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| Million Mask march in London - as it happened | Million Mask march in London - as it happened |
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| 10.41pm GMT | 10.41pm GMT |
| 22:41 | 22:41 |
| This year’s Million Mask march in London is pretty much wrapping up, so and we’re going to put the live blog to bed. No word on arrests other than the three made this afternoon by the Met, but more could follow this evening.Thanks very much to Damien Gayle for his tweets from the scene. He will continue tweeting for a while yet at @damiengayle if you want more updates. Thanks again for reading. | This year’s Million Mask march in London is pretty much wrapping up, so and we’re going to put the live blog to bed. No word on arrests other than the three made this afternoon by the Met, but more could follow this evening.Thanks very much to Damien Gayle for his tweets from the scene. He will continue tweeting for a while yet at @damiengayle if you want more updates. Thanks again for reading. |
| This is the scene now at the bottom of Charing Cross road #MillionMaskMarch pic.twitter.com/ydF7RzXfYZ | This is the scene now at the bottom of Charing Cross road #MillionMaskMarch pic.twitter.com/ydF7RzXfYZ |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.05am GMT | at 12.05am GMT |
| 10.25pm GMT | 10.25pm GMT |
| 22:25 | 22:25 |
| Best to avoid the Westminster area if you’re driving in central London tonight. | Best to avoid the Westminster area if you’re driving in central London tonight. |
| #MillionMaskMarch - road closures remain in place in Westminster area, as demonstrators are being requested to disperse. | #MillionMaskMarch - road closures remain in place in Westminster area, as demonstrators are being requested to disperse. |
| 10.24pm GMT | 10.24pm GMT |
| 22:24 | 22:24 |
| Police push down towards Trafalgar Square from Charing Cross Road after their kettle became surrounded: | Police push down towards Trafalgar Square from Charing Cross Road after their kettle became surrounded: |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.26pm GMT | at 10.26pm GMT |
| 10.16pm GMT | 10.16pm GMT |
| 22:16 | 22:16 |
| Boiling the kettle? | Boiling the kettle? |
| The #MillionMaskMarch kettle pic.twitter.com/c4cOCi7HM0 | The #MillionMaskMarch kettle pic.twitter.com/c4cOCi7HM0 |
| The cops just squeezed the kettle at the bottom of Charing Cross road #MillionMaskMarch protesters surrounding them pic.twitter.com/vIUNjSGFoT | The cops just squeezed the kettle at the bottom of Charing Cross road #MillionMaskMarch protesters surrounding them pic.twitter.com/vIUNjSGFoT |
| 10.11pm GMT | 10.11pm GMT |
| 22:11 | 22:11 |
| Time is well and truly up for protesters more than an hour after the protest was due to end. | Time is well and truly up for protesters more than an hour after the protest was due to end. |
| #MillionMaskMarch #London - conditions have been breached, arrests are being made for public order offences #Nov5th | #MillionMaskMarch #London - conditions have been breached, arrests are being made for public order offences #Nov5th |
| 10.05pm GMT | 10.05pm GMT |
| 22:05 | 22:05 |
| Lucky escape from the kettle for the Guardian’s Damien Gayle on the scene: | Lucky escape from the kettle for the Guardian’s Damien Gayle on the scene: |
| Apparently a kettle in formation around #MillionMaskMarch at top of Trafalgar Square. Just escaped! | Apparently a kettle in formation around #MillionMaskMarch at top of Trafalgar Square. Just escaped! |
| 10.03pm GMT | 10.03pm GMT |
| 22:03 | 22:03 |
| Officers continue with their efforts to curtail the protest in central London. | Officers continue with their efforts to curtail the protest in central London. |
| #MillionMaskMarch regroups on the strand pic.twitter.com/6SNurI5Od2 | #MillionMaskMarch regroups on the strand pic.twitter.com/6SNurI5Od2 |
| Police moving in formation to block resurgent #MillionMaskMarch at north end of Trafalgar Square pic.twitter.com/nNfhfZJCDy | Police moving in formation to block resurgent #MillionMaskMarch at north end of Trafalgar Square pic.twitter.com/nNfhfZJCDy |
