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Riots have spread across England and Northern Ireland in recent days following the killings of three young girls in Southport on 29 July.. Authorities are working to curb the serious civil ...
Riots have erupted at anti-immigration protests in towns and cities across Britain in the last week, with attacks by far-right groups on hotels housing asylum seekers and on mosques. On July 29 ...
On 12 August, the UK government announced that despite a de-escalation in the riots over the weekend, government officials remained on "high alert". [ 234 ] On 19 August, the UK government activated Operation Early Dawn , its measures to ease prison overcrowding, as more people were given custodial sentences over their roles in the riots.
While the center-left Labour P arty recently won a landslide victory in the U.K.’s July elections, that leftward shift was paired with rising support for the far-right Reform U.K. party, which ...
The Birmingham protest was organised by the UK Isn't Innocent group, aimed at exposing racism and police brutality in the United Kingdom as well as the United States. Footballer Tyrone Mings , who plays for the local team Aston Villa , joined the protest march; he was the victim of high-profile racial abuse while playing for the England ...
In a joint statement, the leaders of the UK, US, France, and Germany say the ex-spy poisoning was the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War, and that Russian involvement is the "only plausible explanation". [65] The Space Industry Act 2018 becomes law, giving UK spaceports the legal framework to function. [66]
Riots have swept Britain over recent days, and more outbreaks of anti-immigrant violence are feared this week, leaving the new UK government scrambling to control the worst disorder in more than a ...
It was the scene of a five-day riot in 1991; community regeneration projects commenced in the aftermath of those events. [ 2 ] The 1991 riots compounded the area's poor reputation for crime and youth delinquency, but community initiatives have sought to address these issues and many locals feel that Ely has been unfairly stigmatised.