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Nato Summit 2014: Hundreds of protesters reach steel barriers protecting world leaders at Celtic Manor
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Anti-Nato protesters in Newport have arrived at the steel cordon protecting world leaders meeting at the Celtic Manor Resort for the Nato Summit.
Hundreds of locals turned out along the way to watch the 500-strong protest procession pass along Chepstow Road.
Loud chanting erupted as the march arrived at the cordon where scores of people pounded against the steel barrier fencing.
Their sound was taken up by protest drummers as the main body arrived while others blew piercing whistles and shouted "Welfare not warfare" through megaphones.
Police in riot gear and helmets looked down from higher ground.
Several protesters were then allowed through the cordon to make their peace presentations inside.
The protesters set off from the centre of Newport at lunchtime in a public show of opposition to the Nato Summit.
With the biggest gathering of world leaders ever to set foot in Wales underway at the Celtic Manor resort opponents made a three-mile trek to the venue as part of a pre-planned peaceful protest.
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