamstow in london saw vast crowds gathered, as in bristol, to oppose the far right. While there were colourful scenes in west london. Refugees are welcome here! in sheffield, police had prepared for trouble, but none came. In croydon, although there were a f
After a week of anti immigrant rioting. Britain s most senior police officer has praised the show of unity and said fears of extreme right violence had abated. Police had been prepared for further violence, and thousands of officers were deployed, but there was no sign of any disorder on the scale of recent days. The marches were mostly peaceful and the government says it cautiously welcomed the scenes last night. More than 6,000 police officers had been mobilised on wednesday evening from newcastle to birmingham, liverpool to brighton, sheffield to london. The week of violent unrest was sparked by misinformation that spread online following the fatal stabbing of three girls in southport, just over a week ago. The chair of the police federation which represents rank and file police officers in england and wales says it s too early to say if the run of violent protests is over. It s estimated more than 100 police officers have been injured in the disorder over the last week. With mo
Meeting this morning ahead of that recall which is to start at midday. The first and deputy mcpherson ministers have said theirjoint priority is to face down racism and intimidation. We are going to have a news conference shortly and we will bring you thatjust as soon as it starts. Let s start here in the uk, where thousands of anti racism protesters have rallied in cities and towns across england after a week of anti immigrant rioting. Britain s most senior police officer has praised the show of unity and said fears of extreme right violence had abated. Police had been prepared for further violence, but there was no sign of any disorder on the scale of recent days. The marches were mostly peaceful and the government says it cautiously welcomed last night s the scenes. Police units had been mobilized on wednesday evening from newcastle to birmingham, liverpool to brighton, sheffield to london. The week of violent unrest was sparked by misinformation that spread online following the