Riot hit shop gives positive message
A furniture store in Croydon which was damaged in last year's riots has been covered in images of young people holding positive statements
First anniversary of death of Mark Duggan
Mark Duggan was shot dead by police on this day last year, triggering last summer's riots
Police 'expect' more riots
Police say they fear a repeat of last summer's riots - but that they won't have enough resources to cope with it - according to a new study.
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Last week of witness evidence in Duggan inquest
The final week of witness evidence given at the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan will begin today.
Mayor sorry for 'best thing' riots comment
A mayor has apologised after she said 2011's riots were "the best thing that's happened" in her community for a while.
Sheila Peacock's comments about Tottenham - dubbed the "epicentre" of the riots two years ago - have upset residents who were forced to flee as homes and businesses burnt.
In an interview for a documentary, the mayor of Haringey - which includes Tottenham - said:
"The second riots that we've just had was the best thing that's happened in Tottenham for a while.
"My reason for saying that is all of a sudden the government is now starting to pump money into Tottenham.
"Because Haringey is an out-of-London borough, so we don't get as much money as Islington or Hackney."
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Author: Charities doing an 'incredible job' but government needs to help
Author Polly Courtney claims that whilst charities have done an incredible job at helping young people, if there is 'no significant shift in Government priorities and spending', more riots can only be a matter of time.
– Polly Courtney, AuthorSince August 2011, the situation for many young people has got worse, not better. Unemployment among 16 to 24-year-olds is still at close to 1 million. That is 20% of our young people out of work. More than half of councils have been forced to cut their spending on children's services.
I think giving young people opportunities is the key thing that we need to focus on.
Repeat of 2011 riots 'inevitable'
A repeat of the 2011 riots in the capital is inevitable, according to a new book. Author Polly Courtney has spoken to young people across London for a new book and claims that with one in five young people out of work the situation they face is even worse than two years ago.
Polly Courtney said more unrest is "only a matter of time" unless the Government shifts its priorities to improve conditions for young adults.
It's two years since the police shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, north London, that sparked a tidal wave of rioting, arson and looting that spread across parts of the UK.
Courtney interviewed young people in areas hit by the unrest as research for her novel, Feral Youth.
£200m for riot victims 'unclaimed'
More than £200 million set aside by the Government for victims of the 2011 Riots remains unclaimed, according to a Labour MP.
Croydon North MP, Steve Reed said the Metropolitan Police has revealed that only £35.8 million out of the £250 million fund has been given out.
The figures released following a Freedom of Information request.
Mr Reed said he also believes the Government abandoned victims of the riots once the media spotlight had disappeared from those affected areas.
He told a Commons adjournment debate on the issue tonight: "It's almost two years now since the riots hit Croydon.
London Riots song nominated for Novello
A song written in response to the London 2011 riots is among the nominations at tonight's Ivor Novello Awards.
Ill Manors, by London rapper Plan B, has been shortlisted for Best Contemporary Song.
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New volunteering centre
Mayor Boris Johnson will join MP David Lammy and Spurs star Ledley King today to officially open a new volunteering centre in Tottenham.
It's been constructed on the site of an old council building that was badly burnt in the 2011 riots.
Met Police pay damages to 'Good Samaritan' of London riots
The Met Police is to pay substantial undisclosed damages to a 'Good Samaritan' who helped vulnerable people caught up in the London riots in 2011 whose photo was wrongly used in 'wanted' posters.
London's High Court heard Leslie Austin, who works in housing services in the east London borough of Hackney was commended and thanked by individual police officers throughout the night of 8th August 2011.
The help Mr Austin gave to others included rescuing people who appeared to be trapped in a building close to a car which had been set alight, escorted a distressed elderly woman away from the riots home safely and removed debris from around a bus, enabling the driver to continue the journey.
So 'Good Samaritan' who has carried out much volunteer work within the community was shocked when he found his photo on a poster with the words 'Operation Withern Identity Sought' given by police to local businesses for display.
Hutchinson-Foster jailed for 11 years
Drug dealer Kevin Hutchinson-Foster who supplied Mark Duggan with a gun shortly before his fatal shooting by police sparked the 2011 summer riots, was jailed at the Old Bailey today for a total of 11 years.
Foreigners involved in 2011 riots face deportation
Just one in 13 foreigners who took part in the riots of 2011 have been deported, it emerged today.
More than 200 foreign criminals were convicted for their part in the riots, which saw shops looted, businesses burnt to the ground and hundreds of millions of pounds of damage done.
Of the 201 cases passed to the UK Border Agency (UKBA), only 15 have been kicked out the country, showed figures released to the Daily Mail following a Freedom of Information request.
Immigration Minister Mark Harper said: "Any foreign national who abuses the privilege of coming to the UK by committing a serious offence should face the consequences.
"Many of those convicted of involvement in last summer's riots are still behind bars - that's where they belong. We are pursuing deportation in scores of cases and wherever possible, when they have paid their debt to society, we will remove them from the UK."
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