Can #operationsitin lift Belfast’s economy?
Businesses in Belfast feeling the financial fallout from recent trouble begin #operationsitin in a bid to lift the economy and persuade people the city is open for business.
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A man is found guilty of supplying Mark Duggan with a gun just before he was shot dead by police, sparking the 2011 riots. Channel 4 News has obtained exclusive footage of attempts to keep him alive.
Music can once again be heard on Mali’s streets, as land is taken back from Islamist control. But with musicians threatened and festivals cancelled, fears for Mali’s cultural future remain.
On 25 January 2011 Tahrir Square became the focal point for a public outpouring of anger against the rule of Hosni Mubarak. As violence breaks out in Egypt again, Channel 4 News asks what has changed?
Businesses in Belfast feeling the financial fallout from recent trouble begin #operationsitin in a bid to lift the economy and persuade people the city is open for business.
Police clash with rioters in east Belfast for another night – but although the violence is nasty enough, it is not spreading across the city.
The coalition is expected to pump more money into tackling youth violence as part of a wider push to stamp out gang and knife crime, the home secretary reveals.
This was the year that Euro 2012 dominated Google search but everyone was talking about the Olympics on Twitter.
European leaders are in Norway to celebrate the award of the Nobel peace prize to the EU – as it emerges an absent David Cameron is to set out plans for a repatriation of powers and an EU referendum.
The arrests of more than 200 leaders of London street gangs in the wake of last year’s riots has led to an increase in “chaos, violence and anarchy” there, a report claims.
The police marksman who shot Mark Duggan tells a court he was “absolutely 100 per cent” sure he was holding a handgun.
Tandem team Anthony Kappes and Craig MacLean beat compatriots Neil Fachie and Barney Storey to win the individual men’s sprint gold in a nail-biting final at the velodrome.
As the number of protesters killed at a South African platinum mine reaches 34, a blame game has begun over the deaths, a reminder to the public of the dark days of apartheid.
“Scotland would be in a respectable 11th place in the world medal rankings. And if you allow for population size, it’s even more of an achievement.”
The riots that spread across England in 2011 lasted a few days but some communities suffered lasting damage. However, the resulting clean-up fostered a community spirit that is still present now.
Apprenticeships went up by 75 per cent in London from 2005/06 to 2010/11 for under-19s and by nearly 30,000 per cent for over-25s.