England and Northern Ireland, police have been on alert. Several forces reported officers being injured. It follows days of unrest after false information was spread online about the killing of three girls in southport on monday. More protests are planned for later today. Danjohnson reports from liverpool. Across many towns and cities, the police have been stretched, fighting running battles. This was the scene in blackpool this afternoon. And heres how protests turned to violence in hull city centre. There have been injuries, but mostly to Police Officers. They struggled to maintain order in liverpool, where two counter demonstrations clashed near the waterfront. Antifascist protesters confronted around 1,000 from the far right, chanting anti immigrant slogans. The police are now forcing back the antifascist demonstrators. Theyre trying to create a bit of space between the two sides. Watch how this Motorbike Officer was treated. Merseyside police described this as serious disorder, an
GIrls In southport nearly a week ago. More than 90 people have been arrested after far rIght demonstratIons descended Into scenes of vIolence In towns and cItIes on saturday. It follows days of unrest after false InformatIon was spread onlIne about the kIllIngs In southport. Greg mckenzIe reports. TensIons had been buIldIng all week, and yesterday saw an escalatIon of the VIolence And Unrest lInked to far rIght groups across england and Northern Ireland. PolIce forces stretched to theIr lImIts, fIghtIng runnIng battles lIke thIs In lIverpool overnIght. The scene of some of the worst vIolence, whIch turned Into reported lootIng late In the evenIng. A number of offIcers were Injured, wIth the Mayhem SpIllIng out Into the cItys maIn shoppIng areas. There were reports of youths throwIng FIreworks at the polIce. In a statement, MerseysIde PolIce saId. The people who have brought such AggressIon And DestructIon Into the heart of our communItIes do not represent the people of merseysIde. ThIs
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the decision of a coward, unwilling to listen to parents of the babies she murdered giving the most emotional and moving testimony that you will ever hear. it s far from the first case of its kind either. in the past 18 months, the killers of sabina nessa, zara aleena, and olivia pratt korbell have all failed to attened sentencing. that is just in the past year. so, 08085 909693 do we need to force the guilty to face court? what can we do when an offender doesn t want to come to the courtroom? particularly if they re likely to be disruptive if they do attend? streaming the proceedings to their cell has been mentioned. do we go the american way, bring them forcibly into court? it s more than a year since rishi sunak, when he was running for tory leader, first promised to change the law on this. yesterday he said letby was cowardly for refusing to face sentencing. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has promised to close what he called the shamefully exploited loophole i
sunshine but on sunday things start to break down, the increasing chance of some thundery showers. this is what is going on right now, for most of us you can see not a lot of cloud out there. some cloud across the north of scotland giving some bits and pieces of rain but even here it is largely dry. further south, patchy cloud, good spells of sunshine, perhaps turning a little bit murky for some eastern coasts of england but the temperature is easily 22 24, may be up to 25 degrees. this evening, if you are heading out and about, it will be fine, sunny skies giving weird clear skies overnight and if the skies are clear you may get a glimpse of the aurora borealis, a lot of solar activity. in fact a solar storm heading our way so don t be surprised if you get a glimpse of the northern lights, particularly in the northern lights, particularly in the north of the uk, may be further south, perhaps not across the central and eastern parts of england where cloud will be rolling in a