A secret meeting of the British National Party planned for a Gloucestershire pub was called off at the last moment.

It is believed the BNP booked the Park Hotel in Falfield under the name British Heritage for a fundraisng event on Sunday night.

But protesters found out and the hotel's owners cancelled the booking on police advice.

Another protest was outside the nearby Huntsman pub which is thought to have been the original BNP meeting place.

Kaye Thomas, landlady at the Huntsman, told BBC News: "We've got family, it's a family-run hotel.

"We felt very intimidated and this should never have happened. We're not part of any political organisation."

Trade union activist Tim Lezard said: "We wanted to make it quite clear that if anybody had got the message that the BNP dinner was on and came along, that they knew that their racist and divisive policies would not be welcome in the south west."

A BNP member said the booking had been made under a false name to avoid trouble.