Employment Centres Dept: Airport operators warned there could be long lines at immigration entry points because of walkouts by passport officers, but most of Britain's airports, including Heathrow and Manchester, said it was business as usual, according to CTV. Thousands of union members marched through London and other cities to demand that the government rethink its plans to curb public sector pensions. Small groups of anti-capitalist protesters scuffled with police as the march neared Parliament, and were cordoned in by officers. Police said 37 people had been arrested for offences including possession of drugs, criminal damage and breach of the peace and lONDON British teachers and public sector workers swapped classrooms and offices for picket lines Thursday as hundreds of thousands walked off the job to protest pension cuts. Unions estimated that up to 750,000 teachers and civil servants joined the one-day strike, disrupting courthouses, tax offices and employment centres, as well as schools. The government said the figure was lower. As
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