England riots: special report

The riots have brought out the best, and worst, in communities across England. Channel 4 News has been speaking to some of the people going out of their way to help the victims of violence.

The nation watched, horrified, as Ashraf Haziq had his backpack picked during Monday’s Hackney riots. But an internet campaign aims to compensate the Malaysian student for what he went through.

Cities across England, including Manchester and Birmingham, are beginning the clean-up after violence erupted overnight. London remained calm as police flooded the streets.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The instant messaging service on BlackBerry smartphones, thought to be used by London rioters to organise themselves, may be shut down at the request of the police tonight, as Benjamin Cohen reports.

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.

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.

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.

Coverage of riots in cities around the UK has made headlines across the globe, with interest in the story intensified by London’s hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Exclusive: Mark Duggan’s partner tells Channel 4 News the London riots are “out of control”. Semone Wilson says she is “100 per cent sure” that Mark did not fire at police before he was killed.

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.