WEDNESDAY - LONDON students took to the streets yet again marching through central London to protest against rises in tuition fees and changes to higher education. Thouands of youths carried placards denouncing the increase in universuty school fees and the education maintenance grant.
The City of London were however out in full force, anticipating vandalism and criminal behaviour. Some 4,000 police officers equippped in riot gear and armed with rubber bullets outnumbering the protestes, lined the streets and blocked other main routes.
March organiser, Michael Chessum, has called police intimidation in the run up to the protest march unacceptable and irresponsible.
University fees were raised from £1,000 to £3,000, but applicants starting in 2012 will have to pay up to £9,000 a year for a university degree in England and Wales.
As demonstrators marched peacefully in protest against higher tuition fees and "privatisation" in universities, the organisers voiced their concerns about their rights been snatched from them by the authorities.
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