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UK riots

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    UK society
    UK teenager accused of Southport stabbings charged with terrorism offence

    Al-Qaeda manual and deadly poison ricin allegedly found at Axel Rudakubana’s home

    Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy providing an update into the investigation into the murders of six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar, and the attempted murders of eight children and two adults in Southport
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Nine-year jail term for man involved in asylum hotel fire during UK riots

    Sentence is one of the longest in connection with far-right violence over the summer

    Thomas Birley holding a police baton during the riot in Rotherham
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    UK to hold offenders in police cells amid justice system ‘crisis’

    Operation Early Dawn activated following violent unrest across country in recent weeks

    Police on horses patrol as anti-racism counter-protesters gather in Preston, UK
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    UK needs no lessons from apologists for rioters

    The historic mission of mainstream politics is to listen to the real communities, not their malign mouthpieces

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a Banksy-style graffiti of a rioter about to throw a brick but who has a surveillance camera in his face and a hand reaching out to him with handcuffs.
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    News in-depth
    False information cases in wake of riots test UK’s online safety law

    Authorities have moved swiftly to punish people alleged to have been involved in the worst unrest England has experienced since 2011

    Montage of two smartphones showing TikTok and X against a background showing a youth in a hooded top about to throw an object
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    UK politics
    Tom Tugendhat hits out at Starmer’s response to far-right violence

    Tory leadership hopeful accuses PM of ‘falling short’ in ‘first test’ since taking office

    Tom Tugendhat
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    Two 12-year-olds plead guilty over UK riots

    Prosecutions for violent disorder are youngest to date over far-right violence

    Riots in Southport on July 30
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    Ministers warn UK riots will set back efforts to fix justice system

    Labour government inherited Crown Court backlog of 68,000 cases and prison overcrowding crisis

    A police officer looking at a car that is on fire
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    Luke Tryl
    Rioting has left Britain deeply shaken

    Fear and dismay are widely shared but new research reveals more profound, and differing, sources of unease

  • Saturday, 10 August, 2024
    Explainer
    How are judges dealing with England’s rioters?

    Fast-track hearings have led to more than 30 individuals appearing in Crown Court so far as prosecutors bring range of charges

    Montage of photos issued by police forces and the CPS of some of the defendants who have appeared in court following serious disorder during anti-immigration protests in the UK
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    UK considers forcing tech firms to remove ‘legal but harmful’ content after riots

    Proposals come as first person jailed for online posts that stoked far-right violence

    Riot police hold back protesters after disorder broke out on July 30 in Southport
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Camilla Cavendish
    When the dust settles after the riots, Britain will need a rethink

    While lurid predictions of civil war are misplaced, this is not a country at ease with itself

    A man wearing a Union Jack scarf around his eyes brandishes a mobile phone in one hand and a brick in the other
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Hooligans, criminals, children: Who are the UK rioters?

    First ‘swift justice’ court cases show those convicted for far-right violence

    Rioters in Rotherham
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    How to read a riot

    Violence on British streets has reopened an age-old debate about what drives disorder — and what can be done about it

    A group of men are gathered on a grassy area, holding planks and sticks. Some are draped in England flags, one waves a union jack and many are filming with phones
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    News in-depthUK immigration
    UK immigration: why public opinion is at odds with reality

    Academic studies and official data highlight misconceptions around impact of new arrivals on economy and society

    Protesters hold signs for and against UK immigration
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Starmer tells police to stay on ‘high alert’ as UK rioters jailed

    PM says police operations and swift execution of justice have acted as a deterrent after days of violence

    Keir Starmer speaks to police officers
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Far-right riots centred on England’s deprivation hotspots

    Areas hit by violence also have high proportion of asylum seekers housed there, FT analysis shows

    Montage showing a man, map of england and bar chart
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Huge UK anti-racist rallies held as far-right protests fail to materialise

    Thousands gather to protect locations thought to be targets for violence

    Anti-racism demonstrators in Walthamstow, London, on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Telegram use surged after UK stabbing as rioters turn to chat apps

    Messaging service, known for ‘hands off’ approach to content moderation, faces pressure to tackle extremist groups

    A montage of the messenger paper airplane logo in front of riot police
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    UK shops shut over fears of more violence as rioter jailed for 3 years

    Businesses send staff home early amid fears of far-right unrest on Wednesday evening

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Whose riots are they anyway?

    Early polls give clues about whether support for Nigel Farage’s party has peaked; plus, Tory leadership contenders jostle

    Nigel Farage on election night
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Tory rhetoric on migrants created ‘climate’ for far-right riots, say critics

    Claims of asylum seeker ‘invasion’ fuelled hatred, they warn

    An anti-immigration demonstration near parliament on July 31 in response to the fatal stabbing of three children in Stockport
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    UK faces resistance from X over taking down disinformation during riots

    Social media site owner Elon Musk has also been posting jibes at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

    Riots outside a hotel in Rotherham which is being used as an asylum hotel
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Far-right groups plan to target homes in attack on lawyers, police told

    Keir Starmer vows to take ‘all necessary action’ to end unrest as online message reveals plan for co-ordinated action

    Rioters throw a flaming wheelie bin
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Stock indices get a case of the Mondays

    Wall Street finished sharply lower, closing out a global market rout

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