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How riot recovery brought communities together
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.
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Tia’s step-grandfather arrested after police find body
Stuart Hazell, the partner of Tia Sharp’s grandmother, is arrested on suspicion of murder in the case of the 12-year-old Croyden girl who has been missing for a week.
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Compare and contrast: London riots one year on
Channel 4 News revisits four of the worst-hit parts of London to see how they have recovered since last year’s riots. See the before/after photos here. Roll your mouse over the images.
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Family appeal for missing Tia Sharp to come home
The family of a missing 12-year-old girl appeal for her to come home, as police continue to make door-to-door enquiries in the New Addington area of south London. Saima Mohsin reports from Croydon.
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Body of missing millionairess found in garage
Police confirm the body found in a southwest London lock-up garage is the missing millionairess Carole Waugh. Ms Waugh, who has been missing for two months, had died from a single stab wound.
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Olympic torch abseiled into London
The Olympic torch is to be abseiled down to the Tower of London by a Royal Marine commando to start its journey around the capital.
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Further crisis for border agency as visa system crashes
The collapse of an IT system at a border agency office has stalled thousands of visa applications for foreigners in the UK. A senior lawyer tells Channel 4 News the system is “unfit for purpose”.
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Looter jailed for 11 years after family business destroyed
A looter is jailed for eleven and a half years after starting a fire that destroyed a 140-year-old Croydon furniture shop during last summer’s riots.
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Channel 4 News appoints BBC London reporter Paraic O’Brien
Channel 4 News has announced that BBC London’s Investigations Reporter Paraic O’Brien is set to join the 7pm programme as a reporter.
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FactCheck: Broken Britain and broken promises – Clegg’s riot payback collapses
“In fact, it seems only a tiny minority of people who have already been dealt with by the courts have been ordered to don the famous orange vests. The precise number, according to London Probation Trust, is 15 in the capital.”
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Jobless criminals ‘to work five-day week’
Out of work criminals will be forced to do a five-day week of hard work, including one day of job hunting, under new proposals for community sentences.
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Police release more images after London riots
The Metropolitan Police has released a further 39 images of people it would like to speak with in connection to the London riots.
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Street riots: a crazy week of Britain’s worst and best
After the riots that shocked England, Channel 4 News Midlands Correspondent Darshna Soni reflects on a “crazy week” and asks was the behaviour really indicative of the breakdown of moral society?
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Courts get tough on rioters
As reports suggest courts are being told to disregard normal guidelines when sentencing rioters, sending more to prison, Nick Clegg outlines other “punishments that stick”.
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Three men in court over Birmingham murders
Two men and a teenager have faced court today, charged with the murders of three men hit by a car during riots in Birmingham last week.