12pm: Thousands assemble at the University of London Union in Malet Street, Bloomsbury, for a march on Parliament.
1.30pm: Protesters march quickly down the Mall towards Buckingham Palace and also towards Parliament Square.
1.50pm: A group, including
14-year-old boys, bursts through police lines blocking the crowd from the square and storm towards the entrance of the House of Commons.
2.10pm: First major flashpoint as protesters shepherded to one side of the square surge at police, throwing bits of fencing, bottles of urine and sticks.
2.30pm: Police use horses to charge protesters who have moved to Victoria Street, pinning them against a fence near Westminster Abbey. Rioters throw fireworks, smoke bombs and wooden poles.
5pm: Frustration builds among protesters “kettled” in the square, some of whom launch fresh attacks on police with scaffolding poles, metal fencing and breezeblocks.
5.40pm: Around 500 activists attending a rally on Victoria Embankment greet news of the vote with boos and throw paint bombs at buses.
7pm: Rioters use a makeshift battering ram to break through a door of the Treasury building. They are forced out again by riot squad. Another group smashes windows of the Supreme Court.
7.15pm: A Rolls-Royce carrying Prince Charles and Camilla is attacked in Regent Street.
8pm: Rioters attack TopShop in Oxford Street.
9.30pm: Peaceful protesters are slowly allowed to leave Parliament Square. Police begin to drive the remaining demonstrators across Westminster Bridge.
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