Rally face-off amid clashes with police

RIVAL protesters clashed with the police as thousands of far-right supporters were met by a counter-anti-racism rally in London yesterday.

- Lotti O'Brien

There were five arrests, including a man detained for assaulting an officer after a group from the Stand Up to Racism demonstration tried to storm through a police cordon.

Pushing and shoving also broke out when officers intervened near the rally stage to arrest a woman for common assault. She was later "de-arrested" after agreeing to provide her details.

Two arrests were also made at a farright Uniting the Kingdom demonstration, one for a racially aggravated public order offence. A further arrest was made after a remark was directed at an officer.