A videojournalist was targeted by anti-vaccine protesters in London on Saturday who accused him of seeking to tell a distorted version of the story.

Jason Parkinson joined the Unite for Freedom protest for several hours on 18 December and said it was mostly “peaceful though aggressive” towards the media.

“I got used to that – not to say that it is right but you do become accustomed to it,” he told Press Gazette. He said many “anti-vax” protests have a similar “hatred and resentment” towards journalists.