UK Riots

£200m Of Compensation For Riot Victims Is Unclaimed

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.06.2013 | UK

More than £200 million of government cash set aside for victims of the 2011 Riots remains unclaimed, a Labour MP has said. Steve Reed, the MP for ...

1,700 Arrests As Violence Continues In Turkey

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.06.2013 | UK

There have been fresh anti-government protests in Turkey, with some of the most violent clashes since the trouble started three days ago. Protester...

The Blame Game After Riots: It's Not All About Inequality, Unemployment and Integration

Vidhya Ramalingam | Posted 29.05.2013 | UK
Vidhya Ramalingam

As Stockholm returns to normal after fires raged for nearly one week across suburbs of the capital, commenters have expressed shock that riots could take place in Sweden of all places.

London Riots Good Samaritan Wins Libel Payout From Met

PA | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK

A Good Samaritan who helped vulnerable people caught up in the Hackney riots has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages from the Metropolitan ...

Thatcher and the Inner City Riots

Linton Kwesi Johnson | Posted 15.06.2013 | UK Politics
Linton Kwesi Johnson

Thatcher will be remembered by many black people of my generation as a bigot and a xenophobe who fanned the flames of racial hatred, giving succour to the fascists who were emboldened to carry out terrorist attacks against black and Asian people.

Cairo Clashes After 21 Football Rioters Sentenced To Death

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 09.03.2013 | UK

An Egyptian court has ratified death sentences handed to 21 football fans following riots which killed 74 people last February, sparking protests in C...

The Northern Ireland of Old Hasn't Gone Away, You Know

Brian John Spencer | Posted 05.05.2013 | UK Politics
Brian John Spencer

Ever since the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998, parties on both side of the divide have, albeit slowly, attempted to move things forward. And forward things have moved, as I explained at the start. However, a critical demographic have been left behind: the working class and the radicals within.

"What do young people tell us about democracy?" asks Open Cafe Bath

Sarah Aston | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Sarah Aston

Why do you go to the pub? To meet friends? To drink? To socialize? Or do you go to the pub to discuss politics, social issues and philosophy? No? Well, if you live in Bath now you can!

Kevin Hutchinson-Foster Found Guilty Of Supplying Gun To Mark Duggan

PA | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK

Kevin Hutchinson-Foster was today found guilty at the Old Bailey of supplying a gun to Mark Duggan, whose fatal shooting by police sparked riots in Lo...

'Frightening' Number Of Murderers And Rapists Have Absconded From Prison

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK Politics

A "frightening" number of murderers, robbers and rapists have absconded from British prisons over the past three years, figures show, and many may sti...

Pictures Of The Day: 14th January 2013

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK

The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

Illegal Immigrants In Detention Centre Riot

PA | Posted 02.01.2013 | UK

Illegal immigrants have injured five officers during a riot at a detention centre, according to border officials. Up to 40 detainees were involved ...

Police Officer Who Texted Millionaire's Rioter Daughter Disciplined

PA | Posted 27.12.2012 | UK

A Metropolitan Police officer who sent a text message to a millionaire's daughter during her trial has held on to his job. University-educated Laur...

Rioting Breaks Out In Belfast Again

PA | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK

Rioting has broken out in Belfast city centre again after hundreds of loyalists took to the streets to protest over flags. A spokeswoman for the Po...

What's in a Flag?

Tara McEvoy | Posted 04.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Tara McEvoy

To keep moving forward on the journey towards a shared and prosperous future for Northern Ireland, we must relegate such scenes to the dim and distant past.

Violence After Flag Vote In Belfast

PA | Posted 04.12.2012 | UK

Police were injured as loyalists rioted in Belfast city centre after a controversial vote on the Union flag. The violence spread to parts of east B...

Plan B Fears 'More UK Riots Inevitable'

PA | Posted 09.11.2012 | UK Entertainment

British rapper Plan B has warned politicians the UK faces a repeat of the riots which swept the country last year, unless they tackle the issues affec...

Plan B Fears 'More UK Riots Inevitable'

PA | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK Entertainment

British rapper Plan B has warned politicians the UK faces a repeat of the riots which swept the country last year, unless they tackle the issues affec...

Plan B Fears 'More UK Riots Inevitable'

PA | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK Entertainment

British rapper Plan B has warned politicians the UK faces a repeat of the riots which swept the country last year, unless they tackle the issues affec...

Bring Back the Ronseal Test

Dave Clements | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK
Dave Clements

I'm sure there are other similar wood-treatment products out there but only the Ronseal test will get us any closer to making sure that riots, housing associations and charities do what they say on the tin.

How Riot Arrests Led To 'Increase In Chaos, Violence And Anarchy'

PA | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK

The arrest of leaders of criminal gangs in the wake of last year's riots has led to an increase in "chaos, violence and anarchy" in neighbourhoods acr...

It's Time to Crack Down on Weekend Anarchists

Liam Brown | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Liam Brown

I am all for the right to protest, but we as a society cannot support what these miscreants continue to do march after march, protest after protest.

Teargas And Petrol Bombs In Athens

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 18.10.2012 | UK

A man died during violent clashes in Athens as 40,000 strikers pitted themselves against riot police on the streets of the Greek capital. Petrol bo...

EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Dara O Briain Cracks London Riots Jokes

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.11.2012 | UK Entertainment

Dara O Briain releases his new stand-up DVD, Craic Dealer Live 2012, next month and The Huffington Post UK has an exclusive first look at some of the ...

Calming the Riots

Jamie Bartlett | Posted 21.11.2012 | UK
Jamie Bartlett

The riots taking place in many Muslim majority countries are contributing to a growing polarisation between 'the West' and Islam. Three factors mean this will only get worse - and remedy is needed.