Overview

• Nine people were detained at the Islington demonstration, seven on suspicion of breaching Public Order Act conditions.
• Local campaigners under the banner “Thistle Barbican needs to go” secured backing from external groups including Patriots of Britain and Together for the Children.
• Stand Up To Racism and Jeremy Corbyn led a counter-protest supported by Finsbury Park Mosque and the Islington Labour Party.
• Previous unrest in Spelthorne and Altrincham involved attempted arson and an arrest for alleged terror-group support, prompting wider police vigilance.
• Metropolitan and regional forces are reinforcing deployments ahead of planned protests in Newcastle, Manchester and other cities.