* YOU BEEN SNAP* KUDADADEKI HAWA VIJANA RIOTS IN UK, NI VIPANYA VYA AINA GANI ? FUKOS I THINK"Now it's Manchester and the Midlands' turn as London braces for FOURTH night of rioting"

• Fresh violence flares tonight in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Manchester and Salford
• Disorder in Nottingham, Liverpool and Leicester
• Police investigating reports shots have been fired at a police officer in Birmingham
• A Nottingham police station is fire-bombed by gang of between 30 and 40 men
• 16,000 officers on London's streets is keeping the capital calm
• 80 arrests in West Midlands and 47 in Manchester
• 685 people arrested in London since Saturday and 111 charged
• 21-year-old man arrested following Reeves furniture fire in Croydon

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Fresh violence is flaring around the UK tonight as parts of the West Midlands and Manchester come under siege from a series of copy-cat riots.

It comes as 16,000 police officers have been deployed on London's streets in a bid to contain a fourth night of violence which spiraled out of control across dozens of London suburbs yesterday.

Disorder and looting have been reported in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Nottingham, Leicester, Liverpool and Manchester - although police appear to be containing the unrest.

Scenes of ransacked stores and torched cars have been seen in major cities, but the damage is not on the scale seen in the capital last night.

Manchester: Riot police in full body armour in Market Street tonight as looters set fashion retailer Miss Selfridge on fire;

West Midlands Police is currently investigating reports that shots have been fired at a police officer just outside Birmingham city centre, thought to be in the Aston area. There are no more details at present.
In Manchester, about 100 yobs have looted shops including Foot Asylum in the Arndale Centre and Liam Gallagher's recently opened fashion boutique in King Street had its windows smashed.

A marauding gang of up to 200 youths, most of them masked or wearing hoodies, fought a running battle with police, kicking in windows of supermarkets, jewellery stores and mobile phone shops.
In the heart of the city, Miss Selfridge has been set alight and stores including Swarovski, T-Mobile, French Connection and Marks & Spencer all have had their windows smashed.
The mob had almost total control of the city centre streets for more than an hour and a half before deployments of plain clothed officers – some armed with telescopic truncheons – made raids on specific targets to apprehend looters;

Manchester: Miss Selfridge was set alight in Market Street, tonight, but the blaze is now under control, however thousands of pounds of damage has been done;



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Manchester: Looters - including a young boy who grabbed a bottle of wine - make off with items from the Sainsbury's Local store in Manchester city centre this evening;

Manchester: A masked looter runs off with items from Sainsbury's Local in Manchester

In Swarovski, two looters were arrested by a team of five plain clothed officers and they had to call for backup as they were surrounded by a baying mob of around 50 masked men.

Officers on horseback and dog handlers walked through the streets, flushing out rioters. But gangs moved off and smashed up a Sainsbury’s store before gathering on the main Deansgate thoroughfare.
In Salford, the Central Housing office has been set alight while youths have smashed shop windows, torched cars and looted businesses.
Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan of Greater Manchester Police said: 'Criminals have brought shame in particular on the streets of Salford and Manchester.'

 

Liverpool: Trouble has broken out in Toxteth in Liverpool. A post office in the Bootle area of Merseyside was attacked with a stolen digger, pictured;

He added: 'We want to make it absolutely clear - they have nothing to protest against. There is nothing in a sense of injustice and there has been no spark that has led to this. This has been senseless violence and senseless criminality of a scale I have never experienced in my career before.'
In Birmingham mobs rampaged through the city centre but unlike the previous night’s riots, when shops were looted, the gangs mainly wreaked destruction, set fire to cars and attempted to provoke police.
Rioters continually regrouped and dispersed, forcing police to chase them. Crowds of around 500 assembled in the centre of Birmingham and the atmosphere quickly turned menacing.
Youths stormed Tesco, the post office, Marks & Spencer and House of Fraser and smoke poured from a flaming car blocking views of the city’s iconic Selfridges building.

Birmingham: People wearing masks swig alcohol next to a burning car in Birmingham city centre this evening;

Undercover police officers have arrest looters in the Swarovski Crystal shop in Manchester. One looter lies injured and blood can be seen on the wall;

In the West Bromwich area thugs broke into shops earlier in the afternoon whilst
hundreds of rioters rampaged through the town centre leaving a trail of smashed windows and shattered businesses.
Dozens of them were barely in their teens. One boy, aged around 12, hurled stones at a police van before shouting abuse at riot officers.
One couple ventured on to the streets to insult police while pushing their baby girl in a pushchair.
The father, called Neil, in his early 20s, said: ‘This is brilliant, we heard it was all kicking off on Twitter and came right here.
‘I wanted my daughter to see what was going on because this is part of history, the people are fighting back. I’ll take her home if it gets too dangerous but she’s fine for now.’

