The Metropolitan Police arrested protesters for offences including supporting the banned terror group Palestine Action.

The arrests include six people who were detained for unfurling a banner backing the proscribed group on Westminster Bridge.

But the bulk of the arrests occurred in Trafalgar Square, where protesters held placards showing their support for Palestine Action.

The Metropolitan Police said: “As of 6.30pm officers had arrested 442 people for supporting a proscribed organisation.

“A different protest group gathered in Whitehall, blocking the road before trying to march first towards Trafalgar Square, then Parliament Square. Officers have intervened.”

Organisers Defend Our Juries said more than a thousand people had gathered at the central London landmark to hold a mass, sil

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