(Guardian updates) 4.29pm: Ukuncut say that hundreds are now occupying their target, Fortnum and Masons, which they revealed half an hour ago on Twitter.
3.36pm: Here's a mid-afternoon round-up of the huge protest in London against the government's public sector spending cuts.
•Around 500,000 people have joined the TUC's rally against the government's public sector spending cuts in central London.
•The main group of the marchers demonstrated peacefully and walked along the pre-planned route from Embankment to Hyde Park.
•Anti cuts and tax avoidance protesters closed down more than 13 shops on Oxford Street whilst many more shut their doors
•The protest has been largely without violent incident but a breakaway group of protesters attacked shops and banks in the Oxford Street area. A scuffle broke out between a handful of activists and police in New Bond Street.
Press release: UK Uncut
Occupy Tax Dodgers Fortnum and Mason
http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/blog/press-release-uk-uncut-o...mason
March 26th - All out against the cuts (IMC-UK)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/03/476285.html
March 26th Reports (IMC-LONDON)
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/8096
March for the alternative (Guardian live updates)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/blog/2011/mar/26/marc...dates
Anti-cuts march swells to 400,000 (Guardian)
London hosts largest protest since Iraq war as workers and public demonstrate against government spending cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/26/anti-cuts-m...00000
500,000 join UK cuts protest (Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0326/....html
The protest was largely peaceful but a breakaway group of hundreds of protesters attacked shops and banks in the Oxford Street area.
Topshop and HSBC had their windows smashed, while paint and glass bottles were thrown at a Royal Bank of Scotland branch.
Fireworks and flares were set off and a handful of activists scuffled with police.
protester tries to break a window in Oxford Street during the anti-cuts march
Paint-splattered police officers look on as protesters attack Topshop on Oxford Street during the anti-cuts march in London
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UK Uncut on Newsnight
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UK Uncut - Occupy For The Alternative (vid) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRGvSAgg3DE
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x26radio - live radio on 26 March (LIVE RADIO STREAM)
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/7941
Tents occupy fortnums &masons
inside UK Uncut occupation
bringing a bit o colour to de streets o london, inniiittt
Panic in the streets of london
The TUC half a million man march against cuts
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UK Uncut - Occupy For The Alternative
(Guardian Timeline) 12.15am: As the trouble in Trafalgar Square seems to be calming down, here's a summary of the day's events:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/blog/2011/mar/26/marc...dates
Anti-cuts march draws hundreds of thousands as police battle rioters (GUARDIAN main article + 13 min vid of day)
Turnout for generally good-natured rally exceeds organisers' expectations, but mood marred by violent minority
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/26/anti-cuts...oters
A peaceful protest. The inevitable aftermath
Up to 500,000 people marched in London yesterday against the Government's cuts. Should we allow the violence of a tiny minority to detract from Britain's biggest demonstration in eight years?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/a-peacefu....html
From the main thread on IMC-UK: Disillusioned Anti Capitalist
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/03/476285.html?c=on...66804
Activists squatted the former offices of the Readers Digest in Mayfair have erected this banner outside the building, which is being used as an HQ by radical protesters, called THE BIG SOCIETY, below is their press release
pics at http://london.indymedia.org/articles/7993
MARCH 26TH PROTEST CENTRAL LONDON (vid of some action from londons streets yesterday)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLntzkLZrRI
Daily Mail
200 arrested as hardcore anarchists fight police long into night in Battle of Trafalgar Square after 500,000 march against the cut
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370053/TUC-ant....html
SKY NEWS (vids)
HSBC Bank Attacked By Activists (sky news vid man enters occupied bank)
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video?videoSourceID=0...e.flv
- London's Cuts March Tainted By Violence
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/Violence-H...+News
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MARCH 26TH PROTEST CENTRAL LONDON
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Londons Burning
CAPITALISIM IS CRISIS - Squatted support space for Day of action in London
Two participants in the black bloc protest at Saturday's anti-cuts rally tell Stephen Moss why they're the true face of protest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/31/bla...otest
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