Phil Bodmer
Reporting from Sheffield

Around 1,500 people are taking part in a counter-protest in Sheffield this evening.

There is a large and visible police presence. So far, it’s peaceful but noisy, with chants of “our streets, not their streets”.

Passing vehicles that toot are greeted by cheers from those assembled.

I’ve counted around twenty police vans, most of which are being kept at a discreet distance from the demo. Officers are all wearing body armour but carrying their protective head gear.

It’s a dry mild evening in South Yorkshire and tonight’s demo follows a peace vigil held earlier this evening in Rotherham Minster, when all…