Counter-terrorism police have arrested six people and a community centre is temporarily closed as part of an investigation into the banned Kurdistan Workers Party. The group, known as the PKK, is classed as a terrorist organisation in the UK and the arrests came amid a “significant” police probe into potential terrorist activity.

The arrest on Wednesday afternoon was part of a counter-terrorism probe into the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the PKK, police said.

Police officers surround a truck containing barriers that was being blocked from unloading by Kurdish people trying to stop them being used to block access to a road leading to a

Police and protesters have clashed in north London after seven people were arrested as part of a counter terrorism investigation. Five men and two women, aged between 23 and 62, were arrested after an investigation into suspected activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party,