England riots: special report

A man is found guilty of supplying Mark Duggan with a gun just before he was shot dead by police, sparking the 2011 riots. Channel 4 News has obtained exclusive footage of attempts to keep him alive.

Thirteen members of rival gangs, who brokered a truce to join forces, face up to six years in prison after being convicted of large-scale involvement in the London riots.

The arrests of more than 200 leaders of London street gangs in the wake of last year’s riots has led to an increase in “chaos, violence and anarchy” there, a report claims.

The riots that spread across England in 2011 lasted a few days but some communities suffered lasting damage. However, the resulting clean-up fostered a community spirit that is still present now.

A gang, whose “journey of destruction” during last summer’s riots included a rampage through a Michelin-starred restaurant, receive the harshest sentences yet handed out to rioters.

Channel 4 News revisits four of the worst-hit parts of London to see how they have recovered since last year’s riots. See the before/after photos here. Roll your mouse over the images.

A year on from the riots, parts of Tottenham remain demolished. But as policy makers and police try to fathom the anarchic violence, residents are attempting to piece their lives back together.

A year after police shot Mark Duggan his mother still has many unanswered questions about his death, writes Channel 4 News Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel.

A judge appeals for calm after eight men are cleared of murdering three friends who were hit by a car during last summer’s riots.

A looter is jailed for eleven and a half years after starting a fire that destroyed a 140-year-old Croydon furniture shop during last summer’s riots.

A bereaved father who publicly appealed for calm hours after his son was killed in last summer’s riots is given a 12-month suspended jail sentence after being convicted of a roadside attack.

A young black man who recorded a policeman using racist insults after he was arrested during last summer’s riots tells Channel 4 News he felt “devastated” to be addressed in such a manner.

The long-awaited report into the 2011 riots says poor parenting, a sense of hopelessness among young people, unemployment and a materialistic culture were to blame for the disturbances.

The final police report into the London riots shows the failure by officers to issue a “code red” warning delayed the response to violence in Tottenham, writes Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel.

Disruptive children should be identified before they start school to stop them going “off the rails” later, the government’s behaviour tsar says in a new report ordered following last summer’s riots.