Tens of thousands of students have marched through London to protest plans to triple university tuition fees. At times the protests erupted in violence, with students trashing a government building.
50-thousand students, lecturers and supporters demonstrated against plans to raise annual tuition costs to 9-thousand pounds.
The government plans to slash state funding for universities to help tackle its budget deficit.
Protesters near Millbank Tower stormed a building containing the headquarters of the governing Conservative Party. Eight people including police officers were injured in the clash.