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Police probed over 'Duggan gun'

Two Scotland Yard officers are being investigated over their response to a firearms offence linked to the police shooting that sparked riots across the country.Read

Jail population passes 88,000 mark

The prison population in England and Wales has reached a new record high for the third time in three weeks, passing the 88,000 level for the first time.Read

Met 'did not control London riots'

A chief constable has risked the wrath of colleagues in London after he suggested Manchester could have been spared the August riots if police in the capital had acted sooner.Read

London rioting 'sparked copycats'

Manchester could have been spared the August riots if police in London had acted sooner, according to the city's chief constable.Read

Prison population hits new high

The prison population in England and Wales has increased by almost 200 in a week, taking it to a new all-time high of 87,945, figures have shown.Read

Looting suspect pictures released

Detectives investigating the summer's riots have released more than 30 further images of people wanted in connection with disorder and looting.Read

Army 'should set morality example'

The military can no longer presume that families and wider society will have educated new recruits in moral values and standards of behaviour before they join the Armed Forces, the former head of the Army has warned.Read

3,000 arrested in rioting inquiries

More than 3,000 suspected rioters have been arrested by police investigating the disturbances across London in August.Read

Prisons population reaches new high

The prison population in England and Wales has hit an all-time high of 87,749 - 76 higher than the previous record set at the start of last month.Read

Riots offered 'a day like no other'

The riots which swept across England this summer offered young people "a day like no other", a chance to get "free stuff" and a golden opportunity to get away with as much as possible, a report said.Read

Faster growth boosts recovery hopes

The UK's economic recovery hopes have been boosted by official figures revealed that the pace of growth accelerated faster than expected in the third quarter of 2011.Read

A fifth 'back trick or treat ban'

One in five people would support a ban on trick or treating this year in light of the recent riots in cities across England, according to a survey.Read

Riot-blaze accused admits burglary

A man accused of starting a fire that destroyed a 144-year-old family-run furniture shop during the riots has admitted burgling two chain stores.Read

Clubs owner calls in administrator

The UK's biggest nightclub owner has collapsed into administration after banks pulled the plug, putting 3,000 jobs at risk.Read

Crime set to rise as clocks go back

Crime is expected to rise when the clocks go back this weekend, according to new figures.Read

Data shows lives of August rioters

More than a third of youngsters involved in this summer's riots had been excluded from school at some point in the last year, according to figures.Read

Gangs 'not pivotal' in August riots

Most police forces found that fewer than one in 10 of those arrested over the August riots were gang members and gangs "generally did not play a pivotal role" in the disturbances, figures have shown.Read

Jailed rioters 'from 44 countries'

Thugs from 44 foreign countries have been jailed over widespread summer rioting, prison figures show.Read

Judges warn rioters on sentencing

Severe sentences will be handed out to anyone who takes part in the kind of lawlessness which caused "mayhem" across the country in the summer, judges have warned.Read

Police may get extra curfew powers

Police could be given more powers to demand face coverings are removed and to impose curfews to deal with crowds in the wake of this summer's riots under plans being considered by the Home Secretary.Read