Scotland Yard has had to apologise twice after an officer prevented an antisemitism campaigner from crossing a road yards from a pro-Palestinian march because he was "openly Jewish".

A video showed an officer using the term while speaking to Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, who was wearing a kippah skull cap near the demonstration in the Aldwych area of London on the afternoon of Saturday 13 April. He was also threatened with arrest.

Responding to the controversy, the government said being Jewish "should never be seen as provocative". Issuing an initial apology on behalf of the Metropolitan Police, assistant commissioner Matt Twist said the officer's use of the phrase was "hugely regrettable.