Overview
- Rival groups in Nottingham’s Old Market Square traded chants, with officers forming a cordon after the crowds gathered late Sunday morning.
- Nottinghamshire Police said in a 5:15pm update that three people were arrested for non-criminal matters and that there were no reports of violence or disorder.
- Officers also reported a separate arrest linked to an unrelated incident outside Nottinghamshire.
- Reporters on the scene described a largely peaceful stand-off, with brief scuffles about an hour in that police quickly contained by holding the line between the two sides.
- Roughly 50 anti-illegal immigration demonstrators faced about 70 Stand Up to Racism counter-protesters, displaying St George’s and Palestine flags, chanting slogans such as “refugees are welcome here,” and drawing local Labour councillors and organizers who framed the scene as part of a wider national debate.