Students across Britain protest tuition hikes
- Students are angry about government plans to allow tuition increases
- A large crowd filled the street near Parliament in London
- Other protests reported in Leeds, Cambridge and Birmingham
- Police report at least 61 arrests
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London, England (CNN) -- A crowd of students marched through central London on Wednesday, disrupting traffic and shouting slogans in a protest against an increase in university tuition.
Students also protested in other cities across Britain, including Leeds, Cambridge and Birmingham. Police said there had been 59 arrests in London and one each in Oxford and Glasgow, Scotland.
Three of the arrests happened after students filled Whitehall, the street that runs from Trafalgar Square past the prime minister's residence toward Parliament. Police penned them in at either end to try to limit criminal damage, and a line of police in fluorescent yellow vests kept the students from reaching Parliament Square.
Students held signs saying "Stop Education Cuts," "Education not
