内容摘要：The government would also pass a new law to ban the sale of ninja and samurai swords, she said.

The government would also pass a new law to ban the sale of ninja and samurai swords, she said.

Newcastle University said it was "extremely disappointed" and would be putting measures in place to "maintain academic standards".Industrial action follows the university approving a £20m reduction in its salary bill - the equivalent of about 300 jobs.

It said the cuts would be made using voluntary redundancies, although could not rule out compulsory job losses.Recruitment and promotion freezes have also been signed off, as well as travel restrictions.The university said it wanted to work "constructively" with unions to "build a more sustainable future", while also supporting "colleagues throughout this challenging time".

UCU said there was another projected round of cost savings planned for next year."There may only be a temporary reprieve for those currently out of the firing line," it said.

The union said strikes would take place on:

Staff will also take continuous action short of strike from 4 March."My question is: Did me, Bashir, do something to you?

"If you don’t know anything about me, you hurt me? That’s absolutely ridiculous."Gerard Rice from the Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group tried to defuse the situation on Saturday.

He said when he saw the crowd heading along University Avenue towards the area, he was "surprised at the numbers".He described it as "an angry mob of two to three hundred people".