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After more than a week and a half of unrest, The Independent looks at what each leadership candidate has said about the riots sweeping the UK

The UK has experienced more than a week of violent rioting, during which white nationalists have marauded through towns and cities, fighting with police and calling for borders to be closed to keep out immigrants. Gangs have intimidated non-white citizens and laid siege to hotels housing vulnerable asylum seekers. Arrests…

Editorial: After terrible days since the Southport stabbings, rightwing rioters have been rebuffed by the law and the people

The girl’s family said they were ‘deeply saddened’ by unrest that has broken out since the attack

Police across the UK issued warnings over the spreading online of an ‘incorrect’ name for the suspect

The Reform UK leader is facing protest outside his office at the weekend after claims he ‘peddled conspiracies’ over Southport tragedies

Derek Drummond, 58, was part of a riot in Southport and has been handed one of the longest jail sentences handed down so far over the recent disorder

‘Just because we purchased a YouTube channel from a Russian seller doesn’t mean we have any affiliations,’ an apparent staff member at Channel3 Now says

Judge Menary has sentenced five men to prison terms for violent disorder