NewsgalleryIn pictures: Protests in Manchester city centre ahead of the Conservative Party ConferenceBookmarkShareNewsByTodd FitzgeraldExecutive editor12:53, 29 SEP 2019Updated13:38, 30 SEP 2019The march in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)1 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference (Image: Joel Goodman)2 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference (Image: Joel Goodman)3 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference4 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference5 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference6 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference7 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference8 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference9 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference10 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference11 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference12 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference13 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference14 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference15 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference16 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference17 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference18 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference19 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference20 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference21 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference22 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference23 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference (Image: Joel Goodman)24 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference (Image: Joel Goodman)25 of 73Protests in Manchester ahead of the Conservative Party Conference (Image: Joel Goodman)26 of 73The march in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)27 of 73The march in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)28 of 73The march in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)29 of 73The Boris blimp at Castlefield Bowl (Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)30 of 73MP Angela Rayner with protesters in the city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)31 of 73The march in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)32 of 73Protesters make their way through the city centre33 of 73Protesters make their way through the city centre34 of 73Protesters make their way through the city centre35 of 73The Boris blimp at Castlefield Bowl (Image: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)36 of 73Protesters make their way through the city centre37 of 73Protests in city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)38 of 73Anti-austerity demonstrations in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)39 of 73Protests in Manchester (Image: Vincent Cole)40 of 73The first march makes its way through the city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)41 of 73Protests ahead of the Conservative Party Conference (Image: Vincent Cole)42 of 73The Boris blimp is inflated at Castlefield Bowl (Image: Byrne/PA Wire)43 of 73The march makes its way along Oxford Road (Image: Vincent Cole)44 of 73Protests in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)45 of 73Demonstrators in Manchester (Image: Vincent Cole)46 of 73'No more austerity, we demand an alternative' (Image: Vincent Cole)47 of 73Marches in the city centre (Image: Joel Goodman)48 of 73Demonstrations in Manchester city centre (Image: Joel Goodman)49 of 73Officers patrolling Oxford Road (Image: Vincent Cole)50 of 73The crowds are growing (Image: Vincent Cole)51 of 73Angela Rayner with protesters (Image: Vincent Cole)52 of 73Police patrolling protests (Image: Vincent Cole)53 of 73Protests in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)54 of 73MP Angela Rayner (Image: Vincent Cole)55 of 73Police in Manchester city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)56 of 73The scene in the city centre (Image: Vincent Cole)57 of 73Preparations for protest in Manchester (Image: Vincent Cole)58 of 73Crowds build in Manchester (Image: Vincent Cole)59 of 73Preparations for protest in Manchester (Image: Vincent Cole)60 of 73Preparations for protest in Manchester (Image: Vincent Cole)61 of 73Preparations for protest in Manchester (Image: Vincent Cole)62 of 73Images from the city centre on Sunday morning (Image: Vincent Cole)63 of 73Police checks ahead of the protests (Image: Vincent Cole)64 of 73Officers checking All Saints Park (Image: Vincent Cole)65 of 73Police checks ahead of the protests (Image: Vincent Cole)66 of 73Police carrying out checks ahead of the marches (Image: Vincent Cole)67 of 73Police searching All Saints Park as a precaution (Image: Vincent Cole)68 of 73Preparations for Sunday's marches (Image: Vincent Cole)69 of 73Preparations for Sunday's marches (Image: Vincent Cole)70 of 73Police dogs searching All Saints Park (Image: Vincent Cole)71 of 73Preparations for Sunday's marches (Image: Vincent Cole)72 of 73Preparations for Sunday's marches (Image: Vincent Cole)73 of 73More OnManchester City Centre