Three student activists made a dramatic escape from a rooftop kettle yesterday when supporters arrived with a ladder.
A group of around 30 students who had occupied Birmingham University's grand hall were being held by police in the pouring rain.
Dozens of other officers had arrived on the other side of the building and appeared to be moving in to make arrests as the Star went to press.
JACK DAVIDSON explains the motivation behind the UCU strike action at the University of Sheffield
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE


