While they are, if claims coming out of last week's summit are to be believed, to blame for the rise of al-Shabab in Somalia, the role of gangs in las...
A teenager who denies smashing a Malaysian student's jaw in the London riots has said he was ashamed of the person who did it. Ashraf Rossli, 20, h...
A Malaysian student who had been in Britain for just a month when he was attacked during the London riots relived the moment his jaw was broken in the...
Dozens of suspected gang members as young as 14 years old have been arrested by police in a series of co-ordinated operations across London in a fresh...
For those of you who are still wondering what was really behind those riots that shocked the nation last summer, we now have a new explanation. It's nothing to do with the gaping 'social deficit' described by David Cameron, or a "feral underclass" of state dependents, described by Kenneth Clarke, secretary of state for justice. No, it was smacking, or rather the absence of smacking that caused it all.
Police in the capital are gearing up to deal with any repeat of last summer's riots, it has emerged. Measures being taken include training more off...
The Egyptian parliament is to hold an emergency session after 74 people died and around 250 were injured at violence clashes at the end of a football ...
There is always that child you know you should never ring home for, who may be disrupting a class, but whose parents are suspected to be a little too free with their fists. That child who is known to Social Services, who may not have broken bones, but cries hysterically when you say you might ring home to their mum or dad to let them know their child has a detention. That child whose life swings between rebellion and fear. The rebellion in school against the harsh discipline of home, the fear that their school may cause physical harm in trying to resolve the issues.
Legislation surrounding the smacking of children needs to be relaxed so working-class parents can instil discipline in their homes without fearing pro...
Last summer's riots strengthened the hand of local authorities to take power back from central government, Eric Pickles said today. The Secretary o...
The idea that we should use murder law to deter our kids into behaving better is obnoxious. It represents a profound delegation of our responsibility as adults to provide young people with a meaningful alternative to crime.
If someone was to ask you what it means to be British how would you answer; self-deprecating humour? Tea? Two obese drunk men called Nigel and Clive f...
The aftermath of the riots that spread across the UK in late summer was much more than just the burnt out buildings and houses, the emotional distress or the job losses - it was also the fingers of blame pointed and name calling by the media and politicians alike.
I was as bemused as any man when I heard of Antony Worrall Thompson's arrest... But my very next thought was of Nicolas Robinson. He is the 23-year-old who was arrested for stealing water worth £3.50 from Lidl during the London Riots.
The Crib's Trading Places workshops in Hackney, east London, is a programme which enables young people to trade places with police, teachers, prison wardens and older people in the community. In these sessions, young people reverse roles with the chosen professionals giving the young people and the professionals the opportunity to see how they are perceived by the other
My question, as a teacher who does not want to wake up to a news story about one of her children being stabbed to death in a brawl, is which death will finally prompt our authorities to take a more frank and honest view of what is going on in London?
The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke today of the "broken bonds and abused trust" in a British society torn apart by riots and financial speculation. ...
The head of the Metropolitan Police has reacted cautiously to the prospect of acquiring water cannon to deal with any future outbreaks of rioting. ...
The heat of the summer riots has well and truly subsided and as winter has settled in it has allowed for some time of cool reflection from various quarters. This week alone we've had two important reviews of the policing response both from the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
More than 60 people convicted for committing offences during the London riots have had their details and photos released by police. Scotland Yard p...
Victims left homeless by the London riots who accepted donations from a wealthy businessman are to be denied official government compensation, it has ...
More than 70 people in London have been arrested on suspicion of riot offences. The coordinated raids by the Metropolitan Police were the largest-e...
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Arsonists attacking commercial properties with links to people's homes could be shot by police during future riots, an official review of police tacti...
Ministers have come under cross-party pressure to speed up compensation payments to businesses and households hit by the August riots. Home Office ...
