UKIP leader Nigel Farage has cancelled a public appearance in Rotherham because of protests outside his party's office.
The politician had been due to cut the ribbon on the campaign office of UKIP's parliamentary candidate Jane Collins, but his staff said he would not be coming out on police advice.
Around 40 people had gathered outside in a noisy but peaceful demonstration.
Many were carrying placards with the slogan "Reject UKIP lies", and shouting that Mr Farage was not welcome in the town.
His visit follows a damning report into way Rotherham Council failed to deal with child sexual exploitation in the town.
UKIP has 10 councillors in Rotherham which is one of its main target seats in the North at the May general election.
Mr Farage denied he was exploiting the abuse scandal with his visit.
He said: "We're the one party that's warned consistently against division within society and multiculturalism and we've warned against it for years.
"We want interculturalism. We've got different religions and faiths but we have to mix together and we have to live under one law.
"So I think to accuse us of exploiting it is not fair.
"We have warned for years that things have been going wrong with increasing divisions within society."
But Rotherham's Labour MP Sarah Champion, said his visit amounted to "rubber-necking" after the scathing report by Louise Casey into the council's mishandling of child sex abuse allegations.
She tweeted: "Hilarious Nigel Farage is trapped inside the Rotherham UKIP shop by people objecting to him coming to rubber neck at victims!"
In response, an unamused Mr Farage tweeted: "Disgraceful Labour MPs think suppressing democracy is 'hilarious' especially given seriousness of Rotherham situation."
Mr Farage was later escorted out of the office by security and police into waiting police car.
Speaking at his party conference in nearby Doncaster last year, Mr Farage told supporters UKIP was parking its "tanks on the Labour Party's lawn" in an assault on its heartlands.
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