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Senior journalist at BBC Verify | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations, extremism | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk

Dec 29, 2021, 8 tweets

A group of anti-vaccine activists led by Jeff Wyatt and Piers Corbyn entered an NHS test and trace centre in Milton Keynes today, shouted abuse at staff and took some of the equipment.

Staff take cover inside cabins as anti-vaccine protesters enter this test and trace centre in Milton Keynes baselessly accusing them of "genocide".

Anti-vaccine protesters hurl abuse at staff at a Milton Keynes test and trace centre today, chanting "shame on you" and falsely accusing them of "murder".

Anti-vax protesters throw in a bin a box of equipment they took from a Milton Keynes test and trace centre during a rally today.

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The entire anti-vaccine rally in Milton Keynes today was livestreamed on this YouTube channel. After entering the test and trace centre, protesters went to a shopping centre and then a theatre in the town centre.

If you are a member of staff at the Milton Keynes test and trace centre that was targeted today and witnessed the protest, please get in touch if you can. We can protect your identity. My DMs are open and my email is: shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk

"A police spokesman said officers had footage of the incident and added: 'Where criminal offences have been disclosed, we will take swift action and bring offenders to justice.'"
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