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Activists are set to gather in London this Saturday to oppose the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).

London sixth form college teachers will walk out on strike on 23 February.

The Occupy movement comes to the Arcola Theatre in London for one night only.

Privatised school not welcome in Hackney The people planning to set up a privatised free school in Hackney, east London, got a hostile reception when they called a public meeting last Saturday. Around 100 people attended.

Alan Turing was one of the 20th century’s pioneering mathematicians. He developed the abstract theory of computation before moving on to work on early computing machines.

Children led a march last Saturday against plans to force their schools to become academies. Up to 1,000 people including parents and teachers joined the demonstration through Haringey in north London.

The Unite union in London has launched a campaign to win £500 bonus payments for its bus drivers to cover the Olympics period.

Activists gathered in central London last Saturday to discuss the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) campaign for this year’s local elections.

Workers employed by Initial at Whipps Cross Hospital in East London protested last week against an attack on Len Hockey, a porter and their joint Unison branch secretary.

Council workers in Barnet, north London, plan to strike for a third time against privatisation on Thursday of next week.

The National Gallery in London was largely closed last Saturday as gallery assistants in the PCS union walked out for two hours from 4pm.

Protesters were evicted from Occupy London’s "Bank of Ideas" on Monday—and nearly run over by a bailiff.