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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 ...
The UK's first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on 31 January 2020. [9] As the number of cases and deaths increased in the subsequent few months, the government enacted emergency powers on 19 March to introduce public health measures in an effort to control the spread of the virus.
A heavy security presence, rapid arrests and displays of unity by people across Britain prevented a repeat of widespread rioting involving racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants, officials ...
On 12 August, the UK government announced that despite a de-escalation in the riots over the weekend, government officials remained on "high alert". [ 233 ] 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.
A petition calling for the suspension of export of riot control equipment has gained more than 500,000 signatures as of 6 June. At the daily Downing Street COVID-19 press conference on 3 June, Boris Johnson stated that he was "appalled and sickened" by the murder of George Floyd. Johnson said that people had the democratic right to protest, but ...
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 ...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has cancelled a planned holiday to focus on his government's response to a series of racist riots that targeted Muslims and migrants, a Downing Street source said.