Manchester: Liam Gallagher's boutique clothes shop PrettyGreen is attacked by rioters in Manchester, and a shop-keeper announces he is closing early;

A gang of 30 youngsters, all sporting white dust masks normally worn by workmen, were spotted kicking in shop windows and setting fire to wood and scrap paper in the street.
In Nottingham, Canning Circus Police Station was fire bombed by a group of between 30 and 40 men but no injuries were reported, Nottinghamshire Police said just after 10pm.
The violence followed the arrest of 10 youths earlier in the evening after a small group of people got on to the roof of one of the buildings at Nottingham High School.



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Birmingham: Masked looters carry boxes of expensive electrical gadgets out of a home cinema shop in central Birmingham this evening;

Manchester: Hooded looters with arm fulls of clothes, including shirts, jumpers and jeans, run from the Arndale Centre in Manchester;

In another incident two men, aged 17 and 18, were also arrested earlier after rocks were thrown at Bulwell Police Station.
The force later said, via its official Twitter feed, that the fire had been extinguished, with the scene being preserved for forensic evidence.
It said at least eight people have been arrested in connection with the firebombing.
Meanwhile, two 18-year-olds were arrested in Folkestone, Kent, and a 16-year-old was being questioned in Glasgow on suspicion of inciting violence through internet social networking sites.

In London, the situation has been considerably calmer compared to last night's violence which spread across dozens of suburbs.
Police have been on stand-by, many in Hackney, where unrest flared up first yesterday afternoon in Mare Street, whilst many shop-keepers decided to shut up shop early - many choosing to barricade their shop fronts in case of damage.

Manchester: A looter is dragged out of a Tesco Express store on Oxford Street in Manchester,while a suspected rioter is arrested in Enfield, north London;

Birmingham: A policeman and his dog walk towards a burning car in central Birmingham set alight by arsonists;

In Canning Town, in east London, a tense stand-off was on-going between police and groups of youths, while in Enfield, north east London, groups of young people are reportedly patrolling the streets in a bid to deter violence, according to Sky News.
Similar scenes could be seen in Southall, west London, where Sikh worshipers were pictured protecting the Singh Sabha Sikh Temple in Havelock Road.
Several London theatres cancelled performances including the Battersea Arts Centre, Greenwich Playhouse and the Arcola Theatre in Dalston.
Police said tonight they had arrested a man in connection with a large fire at Reeves Furniture store in Reeves Corner, Croydon, which took place last night.
The 21-year-old is being held at a south London police station and was arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
Officers also revealed 685 people had been arrested in connection with disorder across London in the last few days with 111 people being charged.
Managers decided to shut the Southside shopping centre in Wandsworth, south London, to avoid the risk of looting and violence.

Southall: Sikh worshipers protect their temple Singh Sabha Sikh Temple in Havelock Road, Southall. They are pictured holding their swords known as Talwars;

London: London seems relatively peaceful this evening after hundreds of police officers flood the streets. These officers are taking a break in Wandsworth;

Shops, businesses, pubs, schools and even medical centres sent staff home early in a desperate bid to avoid the dramatic scenes that have rocked the capital since Saturday evening.

Looting even forced filming on BBC1 hit Sherlock to be cut short. A second series of the show - starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman - is being filmed in the capital this week.
Co-creator Mark Gatiss announced that work on the show had to be curtailed with a message on Twitter.
He wrote: 'This is a new one on me. Scene incomplete owing to approaching looters. Unbelievable times.'
Both Cumberbatch and Freeman were on set in north London when work was abandoned on the production this afternoon.

Salford: Dozens of riot police with helmets and shields face up to local youths as copy-cat riots spread to the north of England;

Manchester: Hundreds of people flee Market Street where Miss Selfridge was set on fire and rioters clashed with police;

Manchester: A rioter is pictured trying to smash the Esprit shop window on Market Street in Manchester this evening ;

The vast majority of shops in Peckham closed before 3pm as staff were sent home early.

Outside a Poundland store on Rye Lane, which was looted last night, a large group of people gathered to look at a piece of artwork which was created by community members this afternoon.

A large sign reading 'Why We Love Peckham' had been placed on the board holding a smashed window together.

Hundreds of people had filled out notes on Post-its about the area.

One read: 'It is vibrant and fun,' while another simply said: 'Diversity.'

Meanwhile, staff at St George's Medical Centre in Tooting were sent home early.

Midwives working in and around Bromley were also given strict orders not to attend calls around the town centre this afternoon in case they became entangled in violence.

 

Shutting up shop: Men board up a sushi restaurant on Hampstead High Street in north London, and a landlord boards up his pub in central London;