Police braced for new fees protests

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;11&sol;police-braced-for-new-fees-protests&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" title&equals;"Police are bracing for new protests from student activists against tuition fee hike" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2010&sol;11&sol;min-police-braced-for-new-fees-protests&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Police are bracing for new protests from student activists against tuition fee hike"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A wave of fresh protests against increases in university tuition fees will be held on Wednesday&comma; with a series of occupations&comma; rallies and marches by student activists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Organisers said feelings were still running high following the demonstration by 50&comma;000 students and lecturers two weeks ago which ended in violence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A group of activists smashed windows&comma; threw missiles and lit fires at 30 Millbank&comma; the building housing Tory Party headquarters&comma; leading to more than 60 arrests and dozens injured and taken to hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police&comma; supported by the National Public Order Intelligence Unit&comma; have been monitoring all sources of information in a bid to anticipate the protests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Senior officers do not want to be caught out again by the unexpected splintering of the march on November 10&comma; organised by the National Union of Students and the University and College Union&comma; that preceded the Millbank riot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Walk-outs&comma; protests and marches have been organised in towns and cities across the UK&comma; with school and college students expected to join the action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>University workers are organising joint rallies with students in cities including Birmingham&comma; Glasgow&comma; Manchester and Cambridge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A rally will be held in London&&num;8217&semi;s Trafalgar Square followed by a march to Parliament and a protest outside the headquarters of the Liberal Democrat headquarters and later in Downing Street&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Sheffield offices of the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats&comma; Nick Clegg are also expected to be targeted for action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Lib Dems have come under intense fire over Government plans to charge students as much as £9&comma;000 per year in fees from 2012 after pledging before the general election to oppose any hike&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-69e49fbd18b9c">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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