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Politicians respond to riots
The leaders of all three of Britain’s political parties are out meeting members of the public today to try to address the concerns of those affected by the riots.
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FactCheck: Can councils ‘convict and evict’ rioters?
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.
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Riots and stone throwing, but it’s London not Jerusalem
How is the world viewing Britain after the scenes of street violence? From east Jerusalem to east London, an Israeli journalist working in the UK writes for Channel 4 News on the chaos he witnessed.
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Cameron vows to ‘track down and punish’ rioters
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.
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LIVE BLOG: UK riots from Manchester to London
After the riots across the UK, the clean-up and condemnation as David Cameron and Ed Miliband return to Westminster to address what went wrong. Follow updates as they happened.
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Bringing help to Tottenham’s riot victims
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.
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Tributes paid to Ealing ‘hero’
The 68 year-old seriously injured during rioting in Ealing has been described as a ‘hero’ by London’s Mayor Boris Johnson, as police release an image of a man described as a ‘strong suspect.’
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Home Secretary announces plans to tackle gang violence
Theresa May says she will convene a task force to establish the scale of the problem of gang violence in the aftermath of the recent riots across England.
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Three arrested over Birmingham hit-and-run
Three people have been arrested over the deaths of three men who were hit by a car while protecting shops from looters. Channel 4 News has spoken to the brother of two of the hit-and-run victims.
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Police clash with vigilantes in Eltham
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports from Eltham, one of the only areas to see continued trouble five nights after riots began. But there was confusion over who was fighting who.
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Child rioters appear in court
Hundreds of people arrested after riots across England are streaming through the courts. Among them a 12-year old who told photographers to f*** off and a 16-year old who was carrying a knife.
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Cameron pledges to restore order after riots
David Cameron pledges to do “whatever it takes” to restore order to the streets after four nights of riots in English cities.
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Riot victim Ashraf Haziq ‘feels sorry’ for attackers
Malaysian student Ashraf Haziq says he “feels sorry” for the people who mugged him during riots in Hackney earlier this week.
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FactCheck counts the cost of the riots
It is the police – not insurers – that will have to cover the lion’s share of these costs, FactCheck discovers.
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FactCheck: Have riots put police front line on the back foot?
David Cameron and Theresa May insist the cuts won’t affect the police’s ability to handle major incidents like this week’s riots. FactCheck investigates.
