Counter-protesters arrested during pro-Palestinian demonstration in London

People during a pro-Palestinian protest on Park Lane in London, marching from Hyde Park to the US embassy in Vauxhall (Victoria Jones/PA)

Dozens of counter-protesters have been arrested as hundreds of thousands of people took part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London.

A total of 82 people were arrested in Tachbrook Street, Pimlico, to “prevent a breach of the peace” as the march passed through the capital.