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UK: RIOTS: On the fourth night of disturbances, 9 August, they extended to Wolverhampton, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Salford, Manchester and Nottingham, Birkenhead and Toxteth (Liverpool) again

01 August 2011

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UK: RIOTS: On the fourth night of disturbances, 9 August, they extended to Wolverhampton, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Salford, Manchester and Nottingham, Birkenhead and Toxteth (Liverpool) again. See: UK riots: Trouble erupts in English cities (BBC News, link). In London there was a virtual "lockdown" with 16,000 police on the streets compared with 6,000 the night before and many shops, businesses and council offices shutting by mid-afternoon.

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