Torn apart

POLICE are standing guard at the Cenotaph amid fears this Armistice Day will be scarred by unrest.

More than 2,000 officers will be in London today as hundreds of thousand of people converge on the capital for a pro-Palestinian march.

It is feared far-right groups will target the demonstration, which Home Secretary Suella Braverman wanted banned. The Met said it would be a "really difficult weekend for policing".

The force said an exclusion zone would be set up around the Cenotaph, meaning any protesters who try to assemble close to it would be arrested.

There will be 1,850 public order officers deployed in London today, when organisers of the pro-Palestinian march expect more than 500,000 people to attend, and another 1,375 officers on duty on Remembrance Sunday.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said: "We know that the protest has caused significant concerns across many communities and it's because that protest is taking place on Armistice Day.