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Mon, Aug 08 2011 19:34:25

Riots in the UK

A collection of tweets from London and other parts of the UK as the disturbances spread during a third night of riots.

  1. Statements from the police about the riots:

  2. ASPolice
    ASPolice@ASPolice
    Disorder in city centre (Bristol ): Police are taking action to control several groups of protesters and isolate... bit.ly/qve8yz
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 18:44:31
  3. PoliceEastLeeds
    PoliceEastLeeds@PoliceEastLeeds
    #Police- No riots in #Bradford and small pockets of disorder in one area of #Leeds. No #Leedsriot No #Bradfordriot.
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 18:17:06

  4. And photos, videos and observations from people at the site of the disturbances:

  5. Amazing Times front page photo - woman leaps from burning building in #London. thetim.es/9RXx2p twitpic.com/6385k5
    WilliamsJon@WilliamsJon
    ·
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 19:31:46
  6. #Ealing Broadway - Haven Green -every single shop in sight has been smashed. yfrog.com/h45u5xhj
    PaulLewis@PaulLewis
    ·
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 19:27:01
  7. danielaritorto
    danielaritorto@danielaritorto
    #clapham #claphamjunction when it kicked off. But other areas now look so much worse t.co/mnp5PP0
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 18:10:17
  8. #LondonRiots #Ealing: about 15 teenagers took over a bus,forced the driver out and crashed it.The bus driver's in shock http://yfrog.com/kfk1yehj
    jonathanwaldcnn@jonathanwaldcnn
    ·
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 17:51:01
  9. LondonFire
    LondonFire@LondonFire
    The fire on Lavender Hill has now 8 fire engines and 40 firefighters at the scene. Most of the ground floor and part of first floor alight.
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 17:06:20
  10. Jderbyshire
    Jderbyshire@Jderbyshire
    And it spreads. This was my corner shop in East Dulwich #SE22 this pm #londonriots t.co/ANYKES9
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 14:07:17
  11. Clapham Junc violence
    MarkStoneSkyNews
    ·
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 13:34:50
  12. petersbeaumont
    petersbeaumont@petersbeaumont
    Asked one sergeant where centre of violence in hackney was: going off all over he said
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 13:44:30
  13. London Riots, East Dulwich Road
    joroach
    ·
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 04:21:12
  14. _RichardHall
    _RichardHall@_RichardHall
    Here is a sentence I never thought I'd say: Just saw two people fighting over looted diamonds.
    Mon, Aug 08 2011 10:29:22

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