Journalist angrily confronted and pursued in incident described by prime minister as ‘disgraceful’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our
Coronavirus coverageThe prime minister and home secretary have condemned an incident in which a senior
BBC journalist was angrily confronted and pursued by anti-lockdown
protesters as “disgraceful” and “appalling”.
Police interviewed one man on Tuesday and were seeking a second after footage circulating online showed Nick Watt, the political editor of BBC Newsnight, being followed on a street near parliament on Monday by unmasked protesters who shouted into his face.