about student protests but it's important to point out this is not just any student protest, it's part of a larger union, the national union of students, they have organized this protest against the conservative party and there's also the liberal party in the u.k. and what the protestors are saying, what the union president is saying, let this be a warning to you, that you will lose future generations if you allow these austerity measures to go through. in some ways, different country, different situation jon but you can see the echos at home as well. jon: the point being this is not just an entirely organic uprising. some of these students were bused in from cities and towns all across great britain. our greg palkot is there, and can perhaps gives us some flavor of exactly what's happening right now. greg. >> reporter: jon, yeah, i think the police were a bit surprised by this whole thing, in fact the metropolitan police scotland yard said we prepared our response anticipating a peaceful protest. can you believe it, they did not anticipate violence, the violence, they got. they also said they only think that it's a

throwing of things and generally generally nastiness really i've spoken to people from the national union of students and they're very keen to point out that these are a very small minority of people causing trouble and that they maybe may not be students at all and that the national union of students does not support that but unfortunately this is probably what's going to be remembered about the march today not the very important message which is the troubling of the fees at university but the fact that there was violence and of course it's not just the students who are protesting there are there lectures as well there are also representatives from trade unions because we are seeing twenty five percent cuts here in the u.k. across a number of sectors including defense cuts in health care cuts in housing benefits and general benefits for the for the unemployed and the less well. to do so i think it's not right that it's true. even though the government claims this is necessary. we know for a fact there are many other ways you can help this is a lot i was thinking steve in financial terms that we need

these were not official protests planned by the national union of students but organized by word of mouth and the internet. thousands of students, school children, and others on the streets, angry and determined. >> it is bad. it should not have gotten this bad, but this is what happens when they do this to us students for so long. >> it is a massive mess up, and we just wanted to say, look. you lied to us. we are here to say it is wrong. ownin nick clegg's constituency, many were blaming him personally. in klesko, where there are no tuition fees, they nevertheless came out in support -- in callaspo -- klglasgo. students in cambridge vaulted over dates and even got into the senate building. at some elite university, it may be almost 6,000 pounds, and students took matters further. tonight, the metropolitan police said 15 people had been arrested, mainly on suspicion of violent disorder and criminal damage. two officers were injured, while 11 members of the public were treated. bbc news. >> and just in on the london protests, the latest figures from the metropolitan police. 32 arrest in lo

of a graduate tax being proposed of some members of her party and, for instance, by the national union of students and what we discovered that would be much more unfair and would allow particularly higher earners to opt out of the system all together compared to the progressive system of graduate contributions which we are now proposing. >> mr. speaker, her majesty's revenue and customs as a business payments service which has helped many businesses in my constituency in lancaster and fleetwood who have met short-term problems achieve a delayed payment in terms of taxes. sometimes the taxman can help apparently. does my right honorable friend agree with me that this is a valuable service and that every part of the government should be providing as much flexibility and support as possible for business if we're to get out of this recession left to us by the previous government? >> i strongly agree with my honorable friend and i think the hmrc business support service is indeed a very valuable and important service. and it remains in place by the end of september this year, 371,200 arrangements have

. >> reporter: the national union of students said it condemned the violence utterly. the anger of the students here was certainly real, as the violence may not have done their cause much good. many predicted riots as result of the cuts. today we got one. elsewhere in europe, investors dumped irish bonds amid growing fears that ireland may need a bailout from the european union. and in france, a new cost- cutting pension reform measure became law, despite of widespread protests. it will raise the partial retirement age to a minimum of 62, and the full-time retirement age to 67. u.s. health officials have announced plans for large, graphic warning labels on cigarette packs. they're designed to illustrate the dangers of tobacco use. some of the labels show diseased lus, to denstre what smoking can do to healthy tissue. others warn against exposing children to second-hand smoke from their parents. the long-term decline in smoking in the u.s. has stalled since 2004. more than 20% of american adults about 46 million people still smoke. those are some of the day's major stori