Neo Nazi protest in Manchester halted by "Party Protest Manchester" counter protest in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester.

Neo-Nazi groups E.D.L (English Defence League) and North West Infidels planned to march through Manchester city centre today. But their march was halted at Piccadilly Gardens by a counter protest organised by a group called the Party Protest Manchester. The group of around thirty Neo Nazi's came up against considerable opposition once it got to Piccadily Gardens where it was contained by Police, who had the Neo-Nazi's removed from the city centre in a double decker bus. Some arrests were made for public order offenses, namely throwing bananas and water bottles. However the mood was not as aggressive as when the Neo-Nazi's were prevented from marching through Liverpool last weekend.

 

Pro Iraq Solidarity demonstration in Manchester's Lincoln Square.

A small group of around forty members of the city's Iraqi community gathered in Manchester's Lincoln Square today to show solidarity to their countrymen who are still living in Iraq.