UK and London riots: Night four as-it-happened
Politics.co.uk
18:30 – An interesting development in the race to the top of the e-petitions leaderboard, in the initiative's second week. Just 3000 signatures short of the top e-petition is one from Stephen Mains, with nearly 18500 signatures, which proposes that …
Why the police are in a state of impotenceSpiked
London and UK riots: The long retreat of orderTelegraph.co.uk
Leading article: Britain has experienced its Katrina momentThe Independent
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Olympic test race coming through Kingston this weekend
Kingston Informer
… the men's and women's road race and the time trial. There will be a limited bus service running on the day (see below) and KingstonFirst, who manage the town centre are advising visitors to use trains and to leave their cars at home this Sunday. …

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Liverpool riots: I remember the buzz of mob mayhem from 1981
The Guardian
Toxteth 81 was not so much a race riot as an uprising against longstanding police malpractice. The troubles that have revisited the area these last few nights are nothing of the kind, though a similar kind of wild-eyed youth are once more in the thick …

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BRIDPORT: The car's the star for Bridport Bandits
View Online
The Bandits race with junior specials and 1000cc classic Minis, although the Minis are currently being phased out and replaced with Peugeot 106s. Three Peugeots are parked at Bandit HQ in Gundry Lane and over the coming months they will be brought up …

Roads to close as Olympic test cycle comes to Surrey
Your Local Guardian
Surrey County Council (SCC) are advising motorists who may park their cars on the race route to remove them before 11pm on August 13, warning that any vehicles left on the route will be removed. Denise Saliagopoulos, SCC's cabinet member for community …

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Matthew Norman: Cameron's biggest test has arrived. Is he up to the job?
The Independent
How it happened, how the Met screwed up yet again, why Mr Cameron and Boris Johnson took so long to come home and countless other questions race to mind. Those are the easy ones, and the first of them will take years to answer. …

VIDEO: Fresh rioting hits central Birmingham
BBC News
There has been a second night of rioting in Birmingham, with young people in West Bromwich smashing shop windows, and setting bins and cars alight. Dr Derrick Campbell, the Chief Executive of Race Equality in Sandwell, told the BBC how his car was one …

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These riots show the cost of consumption
New Statesman (blog)
But they also wanted something more: the sort of social power — even temporarily — that is normally only exercised by affluent Britons equipped with nice houses, nice cars and credit cards. The other interesting feature is that most of the violence …
Photos: Londons smashed storefrontsHouston Chronicle (blog)

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Shops closing early in Birmingham
BBC News
Several more roads in West Bromwich were also shut and two cars were set on fire. Shops, including a branch of Marks & Spencer and a hi-fi store, were targeted in Birmingham. Derrick Campbell, from Race Equality Sandwell, was caught up in trouble in …
UK Ethnic Tensions Stoked by RiotsWall Street Journal

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Stock car driver a champ just 18 months after major crash
Bourne Local
Twenty-year-old Dan Pilgrim, of Billingborough, drove his Vauxhall Nova to victory in the GT Hot Rod British Championship at Skegness Stadium leading the 25-lap race from start to finish. Dan has been racing stock cars for seven years, beginning with …

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