The Metropolitan Police have acted to stop an upcoming pro-Palestine march from gathering near a synagogue in central London. Protesters targeting the BBC were planning to gather outside Broadcasting House in Portland Place on Saturday January 18 before marching to Whitehall.

Protesters planned to gather outside BBC's Broadcasting House in central London before marching to Whitehall. However, on Thursday night, Scotland Yard told the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) that their proposed route was threatening to “seriously disrupt” the Shabbat services at a neighbouring synagogue.

The Metropolitan Police has blocked a pro-Gaza march that was set to go past a synagogue in central London amid fears that Jewish worshippers would be harassed by protesters.

The route through the British capital was approved in November but the police have reversed their decision after pressure

Met. Police make clear that it will prevent the Palestine Solidarity Campaign from gathering outside the BBC headquarters, down the street from the Central London Synagogue.

Emails between LSE senior staff also appeared to draw links between student protest and anniversary of London bombings

More than 80 MPs and peers have called on the Metropolitan Police to change the route of an upcoming pro-Palestine march planned to pass near a central London synagogue. In a letter to Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley,