Women's safety volunteers arrested ahead of Coronation

Westminster City Council officials said they are "deeply concerned" by reports women's information volunteers were arrested hours earlier the Coronation.

The Met said astatine astir 02:00 BST connected Saturday 3 radical were arrested successful Soho connected suspicion of conspiracy to perpetrate nationalist nuisance.

Among items seized were a fig of rape alarms, the unit said.

The Met said it "received intelligence" radical "were readying to usage rape alarms to disrupt the procession".

Two women, 37 and 59, and a man, 47, were taken to a southbound London constabulary presumption wherever they were questioned.

The antheral was further arrested connected suspicion of handling stolen goods, the unit said.

All 3 person been released connected bail pending further inquiries.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said: "We are alert of and recognize determination is nationalist interest implicit these arrests. However, the substance is inactive nether investigation.

"The quality we received led america to beryllium highly disquieted astir the imaginable hazard to nationalist safety."

Aicha Less, furniture subordinate for communities and nationalist extortion astatine Westminster City Council, said: "We are profoundly acrophobic by reports of our Night Stars volunteers being arrested overnight.

"This work has been a acquainted and invited show successful the West End for a agelong clip and person extended grooming truthful they tin assistance the astir susceptible connected the streets precocious astatine night.

"We are moving with the Metropolitan Police to found precisely what happened, and successful the meantime, we are successful interaction with our volunteers to guarantee they are receiving the enactment they need."

A spokesperson for Sadiq Khan said: "Whilst an probe into the incidental is inactive ongoing, the politician has urgently sought clarity astir the circumstances which culminated successful the apprehension of 3 Westminster Night Watch volunteers connected Friday evening.

"The Mayor remains successful adjacent interaction with the Met's elder leadership."

Night Stars is simply a portion of the cardinal London council's nighttime information campaign.

According to the council's website, Night Stars volunteers are "focused connected moving with the West End's evening and night-time system businesses to beforehand women's information and trim unit against women and girls".

It adds: "The squad volition supply wider enactment to anyone who becomes susceptible owed to intoxication to trim the hazard to their information oregon forestall them from becoming victims of crime.

"The Night Safety volunteers purpose to marque London's nightlife safer for everyone."