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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Thousands attend a peace rally in Birmingham following the deaths of three men who were trying to protect shops from looters.
The family of two of men killed by a car in Birmingham have called for justice as police are given more time to question suspects.
A man appears before magistrates charged with attacking a Malaysian student during the London riots, as the courts work overtime to process hundreds of suspects.
As courts work through the night to process hundreds of cases, Channel 4 News looks at who was involved in the riots. One psychologist says the issue is complex but it is “not mindless criminality”.
Police arrest a 22-year-old man in connection with the death of Richard Mannington Bowes, who was attacked by rioters when attempting to stamp out fires during violence in Ealing, west London.
There was tough talk from the Government today, with Housing Minister Grant Shapps backing councils that want to ‘convict and evict’ rioters from social housing. But is the Government’s bark worse than its bite? FactCheck investigates.
David Cameron pledges to do “whatever it takes” to restore order to the streets after four nights of riots in English cities.
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.”
Shopping centres, high street shops and other businesses have closed early across the capital as police warn of a fourth night of disturbances.
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.
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.
The Reeves furniture store, a local landmark dating back to 1867, is left in ruins after rioters attack businesses in Croydon, south London.
CCTV images capturing hooded rioters and looters in Croydon and Lambeth are released online by police in a bid to bring justice to those causing chaos in the capital.
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left a five-year old girl and a shopkeeper in critical condition in South London