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Viewing the UK's street crisis from Tahrir Square
“So we are confonted, as Egypt was confronted, by images over which there is no control. The citizen suddenly has fast access to things the media previously mediated for them at a slower pace.”
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Lord Harris, whose Carpetright store in Tottenham was burned down on Saturday night, is joining forces with charities and local groups to help those who lost everything in the riots.
Prime Minister David Cameron announces greater police powers to deal with riots as he pledges to do “whatever it takes” to restore order to the streets after four nights of violence.
Cities across England, including Manchester and Birmingham, are beginning the clean-up after violence erupted overnight. London remained calm as police flooded the streets.
“So we are confonted, as Egypt was confronted, by images over which there is no control. The citizen suddenly has fast access to things the media previously mediated for them at a slower pace.”
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.
David Cameron flies home to deal with a massive escalation of unrest in London as rioters loot shops and set buildings on fire. The trouble has spread to Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol.
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.
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.
David Cameron vows to do “everything necessary to restore order to Britain’s streets as he recalls Parliament and trebles police presence in London. There will be 16,000 officers on patrol tonight.
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.
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 MP David Lammy says it is “important our community remains calm” after a man was shot dead during an operation by police. A friend of Mark Duggan told Channel 4 News there may be unrest.
Two men are in hospital with severe burns after a light aircraft hit two houses in Salford, leaving the plane in a “mangled wreckage”.
Severe weather and snow in the UK and Europe have grounded flights and caused travel chaos in the run-up to Christmas, with an “unprecedented” number of breakdowns, the AA tells Channel 4 News.