Roads BLOCKED and dancing in the Arndale on day of protest in city centre
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHundreds of protesters hit the streets of Manchester today (Saturday) demanding 'freedom' from Covid restrictions and vaccinations.
Roads and tramlines were blocked as protesters chanted their cause, before an impromptu party in the Arndale saw demonstrators dancing in the shopping centre.
Several hundred protesters gathered in Piccadilly Gardens at 1pm on Saturday (February 5) in solidarity with the Freedom Convoy currently taking place in Canada, where truckers in Ottawa are protesting against vaccine mandates. READ MORE: Locked up - the criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week In Manchester, 3,194 miles away from Ottawa, residents are living with some of the most relaxed measures on coronavirus in the world.
But the protest was made up of demonstrators with a range of concerns about the pandemic. Several protesters held placards against mandatory vaccines for NHS workers, which the government had previously planned.
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