it has been repeated here for the last 48 hours at polytecnic university.tion between police and protesters, there has been to and fro, there have been tear gas and petrol bombs. now, the police are surrounding the police on perhaps five different fronts. let's look at how it unfolded about eight hours ago. the police are now trying to move in on two fronts, the tear gas is coming from there, another group there. and here there is a last holdout of the students, throwing bricks and petrol bombs. at the moment, its remains a stand—off but it feels like the police are definitely going to try and move in soon and try to reclaim this area. this is how the police have chosen to end the stand—off, we have been here for a couple of hours, there have been tear gas and petrol bombs. now the water cannon is moving in, a lot of armoured vehicles, as well, trying to push the protesters back. they are holding in a line. we can see some fire on the floor. this is the most aggressive move we have seen from the police. all this is happening, just over there, ten metres awa

hong kong say police have fired volleys of tear gas at protesters emerging from the city's polytecnic universityearlier, police tear gas forced hundreds of activists, some lobbing petrol bombs, to retreat behind make—shift fortifications at the university campus in what were described as some of the most dramatic scenes since protests began more than five months ago. an investigation is underway into the cause of a fire at a block of student flats in bolton. witnesses say the blaze spread quickly to the upper floors, prompting concerns about the cladding on the block. two people were injured. from bolton, 0livia richwald reports. these videos posted on social media show an intense fire which spread rapidly, sending chunks of burning cladding and sparks to the ground. at first, some of the students ignored the alarms. there was this girl who came running and she banged on the doors of the people on my floor, and she just started screaming, saying that "there's a fire, get out of here right now." when we were running down the stairs, it was getting higher and higher and catching really quickly. th