Starmer pledges to keep communities safe as police prepare for further violence
Immigration solicitors have received threats from the far-right amid violent unrest on Britain’s streets.
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Immigration advice centres and solicitors ‘fearful’ of going to work
Immigration law specialists and advice centres said they have been advised to work from home as threats to their workplace circulated online.
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Builder who abused police is first person convicted after Rotherham rioting
Joshua Simpson turned up in the area around the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers on Sunday after hours of disorder was starting to die down.
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Holiday Inn owner urges calm after attacks on two hotels housing asylum seekers
InterContinental Hotels Group said the unrest, which included two of its hotels being stormed by rioters, was a ‘troubling and challenging situation’.
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Courts could sit through night to deal with rioters as violence continues
Revealing the plan, justice minister Heidi Alexander also said a ‘standing army’ of specialist police had been set up to deal with violent protests.
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Police officers injured in Plymouth as violence continues for seventh day
In Southport, hundreds of people attended a peaceful vigil a week on from the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar.
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People spreading hate online should have ‘nowhere to hide’, says minister
Peter Kyle said he had met representatives from social media giants on Monday.
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Define Islamophobia to drive ‘racism and vitriol’ off streets, says MP
Afzal Khan has urged Sir Keir Starmer to formally adopt a definition of Islamophobia after scenes of disorder in parts of the UK.
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Name and shame rioters, Prime Minister says amid bid to crack down on disorder
Sir Keir Starmer vowed to ‘ramp up criminal justice’ after an emergency Cobra meeting was called.
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Cabinet minister promises ‘reckoning’ after disorder outside hotel in Rotherham
On Sunday, anti-immigration rioters smashed the windows of the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers before starting fires.
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Retailer Lush says workers ‘devastated’ after looting in Hull
The company was among several high street retailers with stores targeted over a weekend of looting in several towns and cities across the UK.
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Household and business riot damage claims to police could reach £1m
Under UK law, victims of criminal damage to property and possessions during a riot are entitled to claim for losses.
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Government calls emergency Cobra meeting in wake of sixth day of violence
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said courts were on standby to handle the cases of those charged.
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Cobra meeting planned after thugs target hotels housing asylum seekers
Widespread unrest continued for the sixth day in a row following the killing of three young girls in Southport.
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Ten police officers injured and one unconscious after rioters target hotel
People threw planks of wood at police outside a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham.
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