England riots: special report

As an investigation finds that the parents of Mark Duggan were not told of their son’s death by either police or the IPCC, Simon Israel speaks to family members.

Tottenham MP David Lammy says restrictions on parents smacking their children were partly responsible for last summer’s riots. MP Harriett Baldwin and columnist Laurie Penny debate the issue.

A police review says arsonists could be shot, while guidelines are needed on the use of plastic bullets and water cannon. But one leading lawyer tell Channel 4 News: “This is not the rule of law.”

Police dealing with rioters need clearer guidelines about when to use guns, plastic bullets and water cannon, according to a report into the summer disturbances by the Inspectorate of Constabulary.

A police watchdog investigator admits a “mistake” was made in releasing information suggesting Mark Duggan fired on officers before he was killed.

Two Metropolitan Police officers are on restricted duties following developments in the Mark Duggan shooting inquiry. The shooting led to the outbreak of rioting in north London over the summer.

As the NSPCC calls on cash-strapped councils to act earlier to help 200,000 babies born each year at risk of neglect, Channel 4 News follows three families who have benefitted from early intervention.

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that 3,003 people have been arrested and 1,931 charges or cautions made for crimes connected with August’s rioting in London.

Courts are to be given powers to strip criminals of up to £25 of their benefits payouts per week, in a move designed to hit back at many rioters who rampaged throughout England in August.

Defendants, including two men jailed for inciting rioting via Facebook, face appeal court judges in a bid to overturn their sentences following the summer disturbances.

Many of the people who have appeared in court in connection with last month’s riots have never been sent to jail before despite multiple previous convictions, new figures show.

Jailed rioters are being targeted by existing inmates because prison conditions have been made worse by the influx of prisoners following last month’s civil unrest, Channel 4 News has learned.

Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police in Tottenham on 4 August sparked a wave of rioting across England, is buried in north London.

Not one, but four officers involved in the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, an incident which sparked the London riots last month, are under investigation, Channel 4 News understands.

Riots which swept across England in August were the result of a “broken penal system” which failed to stop a “feral underclass” from reoffending, says Justice Secretary Ken Clarke.