What's Behind the Violence on England's Streets?
Unrest continued on Friday night despite government warnings
August 3, 2024
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August 3, 2024
What's Behind the Violence on England's Streets?
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<p>Today, we look at what causing people to riot on the streets of England.</p><p>Unrest has broken out in multiple towns and cities through the week, the first example of which was see in Southport, where three young girls were killed on Monday.</p><p>In Sunderland on Friday night, three police officers were injured and needed hospital treatment during what police called the "serious and sustained levels of violence".</p><p>Home an legal affairs Dominic Casciani tells us what we know about who’s behind it, and why it’s happening.</p><p>Plus, after warnings about the country’s finances from the chancellor, chief economics correspondent Dharshini David gives us the expert view on how worried we should or shouldn’t be.</p><p>You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere</p><p>Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.</p>
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