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/ 8 February 2012
London’s police have begun a crackdown on street gangs which UK politicians blamed for the August riots, the worst disorder Britain saw in decades.
Parental duties must not be done in anger and corporal punishment is therefore not justified
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/ 15 December 2011
Austerity measures, prolonged economic weakness and a eurozone crisis have taken their toll on UK’s work force, with unemployment at a 17-year high.
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/ 4 September 2011
Members of a far-right group clashed with police at a rally in London, despite a ban on marches imposed after deadly riots that rocked the country.
What made children violently riot for Julius Malema outside Luthuli House? <b>Ayanda Sitole</b> thinks it’s the value systems instilled in our youth.
Revellers have packed London streets for one of Europe’s biggest street parties with record numbers of police on duty to curb any further riots.
Tony Blair has weighed in on the debate over the causes of this month’s riots, attacking claims that the country’s "moral decline" was to blame.
Two men who posted messages on Facebook inciting other people to riot in their home towns have been sentenced to four years each in prison.
There is a connection between a disregard for the law and politicians who acquire wealth corruptly, writes <b>Richard Calland</b>.
The riots cannot be explained by criminality or deprivation alone. But they were unwise and failed to advance any cause.
Some 200 students have held a demonstration in Tehran against what they call the "savage" police treatment of people involved in unrest in London.
A United States street crime expert has warned that solving the problem of rioting was more complex than just arresting people.
A media watchdog has voiced concern at the cooperation between British authorities and BlackBerry smart phones to identify rioters in London.
Police were out in force in London on Saturday in a bid to prevent any repeat of England’s worst riots in decades, which left five people dead.
The London riots have left some parents wondering what happened to their children. But others say the state’s to blame for depriving them of a future.
It is not difficult to understand the outpouring of smug schadenfreude that has greeted the news of riots in Britain, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
Twenty-year-old Mohammed Naji and his friends say they are not surprised by the rioting and looting in several suburbs in and around London this week.
David Cameron risks his government’s austerity drive, particularly its plans to cut police funding, becoming the focus of Britons’ fear of the future.
Tottenham’s opening Premier League match against Everton has been postponed due to the violence in London, the league’s chief executive has confirmed.
Funny. All those tweets about how social media was the force that provoked the revolutions of the Arab Spring have become mysteriously muted.
British cities began on Wednesday to clean up shopping streets littered with debris from a night of looting by gangs of hooded youths.
Rioters broke into stores and torched cars in central England on Tuesday as Britain’s worst riots for decades entered a fourth night, police said.
As news came of the first death in Britain’s fiery riots, the prime minister recalled Parliament and ordered thousands more police onto the streets.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would recall Parliament from its summer recess for a day after rioting swept through through London.
Less than a year before London hosts the 2012 Games, scenes of rioting and looting have raised concerns about security and policing for the event.
A chaotic wave of violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities on Tuesday.
More shops were looted on a second night of clashes in London and nine more police hurt as disorder spread after police killed a man during an arrest.
The violent riot that tore through a deprived north London neighbourhood and injured 26 police officers has cast a pall over Britain’s capital