Manchester University Students Tear Down Lockdown Fencing on Campus

Manchester University Students Tear Down Lockdown Fencing on Campus
A man walks past Manchester University, in Manchester, England, on Oct. 7, 2020. Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University have now moved all lectures online with many students quarantined in their residential halls. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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Students at the University of Manchester on Thursday night tore down large metal barriers that had been erected around their campus accommodation on the first day of a new national lockdown in England.

Social media images showed torn-down fencing after students had reportedly woken yesterday to find their Fallowfield campus accommodation had been all but hemmed in by large metal barriers, with the only exit guarded by security.