London Riots Timeline

4th August:
Mark Duggan shot dead by police.

6th August:
17:00 - approximately 300 people gathered around Tottenham police station arguing for justice for Mr Duggan and his family.
20:20 - the violence starts with bottles being thrown at patrol cars and other vehicles set alight.
The beginning of the riots in Tottenham. Petrol bombs were thrown at police and 3 petrol cars, several buildings and a bus were set alight.

7th August:

18:30 - 3 police officers are injured after interviewing an alteraction with missiles being thrown towards them.
19:45 - an average 100 hooded youths crowded round enfield Police station.
22:00-22:30 - more reports on shops and buildings being broken into.


8th August:
Liverpool, Bristol and Birmingham witnessed the beginning of the riot
00:45-2:38 - 6 fire engines and 30 firefighters are sent to a gigantic blaze.
21:33 - Prime minister leaves his holiday early to return and deal with the riots as they are now said to be 'demonstrably worsened'.
23:30 - 40 vehicles were damages in one night of violence in Nottingham.

9th August:
Riots hit manchester.
1:05 - BBC reports hundreds of youths attacking a store and no sign of police.
9:43 - london fire brigade  say that have had the busiest night in recent history, answering 2,169 calls between 6pm on Monday and 7:19am on Tuesday, an average of 15 times the normal rate of calls the brigade would receive.
22:36 - a police station in Nottingham is firebombed by a group of rioters.

10th August:
5:37 - a murder investigation is held in Birmingham after 2 men are killed and one critically injured in a hit and run incident and a third one dying in hospital.

11th August:
1:50 - 250 people took part in a candle-lit vigil held in Birmingham where 3 men were killed.

12th august:
00:22 - 1,103 people were arrested with connection with the riots and 654 have been charged. Greater Manchester police arrested 147 and had more than 70 others gone through the courts. Merseyside police made 77 arrests and charged 45 people. West Midlands arrested 445 people and Nottinghamshire arrested 109 and charged 69.