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Live updates: Black Lives Matter UK protests

  • Black Lives Matter protesters blocked a motorway route into Heathrow
  • Demonstrations have also taken place in Birmingham and Nottingham
  • It comes after the campaign group called for a "nationwide shutdown"
  • Dozens of people have been arrested in connection with the nationwide protests
  • The action is also to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of Mark Duggan
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Nottingham Police negotiating with activists in city centre

Police talk to protesters in Nottingham Credit: PA

Police in Nottingham have said they are aware of travel disruption in the city, as Black Lives Matter activists laid across tram tracks in the city centre.

Nottinghamshire Police said that officers were at the scene negotiating with a small number of protesters.

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