The Prime Minister says flooding London with extra officers helped calm tensions, and water cannon will be available if trouble flares up again.
As riots spread from London to other parts of England, Channel 4 News reporter Jane Deith describes the police’s seven-hour battle of endurance in Manchester.
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.
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.
Curfews, water cannon, troops on the streets. Are any of these practical possibilities in the coming days? FactCheck looks at what the police can and can’t do to get the riots under control.
Tonight is a big test for both sides. The government cannot afford for this to go on for days longer. At the moment the opposition is being restrained, and aiming it’s fury at the rioters. But you can be sure there will be a political reckoning on how the government handled this – and the idea that people no longer feel safe is a potent political argument. The party of law and order is not easy to see right now.
Jon Snow
“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.”
The Mayor of London is heckled by angry Londoners as he picks through the riot-hit streets near Clapham Junction.
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.
This week’s England international is one of a string of sporting fixtures to be cancelled amid security fears.
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.
The Reeves furniture store, a local landmark dating back to 1867, is left in ruins after rioters attack businesses in Croydon, south London.
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.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has found no evidence that Mark Duggan, whose death sparked the London riots, fired at police before being shot.