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We will use water cannons on them: At last Cameron orders police to come down hard on the looters (some aged as young as NINE)
Officers will have 24 hours' notice to roll out powerful water cannons on yobs
U-turn on 'softly softly' approach earlier this week as police finally vow to come down hard on offenders
Ed Miliband heckled and called 'Dave' on Manchester visit
Police name man shot in Croydon as 26-year-old Trevor Ellis
Three men killed in Birmingham as hit-and-run prompts triple murder investigation
Serious disorder in Manchester, but also unrest in Wolverhampton, West Bromwich and Salford
Violence in Liverpool, Leicester and Nottingham where police station is fire-bombed by gang
Police investigating reports that shots were fired at police officer in Birmingham
800 police officers on patrol in Manchester city centre
109 arrests in West Midlands, 110 in Manchester and Salford, 50 across Merseyside and 19 in Bristol
805 people arrested in London since Saturday and 211 charged.
Liam Gallagher's Manchester boutique smashed and ransacked
eBay and Gumtree will help police to identify stolen goods being sold online
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Officers also revealed 685 people had been arrested in connection with disorder across London in the past few days with 111 people being charged.
ReplyDeleteManagers decided to shut the Southside shopping centre in Wandsworth, south London, to avoid the risk of looting and violence. Shops, businesses, pubs, schools and medical centres across the capital sent staff home early.
Looting even forced filming on BBC1 hit Sherlock to be cut short. A second series of the show - starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman - is being filmed in the capital this week.
Co-creator Mark Gatiss announced that work on the show had to be curtailed with a message on Twitter.
He wrote: 'This is a new one on me. Scene incomplete owing to approaching looters. Unbelievable times.'
Both Cumberbatch and Freeman were on set in north London when work was abandoned on the production yesterday afternoon.
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The vast majority of shops in Peckham closed before 3pm as staff were sent home early.
ReplyDeleteOutside a Poundland store on Rye Lane, which was looted on Saturday, a large group of people gathered to look at a piece of artwork which was created by community members yesterday afternoon.
A large sign reading 'Why We Love Peckham' had been placed on the board holding a smashed window together.
Hundreds of people had filled out notes on Post-its about the area. One read: 'It is vibrant and fun,' while another simply said: 'Diversity.'
Meanwhile, staff at St George's Medical Centre in Tooting were sent home early.
Midwives working in and around Bromley were also given strict orders not to attend calls around the town centre yesterday afternoon in case they became entangled in violence.
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In Canning Town, in east London, there was a tense stand-off between police and groups of youths, while in Enfield, groups of young people were reportedly patrolling the streets in a bid to deter violence, according to Sky News.
ReplyDeleteSimilar scenes could be seen in Southall, west London, where Sikh worshipers were pictured protecting the Singh Sabha Sikh Temple in Havelock Road.
Several theatres cancelled performances including the Battersea Arts Centre, Greenwich Playhouse and the Arcola Theatre in Dalston.
In Tottenham police confirmed a fire had broken out on an industrial estate. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'Police were called to reports of a number of vehicles on fire on an industrial estate in Park View Road. The fire is being treated as unexplained. No arrests have yet been made.'
Police said they had arrested a man in connection with the fire at Reeves Furniture store in Reeves Corner, Croydon, which was razed to the ground on Saturday night.
A 21-year-old, arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, is being held at a south London police station.
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Free for all: Hooded youths spill out of the damaged store in Manchester after filling their pockets with cigarettes and bottles of alcohol
ReplyDelete'Whatever resources the police need they will get. What ever tactics they feel they need they will have legal backing to do so.'
Mr Cameron said that the police would be checking offenders 'picture by picture' and they would not let 'phoney human rights' stand in the way of bringing rioters to justice.
He said that something was 'seriously wrong' with society 'when you see children as young as 12 or 13 looting and laughing'.
Mr Cameron insisted the 'fightback' by police was succeeding today after a fourth night of rioting across the country. He said a 'more robust approach' by Scotland Yard last night had prevented a repeat of the worst trouble.
The PM said it was 'simply not acceptable' that violence was taking place and had spread to Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham overnight.
'We will not put up with this in our country. We will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets.
'There are pockets of our society that are not only broken, but frankly sick...It is a complete lack of responsibility in parts of our society, people allowed to feel that the world owes them something.'
Later, the Prime Minister also described the apparent hit-and-run killing of three men in Birmingham who were trying to protect shops from looters as a 'truly dreadful incident' and offered his condolences to their families.
Labour leader Ed Miliband was quickly mobbed by members of the public and a large group surrounded and followed him as he made his way slowly around Market Street in Manchester.
One man, mistaking the Labour leader for his older brother, shouted: 'All platitudes, Dave, as usual. You are all the same.'
Standing outside the burnt-out Miss Selfridge store, Mr Miliband told members of the public the first thing that had to be done was to 'restore public order'.
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