0h 45min, aug 4, 2024 y - 2024 Riots: Weymouth

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A man has been arrested after about 600 protesters from opposing sides gathered on the seafront in Dorset.

Some 200 Stand Up to Racism demonstrators were on a different part of the Weymouth Esplanade than a larger group of about 400 anti-immigration protesters on Sunday.

Around 30 officers from Dorset and the neighbouring counties of Devon and Cornwall were managing the two groups.

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan said there had been a "small number of low-level incidents", with one man arrested for a public order offence.

"This type of behaviour is not acceptable within our communities," he said.

Both sides were chanting at one another, with one shouting “save our streets” and the other “shame on you”.

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