| 9.47pm GMT | 9.47pm GMT |
| 21:47 | 21:47 |
| One protester tweets: | One protester tweets: |
| Protest suffocated back at its spiritual home of Trafalgar Square. Protestors have lost zeal and we're almost done. Out #MillionMaskMarch | Protest suffocated back at its spiritual home of Trafalgar Square. Protestors have lost zeal and we're almost done. Out #MillionMaskMarch |
| 9.43pm GMT | 9.43pm GMT |
| 21:43 | 21:43 |
| Police are closing off each corner of Trafalgar Square, Damien Gayle reports from the frontline: | Police are closing off each corner of Trafalgar Square, Damien Gayle reports from the frontline: |
| Firework thrown at cops as they block north west corner of Trafalgar Square #MillionMaskMarch pic.twitter.com/Su2YahGK2d | Firework thrown at cops as they block north west corner of Trafalgar Square #MillionMaskMarch pic.twitter.com/Su2YahGK2d |
| 9.34pm GMT | 9.34pm GMT |
| 21:34 | 21:34 |
| As the crowd returns to Trafalgar Square, police are warning them that once they are inside they will not be allowed to leave. | As the crowd returns to Trafalgar Square, police are warning them that once they are inside they will not be allowed to leave. |
| Cops tell #MillionMaskMarch protesters they can go into Trafalgar Square but they can't get back out pic.twitter.com/56biKl9huq | Cops tell #MillionMaskMarch protesters they can go into Trafalgar Square but they can't get back out pic.twitter.com/56biKl9huq |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.36pm GMT | at 9.36pm GMT |
| 9.22pm GMT | 9.22pm GMT |
| 21:22 | 21:22 |
| Damien Gayle | Damien Gayle |
| One sizeable group of protesters is making its way through Soho and Chinatown, heading towards Leicester Square. | One sizeable group of protesters is making its way through Soho and Chinatown, heading towards Leicester Square. |
| I've found the #MillionMaskMarch heading through Chinatown pic.twitter.com/GBnuF85LHP | I've found the #MillionMaskMarch heading through Chinatown pic.twitter.com/GBnuF85LHP |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.06am GMT | at 12.06am GMT |
| 9.20pm GMT | 9.20pm GMT |
| 21:20 | 21:20 |
| Press Association reports that protesters ended up splitting into different factions, with some ending up in Mayfair’s Conduit Street, where windows were smashed. Staff and customers also became trapped inside a designer shop off Regent Street. | Press Association reports that protesters ended up splitting into different factions, with some ending up in Mayfair’s Conduit Street, where windows were smashed. Staff and customers also became trapped inside a designer shop off Regent Street. |
| 9.17pm GMT | 9.17pm GMT |
| 21:17 | 21:17 |
| The Met police had given protesters a curfew of 9pm - and have been telling them to disperse. | The Met police had given protesters a curfew of 9pm - and have been telling them to disperse. |
| Met police ordering us to go home at the #MillionMaskMarch #Nov5th as 9pm has passed pic.twitter.com/3bkUB8rC2J | Met police ordering us to go home at the #MillionMaskMarch #Nov5th as 9pm has passed pic.twitter.com/3bkUB8rC2J |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.06am GMT | at 12.06am GMT |
| 9.05pm GMT | 9.05pm GMT |
| 21:05 | 21:05 |
| Officers are blocking the entrance to Lower Regent Street, below Piccadilly Circus. | Officers are blocking the entrance to Lower Regent Street, below Piccadilly Circus. |
| Police block #MMM2015 route to regent street pic.twitter.com/r25pNkwLRM | Police block #MMM2015 route to regent street pic.twitter.com/r25pNkwLRM |
| 8.50pm GMT | 8.50pm GMT |
| 20:50 | 20:50 |
| This might be why: | This might be why: |
| Crowds leave the mall after realising the danger of being kettled. Regent street seems to be the next destination #MillionMaskMarch | Crowds leave the mall after realising the danger of being kettled. Regent street seems to be the next destination #MillionMaskMarch |