Hundreds of people take to the streets for latest pro-Palestine march in Manchester

Hundreds of people took to the streets for the latest pro-Palestine march in Manchester. Protestors held placards and led chants as they made their way from Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield to the city centre, eventually stopping at St Peter's Square.

There was a significant police presence as officers monitored protestors, with the march passing peacefully down Wilmslow Road, through the Curry Mile and then onto Oxford Road and finally culminating with speeches being made outside Central Library. Bus services were affected and trams were briefly halted to allow the protest to take place.

Along the way, protestors took aim at several multi-national businesses, starting chants about Pret A Manger, McDonald's, Starbucks and KFC. The front doors of branches of McDonald's and Pret A Manger were locked, and officers stood guard, as the march passed through.

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At Pret A Manger on the corner of Portland Street, one protestor moved to the windows of the café and displayed a placard at customers inside. The protestors also chanted about the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.

The demonstration was just one of multiple pro-Palestine held in Manchester over recent weeks, with thousands marching through the city centre to call for a ceasefire. It comes after Mr Sunak stressed that the UK remains committed to a two-state solution in the Middle East, after the Israeli ambassador said Tel Aviv does not support an independent country for Palestinians.

The Prime Minister said Britain continues to consider a two-state solution as the 'right outcome' to the Israel-Hamas war. He repeated his call for a