Student fees: Met Police in talks over water cannon

[Gerald]

Scotland Yard has said it is "liaising" with police in Northern Ireland about water cannon, after Thursday's student fees protests in London turned violent.But a Metropolitan Police spokesman said there were "no current plans" to use them and it had not asked for two.t comes after Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs a report is due into the protesters' attack on Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall's car.And she said cannon were not government approved for use in England and Wales.

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Note:13 December 2010 Last updated at 18:39 GMT