Anti-BNP protesters try to storm BBC

Thu Oct 22 2009 17:34:37

Anti-fascist protesters demonstrating against the British National Party have tried to storm into the BBC.

They managed to break through a police cordon at Television Centre in west London earlier and some gained entry to the building.

The campaigners are angry at BBC bosses who have invited the BNP's leader Nick Griffin to appear on Question Time.

Police say they have more than enough resources to deal with the crowd, which is expected to grow throughout the evening.

Audience members taking part in the programme were escorted in through the front entrance after showing their passports.

Mr Griffin is due to share the platform with Justice Secretary Jack Straw, Tory peer Baroness Warsi, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne and writer Bonnie Greer.

A spokesman for the corporation said: "A small number of people managed to get into Television Centre. However, they were identified and are being escorted from the building quickly."

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