Lucky Montana, CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has rejected an article claiming that its new batch of locomotives exceed the height restrictions for local tracks.

Montana labelled the article that appeared in the Rapport as wrong, while other senior representatives of the company pointed out gross inaccuracies contained in the article.

“This article is grossly inaccurate. It is devoid of facts,” said a Prasa representative at a press briefing on Monday.

According to Rapport, Prasa received thirteen new diesel locomotives that are too high for the long distance routes they were intended for.

Senior railway engineers and sources with firsthand knowledge of the issue told Rapport Prasa had been warned that the new diesel locomotives it ordered from Spanish manufacturer, Vossloh España, are too tall for localin Liverpool today sparked protests from anti-fascist demonstrators.

The leader of the far-right party was in Church Street with other members calling for British troops to be brought home from Iraq and Afghanistan when they were confronted by members of the Merseyside Unite Against Fascism group.

Mr Griffin, elected to the European Parliament as a North West MEP last year, scarpered as the number of protectors swelled to more than 100, while around 20 police officers stood between the rival groups.

The protestors chanted anti-Nazi slogans through megaphones while the BNP manned their stalls and tried to shout over the chants coming from the impromptu demonstration.

Alan Brown, regional co-ordinator for Merseyside Unite Against Fascism, said there had been no forewarning that Mr Griffin would be in town. It is not known