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Just been told that it is brewing in Manchester. FFS 😥
Apparently the Police have been getting ready all day in Sheffield based on intelligence
our office in Leeds is closing at 6pm after police warnings for the city centre area.
Leeds are playing at home tonight, so I suspect it will just be the usual scuffles between the black communities in Harehills/Beeston/Chapel Town etc against the EDL and Leeds casuals.
Doubt it will amount to much. Hopefully they will smash up Jack Wills.
Hopefully a baying mob will break in to the STW offices and as well as making off with a batch of All-Mountain-Enduro(Euro)-Trail-Mini-DH-29er forks from next months group test, will also take the server and we all be relieved of the drivel spouted by Hora and Co on the big thread.
A chair has been knocked over in Henley on Thames, eyewitnesses say it was the wind but police have arrested anyone who is a bit brown just in case.
Thank god.
Salford Shopping City evacuated and rumours of looting at Regent Retail
Park just on the outskirts of Manchester centre.
Surely they'll have to go in hard if it kicks off in Manchester? No more of that rapid retreat crap we've seen in London. They need to be met with force right from the off.
I'd say any large inner city is probably on standby, as they'll be seen as fair game by the idiots. The problems are pretty universal.
I'm so glad I've moved out to the sticks. The only thing revolting is the smell of cow poo
No news of the Trafford Centre burning then? 😈
I imagine most places in greater London along with most city centres around the country suspects that it could be their turn tonight.
Piccadilly. Webcams are down.
Albert Square looks quiet.
Just tried to get hold of the Wife who works on Deansgate. No answer, so hopefully she's legged it.
Surely kids everywhere are on school holidays and want free stuff. They've seen other kids on telly getting away with it, and are probably even a bit jealous of them.
Could boil over pretty much anywhere if you ask me.
I reckon if there is rioting it'll be Moss-side/Longsight. If its ransacked and torched it won't actually look any different. Might even improve matters
Leeds are playing at home tonight, so I suspect it will just be the usual scuffles between the black communities in Harehills/Beeston/Chapel Town etc against the EDL and Leeds casuals.
Leeds are playing Bradford so if it was ever gonna kick off, it was gonna be at a local grudge match....
I would add that I drove back to Manc this afternoon from the Midlands, and passed about 40 Tactical Aid Unit vans heading south. The car/van park in the GMP TAU place accross the road from my office is empty.
I'm assuming there are still Polis here...
No news of the Trafford Centre burning then
that could be a positive to come out of all this!
mmm think Manchester could be likely. Hearing signs of Helicopters and sirens already
There was talk of a media/dish van going from section to section of the centre trying to 'talk up' disturbance and hope people would congregate there. If true it really is gutter-journalism in action.
Piccadilly Station looks quiet on the rear side.
Apparently things have been kicking off a bit in Kettering and Wellingborough. Will wait to see what the local news has to say about it tonight as it may just be stupid facebook rumours at the minute..
🙄 @ Hora
from twitter:
"My 17 year old daughter has just received a bbm broadcasting that the meet is at Hounslow Bus Garage tonight at 10pm......area to avoid!"
Nottingham has county and forest playing tonight I'm told. Not sure it that makes it more or less likely we'll have trouble. They were warming up last night though.
There was talk of a media/dish van going from section to section of the centre trying to 'talk up' disturbance and hope people would congregate there. If true it really is gutter-journalism in action
you silly sod.
Hora - you are actually aware that the voices in your head aren't real?
My sister has just text me to say something is kicking off in Wolverhampton.
Wherever it's attempted, I sincereley hope that this time there are enough police on the spot with the orders to go in hard and mete out real grief to the nasty, stupid, contemptible thugs and morons responsible.
Bless their little underpriveledged [s]cotton socks[/s] trainers.
Mounty_73 - it always kicking off in Wolvo.
In the 80s riots / miners strike etc, they would have had no hesitation in getting a mounted section out on the streets...
... presumably we do still have mounted Police, or has the price of hay gone up too much??
Apparently 200 youths are smashing stuff up in West Brom...
