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Your support makes all the difference. Read more Watch again aerial views over Manchester as police braced for possible further far-right violence in England on Wednesday, 7 August.
Thousands of counter-protesters took to the streets of Britain instead on Wednesday in defiance of far-right violence that has swept the country over the last week.
Up to 25,000 protesters, some chanting “hate not welcome” and “refugees welcome here”, gathered in towns and cities like Walthamstow , Finchley, Birmingham , Newcastle and Blackpool as nearly 100 far-right rallies failed to materialise .
Police were braced for 100 far-right protests across the country threatening to target immigration services , with officers expecting around 30 counter-demonstrations,The Independent
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