Pro-Palestine protesters will gather for a rally in Westminster on Saturday after police curtailed organisers' plans for a march past the BBC and near a synagogue. The Metropolitan Police denied putting a 'ring of steel' around Broadcasting House as the forces said officers would be posted nearby after preventing plans by protesters targeting the BBC to gather in Portland Place. The Met blocked the march from gathering there due to Broadcasting House's close proximity to a synagogue and the risk the protest could cause 'serious disruption' to the Jewish holy day, as congregants attend Shabbat services. The protest will be a static rally in Whitehall instead.