VIDEO: 20 years on - Remembering the biggest rural protest the UK has ever seen

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Liberty and Livelihood march in London. Abi Kay looks back on the historic event.

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VIDEO: 20 years on - Remembering the biggest rural protest the UK has ever seen

This year marks the 20thanniversary of the Liberty and Livelihood march in London. Abi Kay looks back on the historic event. In the early hours of Sunday, September 22, 2002, hundreds of thousands of...

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