London students attend 'cops off campus' demonstration - video
Student protesters take part in a mass demonstration at the University of London on Wednesday, against police presence on university campuses. A small minority burned a bin and broke through gates at...
View ArticleLondon's housing crisis: the story of the Focus E15 mums - video
The single mothers who occupied an empty block of council houses in Newham, East London, left peacefully this week. But their short campaign achieved more than they ever imagined. And they say this is...
View ArticleThousands attend Million Mask March in London - video
London was the scene of violent scuffles as people congregated in cities around the world wearing the Guy Fawkes mask that has become a symbol of the hacker group Anonymous. People gathered in...
View ArticleWhen police spy on journalists like me, freedom is at risk | Jason N Parkinson
Persistent requests under the Data Protection Act revealed that files were kept on journalists who were simply doing their jobThose of us who regularly cover protests have suspected the police had us...
View ArticleNew Era estate: residents stage protest at US investment firm's office - video
Residents of housing estate in east London have travelled to the offices of the US investment company that has bought their homes to protest against its eviction plans. The Guardian's Robert Booth...
View ArticleProtest in London over Eric Garner's death - video
Police clashed with demonstrators as hundreds joined a 'die-in' and marched through Shepherd's Bush Westfield shopping mall in west London in a solidarity demonstration for Eric Garner, the black New...
View ArticleSoup kitchen at former RBS office evicted for second time - video
Following the Christmas Day eviction from the central London Royal Bank of Scotland premises the Love Activists set up a soup kitchen outside, giving out food, tea and coffee to the homeless. On the...
View ArticleClimate change protesters march on parliament ahead of Paris climate...
Thousands of climate change protesters gather in central London on Saturday to urge strong action at the Paris climate conference in December. Protesters headed for Westminster to hear speakers...
View ArticleNo Borders protesters perform die-in at London St Pancras - video
No Borders migrant solidarity protesters perform a bodybag die-in at the exit gates of the Eurostar in London St Pancras station on Tuesday evening, to highlight the deaths of 20,000 refugees. The...
View ArticleThousands march against austerity cuts after Queen's speech - video
Several thousand people march on Westminster in protest against austerity cuts that will come into force under the newly elected Conservative government. Demonstrators took to the streets following the...
View Article‘Shut down Yarl’s Wood’: protesters rally against Bedford detention centre -...
More than 400 protesters gathered outside the notorious Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire on Saturday and called for its immediate closure. Protesters tore down outer fences at the...
View ArticleBalls to the budget: protesters demonstrate against welfare cuts - video
Hundreds of people gather at Downing Street on Wednesday to protest against the government’s planned cuts to the welfare system. The demonstration is attended by activists and supporters of the...
View ArticleAnti-foxhunting campaigners protest outside parliament – video
Anti-foxhunting protesters set off orange smoke flares and block the road outside parliament in protest against a government move to relax the ban on foxhunting. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered to...
View ArticleEurotunnel breach: riot police use tear gas on migrants - video
More than 200 migrants attempt to breach the inner fences of the Eurotunnel in Coquelles, near Calais, on Saturday night. Some of the migrants are seen breaking down fences surrounding the compound....
View ArticleRefugees trapped in Serbia attempt to storm Hungarian border – video
As many as 4,000 refugees are stuck on the Serbian side of the Hungary border, increasingly desperate to continue their journey after days without food and water. Frustration is building in the heat as...
View ArticleRiot police clash with pro-refugee activists at King's Cross – video
Riot police were deployed and used batons to force back 200 No Borders protestors trying to enter the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras station on Saturday night. Protestors used smoke grenades in an...
View ArticleStudent protesters clash with police at London demonstration – video
Thousands of students march through London on Wednesday to oppose government cuts to education and the ending of University Maintenance Allowance in favour of loans. As the protest reached the UK Home...
View ArticleWho is Abu Rumaysah, alleged to be the masked man in the latest Isis film? –...
The latest British ‘face’ of Islamic State’s (Isis) propaganda videos is alleged to be a Hindu convert, from Walthamstow, east London, who now goes by the name of Abu Rumaysah. With an extensive...
View ArticleThe Human Rights Act helps us hold power to account. We must defend it |...
Protestors like John Catt are being monitored by the state without explanation – except that they ‘could be a victim’ of a future crime. What’s going on?The peace protestor John Catt, a 91-year-old war...
View ArticleCalais riot police fire tear gas into refugee camp – video
French riot police fire rounds of tear gas into the makeshift refugee camp in Calais known as the Jungle for over an hour on Tuesday night. One person was seen suffering a head injury and was taken to...
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