Leamington's still quiet though, although the accordian man is looking shifty.
Apparently the Police have been getting ready all day in Sheffield based on intelligence
Police intelligence? it's a bit late for that.
GMP say the Salford rumours are completely untrue, and there's no signs of anything at the moment. They're bringing in officers to work a 12 hour shift tonight though, presumably a precaution.
Wolvo's a bit of a shitehole anyway, it won't make a blind bit of difference 😛 These scum still really boil my blood, though! I hope Leisure Lakes aren't touched, they've been treating me well.
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Does anyone actually know for certain what is happening in Manchester at the moment? Was going to go into town this evening and I'm hearing all sorts from "everything is fine" to "it's in total lockdown"
Be kind of nice to know before I head in there and
a) get arrested/shot or
b) find out that the shops I need to go to are under 5ft of boarding
Mrs Toast, where in Leam are you? it is all clear from the top of Warwick Street!
No matter how bored and disillusioned kids get they will never bother going to Swindon 🙂
It looks like Croydon is going to get hit again tonight**. Allegedly looters were going to meet at Purley at 4pm and there was talk of vigilantes assembling in South Croydon. Croydon was hit far worse than I had thought, and although I could hear stuff going on last night, I hadn't realised how close to me it was. It's crawling with police and I've just seen a police van from Wales patrolling near me. Apparently two Welsh police forces have sent riot equipped officers to Croydon - it's totally unreal ffs.
** don't know wtf they think there is left to steal in Croydon.
It's kicking off in Harrogate too - two people bumped into each other outside Betty’s and one was heard to tut loudly.
I'm heading through town shortly as well crazy legs. I have to though. I suspect it might not be the best evening for a spot of shopping. Unless you weren't planning on paying? 😀
Its just about to kick off in Bewdley, 2 lads having a scuffle in the car park... 😉
It's kicking off in Harrogate too - two people bumped into each other outside Betty’s and one was heard to tut loudly.
To be honest, with the prices they charge I'd be tempted to loot the place myself. Screw plasma tellies, you could make a fortune selling Betty's cream teas on eBay.
Talking about the riots of the 80s today and the flare up in [url= http://maps.google.com/maps?q=marchwiel&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:es-ES:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=es&biw=1366&bih=645&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il ]Marchwiel[/url] was brought up.
Be careful out there.
Mmmmm... Betty's Fat Rascals 😛
The local cop shop has just been stormed near us in south london. The toilet block has been smashed up.
Police have nothing to go on.
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Apparently things have been kicking off a bit in Kettering and Wellingborough. Will wait to see what the local news has to say about it tonight as it may just be stupid facebook rumours at the minute..
I heard those too, along with stories of Weston Favell Centre in Northampton being ransacked - looked on the Northants Police website who say they are aware of the rumours but nothing is occurring...yet 🙄
i think it may settle down a bit, a lot of yesterdays lot are probably hungover
and id like to think threats of the police [s]finally getting off their butts[/s] using rubber bullets may damp things down in london at least
i imagine notting hill carnival will be edgier than normal this year too
with the government seemingly unable to comprehend the effect of recession, unemployment, cutting services, inflation etc would have i imagine this may become an annual event
Salford kicking off - Friend of my housemate has been told to stay indoors, she lives opp Regent Rd retail park, Sainsburys has been shut as have the other stores.
There was talk of a media/dish van going from section to section of the centre trying to 'talk up' disturbance and hope people would congregate there. If true it really is gutter-journalism in action.
that'll be Sky then....
The Apple store in town has just been ransacked. Police are looking for iWitnesses.
I'm already wearing it.
(And apologies if repeated on the big thread, but I ain't checking that).
I'll be staying in on the Turbos tonight in case Leighton Buzzard kicks off.
(Kicking off in Leighton Buzzard = four 18 year olds in a Vauxhal Nova)
Manc city centre looks nice and peaceful. Apart from normal rush hour chaos
Looting in Nelson Mandela House, Peckham right now! Apparently they've taken half-price cracked ice, miles & miles of carpet tiles, TVs, deep freeze, David Bowie LPs...
