G8 protests went ahead

The police did a few u-turns and ended up authorising the G8 protest march they tried to ban earlier. Very good of them to give their permission for people to exercise their democratic right to free assembly.

A few people pushed their luck and pulled down a security fence but the police sorted them out and a small group of anarchists caused some criminal damage in a nearby village.

It's a shame when people hijack legitimate protests like this but it can not be used as an excuse to curtail peoples' right to free assembly.