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| 'Jogger' runs into David Cameron on visit to Leeds | 'Jogger' runs into David Cameron on visit to Leeds |
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| A member of the public ran into David Cameron as he left a meeting in Leeds. | A member of the public ran into David Cameron as he left a meeting in Leeds. |
| The man appeared to collide with the prime minister as he left the city's Civic Hall. Mr Cameron did not fall over and was driven away from the scene, apparently uninjured. | The man appeared to collide with the prime minister as he left the city's Civic Hall. Mr Cameron did not fall over and was driven away from the scene, apparently uninjured. |
| Police took the 28-year-old man away. He was arrested but later released. | Police took the 28-year-old man away. He was arrested but later released. |
| West Yorkshire Police later tweeted that no threat had been made, adding: "Nothing sinister, just a man in the wrong place at the wrong time." | West Yorkshire Police later tweeted that no threat had been made, adding: "Nothing sinister, just a man in the wrong place at the wrong time." |
| The prime minister was in Leeds to launch government plans to upgrade rail links in the north of England. | The prime minister was in Leeds to launch government plans to upgrade rail links in the north of England. |
| A member of Mr Cameron's security team intervened and bundled the man away as the prime minister got into a waiting vehicle. | A member of Mr Cameron's security team intervened and bundled the man away as the prime minister got into a waiting vehicle. |
| 'No threats' | |
| Following the incident, Chief Inspector Derek Hughes said: ''Around midday, a 28-year-old local man was briefly arrested after he came close to the prime minister's group who had just left the civic hall in Leeds. | Following the incident, Chief Inspector Derek Hughes said: ''Around midday, a 28-year-old local man was briefly arrested after he came close to the prime minister's group who had just left the civic hall in Leeds. |
| ''No threats were made, and after the man's details were checked, he was de-arrested and allowed on his way.'' | ''No threats were made, and after the man's details were checked, he was de-arrested and allowed on his way.'' |
| The police said they believed the man was sprinting to a nearby gym. | The police said they believed the man was sprinting to a nearby gym. |
| The BBC's Tom Symonds said a member of David Cameron's party told him that the prime minister stepped back as the man ran towards him and was not in contact with him. | The BBC's Tom Symonds said a member of David Cameron's party told him that the prime minister stepped back as the man ran towards him and was not in contact with him. |
| Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott, who punched a protester during the 2001 general election campaign after being hit by an egg, said the episode proved that security around top politicians needed to be "tightened up". | |
| Although the Labour peer said he had not seen Monday's footage, he said such encounters could not be dismissed as a "small incident" and the police must ensure top figures have "got that cover". | |
| It comes less than a week after a man threw a bag of marbles at the glass screen which separates the public from MPs in the House of Commons. | |
| The incident took place during the middle of prime minister's questions. |