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David Cameron and Theresa May insist the cuts won’t affect the police’s ability to handle major incidents like this week’s riots. FactCheck investigates.
As riots spread from London to other parts of England, Channel 4 News reporter Jane Deith describes the police’s seven-hour battle of endurance in Manchester.
Cities across England, including Manchester and Birmingham, are beginning the clean-up after violence erupted overnight. London remained calm as police flooded the streets.
Faisal meets Joseph Stiglitz who predicts dark times for much of the Western world and CNBC’s Jim Cramer, who, conversely, envisages light at the end of the tunnel.
The Mayor of London is heckled by angry Londoners as he picks through the riot-hit streets near Clapham Junction.
Riots continue for a fourth successive night in Britain, with the worst scenes of violence, looting and clashes with police taking place in Manchester and the Midlands.
Violence breaks out across London for a third night in a row as riots also spread to other cities across Britain, including Birmingham and Bristol. Keme Nzerem surveys the damage.
Rapper Guvna B pleads for young people to stop rioting but says he understands how deprivation can lead to violent depravity.
Hundreds of people have been arrested after large scale violence and disorder spread from London to Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, and Nottingham. There has also been minor violence in Leeds.
Shopping centres, high street shops and other businesses have closed early across the capital as police warn of a fourth night of disturbances.
After three nights of riots, looting and arson in London and across Britain, Channel 4 News looks at who the rioters are and why they are taking to the streets so violently.
A man has died after being shot during rioting in Croydon which also saw buildings set on fire.
Riots in London confuse us. They don’t happen often enough for us to have much understanding of them. I am very wary of anyone who claims to know what is really going on.
Tottenham’s MP lead widespread condemnation of the rioters, while the police – criticised too for their response – work to restore calm to the trashed London High Street.
Tottenham in north London is described as a “war” zone after overnight riots triggered by the shooting of a local man by police. One rioter tells Channel 4 News “this has been coming” for some time.