BBC's Cardiff building graffitied during Palestine protest

Red graffiti was daubed on the front of the building on Saturday

A woman has been charged after the word "liars" was daubed on BBC Wales' office during a pro-Palestine protest.

Demonstrators gathered at the Aneurin Bevan statue on Queen Street in Cardiff before heading down St Mary Street toward the BBC's office on Saturday.

One of the attendees called the protest "fairly spontaneous", saying it involved a number of different groups.

Cardiff University lecturer Joey Whitfield said the protesters wanted to see an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Deidre Murphy, 69, from Swansea, has been charged with criminal damage and is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on 14 November, South Wales Police said on Sunday.

The Cardiff demonstration was one of a number taking place across the UK and follows a recent upsurge in conflict between Hamas and Israel.

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Israel has expanded its strikes, three weeks after Hamas launched a cross-border attack that killed 1,400 people and saw 229 people kidnapped as hostages.

Demonstrators gathered at the Aneurin Bevan statue on Queen Street in Cardiff before heading down St Mary Street toward the BBC's office

Since then, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said more than 7,500 Palestinians have been killed as Israel carried out retaliatory strikes.

Mr Whitfield said, roads were blocked before the demonstrators sat down in front of the BBC's building in Central Square.

He said names were held up of people killed in Gaza since bombing began and chants that called "for a ceasefire, a free Palestine".

Sammie, a Palestinian Jordanian who attended, said: "This is not only a Palestinian issue, it is a human issue."

The BBC declined to comment.