Chaos unfolded on the streets of Britain again in the wake of the Southport killings – as hundreds of people took to the streets in Birmingham and Plymouth while speculation of further protests ran rampant on social media.
Scores of Muslims gathered near a mosque in Birmingham yesterday after rumours of a far-right gathering spread online. Some of those who had travelled to the area were filmed attacking a pub, the Clumsy Swan.
Meanwhile, police in Plymouth made six arrests as they sought to separate two groups of protesters – as a commanding officer described the policing efforts needed as ‘off the scale’ with 150 officers deployed in the city centre.
Frightened by the despairing scenes of violence and looting in other UK cities in recent days, businesses in Huddersfield chose to pull down the shutters ahead of time – while police were mobilised in the town centre.
Elsewhere, staff and students at Oxford University were warned to avoid the area around the Carfax Tower in the city…