Have made more than 150 arrests and that number is expected to rise. The prime Minister Keir Starmer will today hold an Emergency Cobra Meeting with senior Police Leaders as they look to de escalate the violence following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport last week. The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned those who incited the rioters that the will face the same reckoning. This is footage taken from Social Media which has been looked at by our team on bbc verify showing protesters starting fires at a Holiday Inn express hotel in tamworth. Staffordshire police said an officer was injured during what they described as acts of thuggery. Ten officers were injured in rotherham in south yorkshire, where they had been trying to prevent a mob from storming another hotel believed to House Asylum seekers. Aru na iyengar reports. Anger and lawlessness across the country. This was how it was in rotherham. Bolton. Middlesbrough. And tamworth. In rotherham, south yorkshire, an
In the world, the new 100m Olympic Champion, by Five Thousandths Of A Second. After more medals for Team Gb at the weekend, we are live at Jake Jarman s jim future future olympic rivals. The north is likely to seek wet and windy weather at times but High Pressure is closer to the south so here it will be dry and sunnier, all of the details shortly. Its Monday 5th august. The Prime Minister will hold an Emergency Cobra Meeting today in response to waves of violence across the country. Sir Keir Starmer has condemned what he described as Far Right Thuggery following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport last monday. On saturday there was unrest in stoke, manchester, liverpool, stoke, bristol, nottingham, hull, leeds, belfast and liverpool. With more yesterday In Rotherham, tamworth, bolton, weymouth, and middlesbrough. Our Correspondent Aruna Iyengar has this report. Anger iyengar has this report. And lawlessness across the country. Anger and lawlessness across the country.
Hello, welcome, im martine croxall. We continue with our coverage of the sTory developing throughout the day after more violent far right protest in england. Since saturday night, police have made 147 arrests and that number is expected To rise. Police say at least ten officers have been injured in rotherham in south yorkshire, where they had been trying To prevent a mob from sTorming a hotel thats believed To House Asylum seekers. In a separate development, this is footage taken from Social Media which has been looked at by our team on bbc verify appearing To show protesters this evening in tamworth starting fires at a Holiday Inn express hotel. Police have urged people To avoid the area around the hotel and have said they are dealing with violent acts of thuggery. Well come back To that developing situation in a moment. In middlesbrough, protesTors smashed windows of cars and houses, and threw bricks at police. And in rotherham, hundreds of demonstraTors clashed with Riot Police befo
Welcome to Bbc News, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and Around The World. Lets begin in the uk, where there will be a meeting later of senior ministers and civil servants known as cobra. Its in response to the violent disorder that has been seen in a number of English Towns and cities over the weekend and days following the murder of three young girls in southport last week. On sunday, there were ugly scenes outside a hotel in rotherham where Asylum Seekers are believed to be housed. Navtej johal sent this report from there. Anger, violence, destruction. These chaotic scenes are unlike any youd expect on a summers sunday afternoon. At times today, rotherham has felt lawless. It began this morning with a group of anti racism protesters outside a hotel on the outskirts of this yorkshire town, where its believed Asylum Seekers are being housed. But they were quickly outnumbered by a larger group of anti immigration protesters, many of them angry at the idea of Asylum Seekers living in
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