Hundreds gather for Thatcher ‘celebration’

Sixteen people were in police custody after hundreds of demonstrators gathered at a London landmark to protest against Margaret Thatcher’s legacy and mark her death with a party.

Police officers made the arrests — mostly for drunk and disorderly behaviour — in the early hours of yesterday as crowds revelled in Trafalgar Square, Whitehall, and surrounding streets.

Those arrested are aged between 18 and 44 and remain at a central London police station.