Met Police prepare for busy weekend of protests, sport and fireworks in London

The Metropolitan Police are preparing for a engaged play up with protests, sports events and fireworks displays crossed the capital.

There volition besides beryllium a counter-protest organised by Stop The Hate UK taking spot connected the country of Millbank and Vauxhall Bridge.

Elsewhere, officers volition beryllium attending a ample ticketed fireworks lawsuit successful Battersea Park successful the aboriginal evening, an planetary rugby national lucifer betwixt England and New Zealand successful Twickenham, arsenic good arsenic shot fixtures.

Police person called connected participants successful the PSC march to see their question plans cautiously and urged them to caput distant from Battersea and towards Vauxhall arsenic the country volition beryllium highly busy.

The PSC is simply a UK advocacy radical which has been astatine the forefront of organising pro-Palestine marches crossed the state since October 14 2023, pursuing Hamas’ onslaught connected Israel connected October 7 of past year.

Commander Adam Slonecki, who is starring this weekend’s policing operation, said: “Ahead of the play we person been successful regular discussions with the PSC arsenic good arsenic residents, partners, assemblage groups and businesses.

“It’s a engaged play of events crossed London and we person worked with organisers to question to minimise disruption and equilibrium the close to protest.

“Officers volition beryllium highly disposable on the protestation way and wider country to guarantee the events instrumentality spot safely and woody with immoderate offences.”