as part of the international pillow fight day, which has been running for the past five years, more than a hundred people fought for half an hour in trafalgar square this afternoon, to beat each other senseless with pillows of all shapes and sizes. the square heritage wardens were on hand to ensure not too much fun was had.

a heritage warden stops a juggler from practising in trafalgar square on a saturday afternoon.

he cites a bye-law that prohibits any games on the square.

whose "heritage" is the warden protecting?

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yesterday, the 'boris' fences came down in parliament square. unfortunately it wasn't due to popular uprising. rather, it was part of the continued attack on protest, as a new swathe of laws and bye-laws criminalise the right to 24-hour protest. among the moves, the GLA placed a discreet notice in the evening standard last week announcing their intention to enforce new bye-laws which will dramatic…

the 9th peaceful anti-cuts occupation in trafalgar square began last night. during the evening there were six arrests and plenty of intimidation. this morning couple of dozen protestors were evicted by a police operation involving 150 officers. they were also told a section 60 is in force today J30.

the trafalgar sq occupation is in its 6th week and is going strong

the fifth trafalgar square 'occupation against the cuts' takes place this weekend. a 24-hour overnight occupation will begin at 18.30 tomorrow (saturday).

this is the press release from the occupying committee

Trafalgar Square, Westminister

the 'occupation against the cuts', which took up its usual weekly position yesterday evening, looks set to stay for its full proposed 48 hours this weekend, despite trafalgar square being the final destination of the annual mayday workers' march this afternoon.

the peaceful 'occupation against the cuts' established its camp in trafalgar square for the fourth week running on saturday 23rd. the 24 hour protest will camp overnight and run workshops and awareness-raising exercises during the day tomorrow

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Following the successful 24-hour peaceful anti cuts occupation of Trafalgar Square last weekend by an array of individuals and groups - 150 strong at its height - it was decided unanimously to return at 6.30pm on Saturday 9 April for another 24-hour occupation.

Dozens of people helped create an autonomous zone in trafalgar square on saurday afternoon [video], pitching eleven tents and establishing a planned 24-hour occupation to campaign agains government cuts and to show solidarity with arrestees at last week's protests.

more info at http://occupytrafalgarsquare.wordpress.com/

Over 10,000 trade unionists and campaigners marched through central London today to defend the welfare state and public services. The march was called by the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) and supported by all the major trade unions. It was designed to frame the election debate and send a clear message to all prospective MPs of the opposition to cuts.

Pensioners were prominent on the…

the climate camp swoop successfully took over trafalgar square from around 4.30 this evening. here are a few pics from the early stages of the camp. the campers initially intend to remain there for 48 hours. at present, police have no immediate plans to remove them.