- Headline
- Police arrest 43 during far-right and pro-Palestine marches in London
- Publishing date and time
- 17 May 2026, 17.21 BST
- What happened
- Police said 43 arrests were made after a Tommy Robinson-led ‘unite the kingdom’ rally and a pro-Palestine march took place in London on Saturday.
- Why it matters
- It shows the strain on public order policing when rival demonstrations, hate-crime allegations and contested crowd numbers collide in the capital.
- Possible Newsgle angle
- A clear explainer on what police conditions can and cannot do when two politically charged marches take place in the same city.
- Suggested tag/category
- Protest