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The EDL march in Newcastle threatened to spill over into violence after two rival marches caught sight of each other on Newcastle’s streets.

Marchers threw glass bottles and chanted at each other across police lines but officers were able to contain any potential problems.

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The EDL (English Defence League) took to Newcastle’s streets as thousands marched through the town centre. But as they turned off Grainger Street into Market Street, counter protesters started chanting ‘EDL off our streets’.

Police quickly contained the situation but had to form two cordons as EDL marchers countered with beer bottles, coins and chants of ‘scum’ and ‘you’re not English anymore’.