High cost of EDL Rotherham march

Policing the English Defence League march in Rotherham at the weekend cost £750,000 according to South Yorkshire police.

The march was organised as a protest against widespread child abuse in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, the subject of a damning report into the response of public authorities.

Forces were drafted in to assist from across England and Wales, for the march attended by 1000 supporters of the EDL and other far right groups. Twelve arrests were made, of which seven have been charged. A counter demonstration also took place, organised by Unite Against Fascism.

Sangita Basudev filmed the events for Sheffield Live.