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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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Police remove Heathrow Black Lives Matter activists

Police have been filmed removing activists from the road during a protest on the M4 near Heathrow airport.

Black Lives Matter activists have been protesting in London, Birmingham and Nottingham, to raise the profile of the movement which campaigns for justice and equality.

  • Video credit: Hannah Nuura

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