Britain's online safety laws should be urgently updated to stop a repeat of last year's riots, a leaked Home Office review has said.
31/01/2025
Thrill-seeking and a distrust of police were the main reasons children got involved in last summer's riots, more than online misinformation, research by the Children's Commissioner suggests.
28/01/2025
A man has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for his role in the riots that swept England following the death of three young girls in Southport.
06/01/2025
A rioter who featured in a viral social media video during violent disorder in Southport over the summer has been jailed.
23/12/2024
Police missed warning signs for this summer's mass unrest sparked by the killing of three young girls in Southport, a watchdog has found.
18/12/2024
A rioter who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years - the joint longest sentence passed down so far for the nationwide disorder over the summer.
12/12/2024
The board, which examines content moderation decisions made by Meta's social platforms, is to look at three Facebook posts shared during the summer riots in the UK.
03/12/2024
A teenager jailed for violent disorder amid unrest which broke out following the Southport stabbings will be released from detention after his sentence was suspended at the Court of Appeal.
07/11/2024
A 12-year-old boy has become the youngest person to be sentenced over the riots on Merseyside following the Southport knife attacks.
05/11/2024
A 61-year-old man who was jailed for taking part in the summer’s far-right riots died as a result of hanging, an inquest heard.
31/10/2024
A grandfather who was jailed for taking part in far-right riots that swept the nation this summer has died in prison.
21/10/2024
Lucy Connolly, the wife of West Northamptonshire Conservative councillor Raymond Connolly, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for her role in the Southport riots.
17/10/2024
Police dogs should be phased out after animals were “burned” and “hit with bricks” during the far-right riots that swept the UK this summer, Peta has told the Metropolitan Police commissioner
29/09/2024
A 32-year-old who was the first in the UK to admit riot after playing a leading role in serious violence in Sunderland during last month's widespread disorder has been jailed for four years and four months.
27/09/2024
A "misguided, naive and immature" young mother who took her 20-month-old son in a pram to an asylum hotel riot has been spared jail.
23/09/2024
