convicted rioters are being handed prison sentences which are 40% longer than if they had committed the same offence last year, statistics show.

In the first comprehensive collation of sentencing since last week’s upheaval, the figures show the hard-line stance being enforced by the courts.The majority of the charges have been for...

Vigilantes defied police orders last night and vented their anger against officers as they attempted to mobilise their own forces to deal with rioters

Riot police were hit with “missiles” including bottles as more than 1,000 officers battled with dozens of middle-aged men on the streets Eltham, south-east London.Witnesses reported that many of...

Essex boy, 11, admits to Debenhams burglary

An 11-year-old boy was among scores of rioters and looters to appear before magistrates yesterday. The boy, from Romford, Essex, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at...

Mugger attacker 'identified' DAVID Cameron has given the green light for police to use water cannon on mainland Britain

Asyraf Haziq, mugged by passers-by as he lay collapsed and bleeding on an east London street, is recovering from surgery in hospital - police think they've identified one of...

South Asians take a hit in UK riots, 3 Pakistanis killed

The riots in England claimed South Asian victims on Wednesday when three young men of Pakistani origin were killed in a "deliberate" hit-and-run incident in the country's second biggest...

Courts in London run all night over riots

So many people have been arrested that one court in north London sat right through last night - as will Westminster Magistrates tonight. . ...

What they gonna do? Give me an Asbo

Police across the country are tonight bracing themselves for a fifth night of violence in England's cities after rioters brazenly proclaimed: 'I'll keep doing this until I get caught'.Youths...

Malaysian student who was filmed being mugged after rioters attacked him in London is recovering in hospital.

The attack in Barking on Mohd Asyraf Haziq, 20, on Monday night, made headlines after it was put on YouTube.Dzuhair Hanafiah, chairman of the London UMNO Club, an organisation...

A father described on Wednesday how he rushed to aid a dying man hit by a car during riots in the city of Birmingham only to find it was his 21-year-old son.

"I heard the thud, ran around and I saw three people on the ground," Tariq Jahan told reporters."My instinct was to help the three people. I didn't know who...

An 11-year-old boy has appeared before magistrates, among scores of alleged rioters and looters

The boy, from Romford, Essex, who cannot be named, appeared at Highbury Corner Youth Court, where he admitted being part of a gang of youths who looted the town's...

London riots: Police release more CCTV suspect images

Police have released a second round of CCTV images of suspects in its investigation into rioting in London.The pictures are from the looting and violent disorder in Tottenham and...

police station in Nottingham was firebombed on Tuesday night as violence also hit Liverpool, Leicester, Bristol and Leeds.

Canning Circus police station in Nottingham was attacked by a gang of 30 to 40 men but no injuries were reported, according to Nottinghamshire police. The force said at...

Gangs of masked youths have gathered in Birmingham city centre and some shop windows have been smashed.

A McDonald's restaurant, close to the city's cathedral, has had a window broken and eyewitnesses have reported more damage in the Colmore Row area.West Midlands Police said it was...

Rioting has spread across London on a third night of violence, with unrest flaring up in other English cities.

An extra 1,700 police officers were deployed in London, where shops were looted and buildings were set alight.The BBC's Sangita Myska meets the owners of one family business in...

Riots have spread across England from London, forcing the Prime Minister to return early from his holiday to deal with the escalating crisis.

Scenes of widespread looting, violence and arson were seen not only in the capital, where riots began on Saturday night, but in other major cities. The worst rioting in...

The latest disturbances in the capital were centred around Hackney in east London, and Lewisham, Peckham and Croydon in the south.

The latest disturbances in the capital were centred around Hackney in east London, and Lewisham, Peckham and Croydon in the south.Sporadic violence has broken out in several parts of...

London riots spiral out of control

Rioters were rampaging across Britain's capital again tonight as politicians and police chiefs tried desperately to curb the "sheer criminality".Home Secretary Theresa May condemned chaotic scenes while Scotland Yard...

Prime Minister David Cameron is to cut short his Italian holiday to return to London to handle the response to escalating riots in the capital

Prime Minister David Cameron is to cut short his Italian holiday to return to London to handle the response to escalating riots in the capital, his office said Monday.Cameron,...

Robberies of necklaces and jewellery in London are rocketing because of the leap in gold prices

Robberies of necklaces and jewellery in London are rocketing because of the leap in gold prices, Scotland Yard said today.Detectives say some robbers are even trying to sell gold...

London burns in protest over fatal police shooting

EMERGENCY services worked to restore order in the Tottenham district of north London last night after demonstrators went on a rampage, torching vehicles and buildings amid looting in protest...

300 officers swooped on the Pembury Boys gang - whose members are allegedly linked to a series of shootings, rapes, assaults and major drug dealing.

Police today raided a notorious London street gang using tactics similar to the cult US TV series The Wire.More than 300 officers swooped on the Pembury Boys gang -...