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Harold Pinter revolutionised British drama at the end of the 1950s.

The anger felt by students and young people across Britain has become a movement.

A massacre of jobs and services is sweeping Britain—but resistance is growing.

The student revolt has broken the idea that there is a "cuts consensus" in Britain.

You can feel the anger breaking in Britain. It’s most obvious on the student protests and in the occupations of universities.

Over 150 students from colleges, schools and universities across Britain attended a national coordination meeting, initiated by the Education Activist Network (EAN), last Sunday.

The Unite union has announced a fresh strike ballot of cabin crew at British Airways.

Wednesday was a day of revolt—and it was right to revolt. Across Britain, from Dundee to Bournemouth, young people rose up against the attacks on education.

7.19pm The occupation at Leeds University is growing. A local cafe is donating 100 portions of rice and dahl for the students.

Protests, meetings and lobbies are taking place across Britain on an almost daily basis as trade unionists join with students and other activists to stop the cuts.

The British government has publicly admitted complicity in torture and abuse by making compensation payments to 16 Guantanamo detainees.

The nation was entranced last week and all bad news buried. After an eight-year courtship, a blissfully happy Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor—second in line to the British throne and Britain’s future king—and his university sweetheart Kate Middleton, were finally able to share the joy of their engagement.