#public-order

#public-order

Gardaí say they had attended and were monitoring a number of public gatherings in Dublin city today During the afternoon a protest group gathered in the East Wall area. As the public gathering moved towards Dublin Port Tunnel a Garda cordon was established to prevent a protest from blocking the tunnel and to "maintain traffic movement through key infrastructure".

Sir Mark Rowley said that LFR hadn't yet been used at any protest, including at Saturday's Unite The Kingdom march in London organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, "because of what may be sensed about it having a chilling effect". He said: "The last protest from the same organisers as this one didn't have any trouble of any significance so the suggestion that every protest organised by these organisers has trouble is not actually accurate."

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, said the pockets of violence at the protest yesterday were completely unacceptable. In a post on X thanking the Metropolitan police for its work, he wrote: My thanks go to all the officers policing protests today. Most protestors were peaceful, but a number of officers were assaulted and arrests have been made. Violence and attacking police officers is completely unacceptable.

Thanet District Council's new Public Space Protection Order aims to ban foul or abusive language in public spaces, enforceable by a £100 fine.

CCTV images have been released by Dorset Police as they investigate a mass brawl on Bournemouth beach that left a teenage girl and several police officers injured on Monday evening. The authorities received reports about the incident just before 7:30 PM and dispatched officers to the location. Though the injuries were not serious, a 22-year-old man has been arrested for assaulting an emergency worker, while an 18-year-old from Hackney is in custody on several charges.