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"Rabble", "thugs", "yobs" and "criminals" – just some of the words used to describe students taking part in the London protest against the tripling of tuition fees on 9 December.

Students in the Parliament Square kettle on the day of the fees vote in Parliament—and the behaviour of the police

Some 40 Middlesex students and lecturers, present and past, gathered outside Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, west London, today to hold a vigil for their friend and fellow student Alfie Meadows.

Metropolitan police commissioner Paul Stephenson says that "any right-minded individual" will condemn yesterday’s student protests in central London.

The student march at the beginning of the London protests against the trebling of student fees on Thursday 9 December

Local residents living in temporary accommodation heckled Tory housing minister Grant Shapps yesterday in Broadwater Farm, Tottenham, north London, over attacks on housing.

Sixth form students began a 24-hour sit-in at Camden School for Girls, in north London at 9am this morning, Wednesday.

Manchester University march and occupation Manchester students have now booked seven coaches to the national demonstration in London tomorrow.

Tube workers in the RMT union’s London Underground Engineering branch tonight passed full support for the student protests – and donated £250 to the Education Activist Network (EAN). The workers also called for the student protests to be part of wider and deeper resistance by workers, including a general strike.

Firefighters: Socialist Worker is right on strikes After reading FBU union official Ben Sprung’s attack on Socialist Worker’s coverage of the London firefighters’ strikes (Socialist Worker, 4 December), I feel I should come to the paper’s defence.

Iconic London music venue the 100 Club is set to close—but campaigners intend to fight to save it.

Firefighters in London are voting on a deal to end their dispute over shifts. Socialist Worker is calling for a "no" vote on both options.