UK riots: Police wary of 30 gatherings tagged ‘big day of disorder.

UK riots: Police wary of 30 gatherings tagged ‘big day of disorder.

Sir Keir Starmer

 

•Starmer holds emergency cabinet meeting

 

•PM thanks hospital staff after injured children discharged

 

By Tunde Oso (with agency reports)

 

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United Kingdom Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer will chair another emergency COBRA meeting on continued action to tackle the riots, Sky News said yesterday.

 

This is as police sources say they are aware of 30 gatherings planned tomorrow (today) on what is expected to be a “big day” of disorder, with lawyers’ offices threatened.

 

Sir Keir held the inaugural COBRA meeting of his premiership yesterday, as the new government grapples with its first major crisis.

 

COBRA – which stands for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A – is often called in times of emergency, such as civil unrest or flooding.

 

Police wary of 30 gatherings planned today, Lawyers’ offices under threat

 

It comes ahead of what’s been billed as a “big day” of far right rallies tomorrow, with police aware of more than 30 gatherings.

 

Police sources say they are aware of 30 gatherings planned tomorrow (today) on what is expected to be a “big day” of disorder, with lawyers’ offices threatened.

 

PM thanks hospital staff after injured children discharged

 

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the news that children injured in the Southport attack last week have been discharged from hospital.

 

He thanked staff at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool in a post on X and sent a message to the families of the three girls killed in the stabbing attack

 

People have been urged not to attend a protest in West Bridgford tomorrow after an address posted online was revealed to belong to an elderly person.

 

An address for East Midlands Immigration Services was shared on social media as a potential location for the protest, but it has “no links to the business”, Nottinghamshire Police said.

 

In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, the force said: “The location has no links to the business advertised on the internet. Officers have visited the address and it is home to an elderly person with vulnerabilities.

 

“It has no links whatsoever to any immigration business.

 

“We would strongly advise that those wishing to attend any protest in this location refrain from doing so as this is an elderly person’s home address. Thank you.”

 

Police given extra powers in Liverpool until 4a.m

 

Police in Liverpool have been given extra powers until tomorrow at 4a.m. The Section 60 order gives officers more power to stop and search suspects.

 

“The extension of this Section 60 order is on the back of the mindless disorder and violence we have witnessed in Liverpool,” Inspector Jack Woodward said.

 

“It is to prevent violence and disorder and keep the public safe, and I would ask anyone with concerns to speak to our officers.”