Nod for London police to use rubber bullets on student protesters
November 9th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 8 (IANS) Students protesting in central London Wednesday over hiked university fees run the risk of getting shot at by rubber bullets, the police said Tuesday.A police spokesman ... Read more...
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Lib Dem leader Clegg’s son asks him why he’s so unpopular
April 7th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 7 (ANI): Liberal Democratic Party leader and Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed that he often 'cries regularly to music' and admitted that the vitriolic criticism levelled ... Read more...
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Lib Dem support sinks to lowest level since origin: Poll
January 5th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 5 (ANI): The support for Britain's Liberal Democrat Party has gone down to its lowest level in over a decade because the voters are now dissatisfied over coalition partner's ... Read more...
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Riot attacks won’t stop Prince Charles from attending public engagements
December 12th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 12 (ANI): The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have said that they would carry on with "business as usual" despite being attacked by students over increased university ... Read more...
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Police communication breakdown put royal couple in danger
December 11th, 2010 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
London, Dec 11 (ANI): It has emerged that Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were engulfed by a violent mob due to communication failure of the police.Scotland Yard confirmed that ... Read more...
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Three police officers injured as violence erupts in London protests
December 10th, 2010 - 1:25 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Three police officers were seriously injured after violence erupted on Thursday in London’s Parliament Square as students continue protests over university tuition fees.Police forces and thousands of British ... Read more...
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British deputy PM Clegg ‘plotted to ditch tuition fees pledge’
November 13th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 13 (IANS) British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was secretly plotting to ditch his pledge to axe tuition fee hike two months before the election, a media report said ... Read more...
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Policing of student protest not enough: Britain police
November 11th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) Britain's police admitted that policing of the riot Wednesday, when students protesting the government's plan to raise university tuition fees stormed the ruling Tory party headquarters, was ... Read more...
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British graduates to remain in debt till mid-50s
November 11th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 11 (IANS) The British government's economic reform plans which include hike in university tuition fees and higher taxes will leave many graduates in debt until their mid-50s, a study has ... Read more...
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England to be most expensive place to earn a college degree
October 1st, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.1 (ANI): England is likely to become the most expensive place in the world to take a degree under plans to increase student tuition fees, according to research.University tuition fees ... Read more...
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Petition seeking Brown’s resignation crosses 10,000 mark
April 27th, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 27 (ANI): A petition on 10 Downing Street's own website calling for Gordon Brown to resign as Prime Minister has passed the 10,000-signature mark.By 7.00 last night nearly 10,000 ... Read more...
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