The Kaiser Cheifs predicted this years ago.
There are hundreds of pigs milling around yards from my back door
Are you a farmer?
No I just live on a pig rearing unit. 😆
Apparently Gaddafi has now recognised the London Rioters as the new official regime of England.
I spoke with a police friend earlier and he told me that oxford is likely to be hit tonight. Some of the normal shit holes - Blackbird leys, barton etc but the city centre too. My sister got sent away from work by british gas in cowley too as they expect trouble there too
Got a bit rowdy in Boroughbridge last night mind. Curly Keith parked his tractor on the double yellows outside the Black Bull & blocked a motorised wheelchair in.
I thought it was gonna kick off big style!
There are groups of guys hanging around outside what appear to be their own boarded up restaurants and convenience stores in Clapham High Street. I suspect vigilante justice if looters try it on there.
Got a bit rowdy in Boroughbridge last night mind. Curly Keith parked his tractor on the double yellows outside the Black Bull & blocked a motorised wheelchair in.
I thought it was gonna kick off big style!
Last time it kicked off for me, it was outside the Black Bull in Boroughbridge - aged 15, looking after a mate who was scared to fight. My, that was a long time ago.
I'm currently away from home in sleepy S.Glostershire, in Thornbury. I don't think most people here have heard the news from far flung places like Bristol. The mail and papers still come by stagecoach I think....
😉
Mrs Toast, where in Leam are you? it is all clear from the top of Warwick Street!
Regent Street. Still all clear, but you can tell it's a smouldering hotbed of social injustice. Someone was complaining about the queue in Cafe Nero. FIGHT THE SYSTEM!
I gather the police are on standby here in Malvern - apparently they've got intelligence from twitter that the looters are planning a raid on M&S knitwear department.
Apparently 200 youths are smashing stuff up in West Brom...
It's true. Rioters have smashed through West Brom and caused £16 million worth of improvements.
Yeah, bad news here too. My mate has just had his mediaeval music concert cancelled. Police heard there was going to be luting...
it's gonna kick off in rothwell leeds in a minute
chuffin takeaway have forgot my keema nan............... 😈
Unacceptable, Ton. Don't stand for it.
Have a sit down instead. 😀
According to twitter it's meant to be Eltam.
However it appears Millwall and Charlton fans have teamed up to defend against any attack! 😯
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i'm actually hiding at the mo - terrified.
didn't make enough custard for one of the bikevillage guides' crumble - shit going down big style in landry. 😐
@thegreatape: very good, are you here all week?
However it appears Millwall and Charlton fans have teamed up to defend against any attack!
Along with the lovely EDL it seems...
Pft. They're just out for a ruck, cos their footy's bin cancelled. If there's no looting, they'll just batter each other instead...
They better not burn fown Fopps. Anyone fancy a wander around central Manchester?
Alas Belper is still quiet, I was hoping to get a nice claim in for a new car. Mine obviously had my best suit/watch/clothes/work tools/mother in law at the time it was supposed to get torched! However it's apparently got a little riotous in derby earlier but to be fair some of those ****ers look in the mirror and want a ruck!!!
I've removed my lefty liberal hair shirt this evening and would request of Mr Cameron that a bunch of angry Paras fresh from serving in Afghanistan be released with full weapons onto the pond-life who are currently trying to destroy Manchester and Salford.
Maybe a group of hardened mountain bikers should form a posse?
Just heard rumours of shooting in Market St. Manchester centre n
Not heard anything about that but I'm very glad I didn't try to get into Manchester earlier this evening!
Not sure I could even have got in actually, apparently they stopped all the buses from running quite early on in the afternoon...
Manchester is being really ****ed up. Think there is a news blackout in force. Just avoided getting seriously messesd up at a mini roundabout on my commute home tonight. Shouted nob ed through the open drivers window of a Golf and saw two ****s in face masks. FFS. GMP twitter is silent too.
Yeah, been watching BBC online but it just keeps showing the same 2 min loop of footage from Salford...