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Riots
In pictures: Riots spread to new cities
Videos and photographs of last night’s violence have emerged, showing the full scale of the disorder.
PHOTOGRAPHS CONTINUE TO emerge showing the scale of the rioting and violence across England last night.
Nottingham, Gloucester, Central Manchester, Salford, and Liverpool all experienced rioting, looting or violence.
Videos filmed by witnesses caught up in the violence are also appearing on YouTube and TwitVid.
Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police have said that it is “simply wrong to suggest officers were initially told not to actively arrest those involved in disorder.”
In this video of what the owner says is looting in Manchester on Oldham Street, a group of people appear to break into a business before walking off with a flatscreen television:
A fire is seen in Salford, followed by the appearance of riot police:
People are seen attacking cars in what is said to be Salford:
A video has also been put up on Twitter that appears to show a group of young men in Enfield being pursued by police while shouting “England! England!”
Images of the looting and violence taken last night show the scale of both the unrest but also the reaction of those watching it:
Disturbances across UK
Disturbances across UK
Disturbances across UK
Disturbances across UK
Disturbances across UK
Disturbances across UK
Disturbances across UK
A flyer seen on a Subway window, via http://twitpic.com/63j8ia
Disturbances across the UK
Disturbances across UK
A bus on fire in London, image via http://twitpic.com/636qa3
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