Friday 22 January, 2021
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after last week’s Hyde Park water fight descended into chaos.
This follows controversy over the killing of suspected gangster Mark Duggan in 2011 – an incident which sparked the London riots.
There were angry scenes outside a London court this evening after a jury found that Mark Duggan had been lawfully killed.
Mark Duggan did not have a gun in his hand at the time he was shot by police in August 2011.
The most powerful images of the London riots of August 2011.
Gordon Thompson, 34, stole a laptop from the House of Reeves department store before setting fire to a sofa.
A Malaysian student was robbed as he sat stunned and bloodied after being punched in the London riots.
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The Guardian has seen the findings of a police investigation which show that Duggan, whose killing sparked the London riots, was unarmed when he was shot.
Most of those who joined the violence and looting were from Britain’s most deprived areas, suggesting that poverty could be at the root of problems.
Two men in their 20s who were jailed for four years each for encouraging criminal behaviour through Facebook – which never actually took place – have had their appeals rejected.
A spokeswoman for the Home Office said there was “no suggestion” that the sites would be closed down.
A significant milestone is hit amid concern about sentences being handed down for those who did and didn’t actually take part in the rioting and looting.
Meanwhile, police in London say they have charged 1,000 people in relation to last week’s rioting and looting.
Social networks are under scrutiny from UK police after they were used to organise looting in last week’s riots.
Richard Mannington Bowes, 68, was attacked as he tried to put out a fire started by rioters near his home.
The Guardian says the UK’s electronic interception centre has also been asked to try and find those responsible for starting riots.
Three men, two of whom were brothers, were struck by a car and killed during last week’s riots.
A 20-year-old man has been charged with robbing an injured Malaysian student as he stood bleeding on the pavement during the London riots.
A news caption on Libyan state TV claims “Cameron’s brigades” are being backed up by “mercenaries” from Ireland and Scotland.
As English cities struggle to recover from several nights of rioting, London councillor Mike Harris looks at the aftermath.
Although no Olympic venues have been touched by the violence, London and its organizing committee have taken a big publicity hit.
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Cities across England were relatively quiet last night, but police have warned of a possible “catastrophe” should riots break out again.
Hayley Matthews was trapped with brick-throwing rioters as the looting spread to Salford in north-west England. She writes about her experiences.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wonders why the Security Council is “silent” as British citizens lash out against their government.
There are teams of riot police on the streets in London but the capital is a scene of relative calm. There have been outbreaks of violence in Manchester, Salford, Birmingham, Woverhampton and West Bromwich.
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Ballistic tests indicate that a handgun found at the scene of Duggan’s death had NOT been fired.
BlackBerry’s manufacturer said it would allow police to access BlackBerry Messenger posts – and got hacked in return.
