London Riots

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  British Parents Set To Be Offered Lessons On Child-Rearing

  All British parents will be encouraged to take government-run parenting classes under plans due to be announced by Prime Minister David Cameron, The Observer reported today.

• Riot-hit London neighborhood turns to Cinema

  Isaac Densu lives in Broadwater Farm, a large, concrete public housing project in Tottenham, the gritty district where last year's British riots began. Unemployment is high and young people face many temptations to get into trouble. But Densu thinks he knows what might help: A good movie.Isaac Densu lives in Broadwater Farm, a large, concrete publi...

• Millionaire's daughter found guilty in London riots

  A millionaire's daughter was today convicted of burglary during last August's riots in London, where she helped looters steal goods by driving them around the city. Laura Johnson, 20, whose father runs a marketing company, will be sentenced on May 3. Described as intelligent and well-educated, Johnson drove the balaclava-clad group around the ci...

• 11-year-old boy youngest sentenced for UK riots

  A 11-year-old boy on Wednesday became the youngest person to be sentenced for stealing a waste bin worth £50 during the recent London riots. He was given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order at Havering Magistrates' Court in Essex after admitting burglary. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, stole a waste bin from Debenhams in Romfor...

• London riots: Facebook plotters jailed for four years

  Two Facebook users, who allegedly tried to incite mob violence during last week's London riots, have been sentenced to four years in prison. Perry Sutcliffe, 22, and Jordan Blackshaw, 20, were locked up even though their plans to go on the rampage caused no harm, Daily Mail reported.

• London riots: 16-year old charged for murder

  A 16-year-old boy was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for the murder of a retiree attacked when he confronted rioters in London, as judges and prosecutors used tough punishment and name-and-shame tactics against hundreds of alleged participants in the mayhem.

• Birmingham stages peace rally after deadly riots

  Community groups held a peace rally on Sunday in England's second-largest city against the hit-and-run attack that claimed three lives during rioting in Birmingham.

• MP Keith Vaz hails no NRI kids arrested for UK riots

  Several Indian-origin people were among those attacked during the riots in London and elsewhere, but it is a matter of satisfaction for the community that so far none of the over 1,000 rioters arrested are of Asian origin.

• Cowell donates $80,000 for London riot victims

  The music mogul has donated $80,000 for those affected by the London riots.

• British soldier stole guitar during riots

  A 20-year-old British soldier, who was in Afghanistan in 2010, has been charged with stealing a guitar during the London riots.Paratrooper Liam Bretherton was arrested after witnesses told police a man was trying to sell a stolen guitar at a music shop in Leigh town near Manchester, The Sun reported.The musical instrument was reportedly taken from ...

• London police say nearly 700 charged over riots

  Police in London, which saw the worst violence, have charged almost 700 people with violence, disorder and looting, and the city's mayor said Londoners wanted to see tough sentences handed out to the guilty. Hundreds of stores were looted, buildings were set ablaze and five people died amid the mayhem that broke out on Saturday in London and spread...

• Noted law enforcer Bratton to advise UK police in quelling unrest

  Former New York Police Commissioner William Bratton will advise the British government on gangs in the wake of rioting in London, Prime Minister David Cameron's office said on Friday.

• Britain riots: Sikh TV presenter is now a Facebook hero

  A young presenter of a Sikh TV station in Birmingham who has won accolades for its coverage of the arson and looting in the British city has become a Facebook hero. Ever since he helped pursuing policemen to catch rioters on Birmingham's streets, the action captured by his own hand-held camera, Upinder Randhawa has become a virtual celebrity.And sc...

• UK looters feel no remorse for the riots

  Despite the crackdown by British Prime Minister David Cameron, some of the looters seem be unfazed. In an interview with UK broadcaster Sky News, a group of young men, who claim they were involved in the rioting and looting, said they felt no remorse for their actions. On the contrary, they point the finger at the British government for ignoring th...

• Britain riots: 1,051 arrested in London, says police

  Police say they have arrested 1,051 people in London over Britain's deadly riots, and 591 have been charged. More than 1,500 people have been arrested nationwide.Courts in London, Birmingham and Manchester stayed open through a second night and into Friday to deal with alleged offenders.Hundreds of stores were looted, buildings were set ablaze and ...