David Lammy

They saw their homes and businesses destroyed in the English riots one year ago -- but for many people the nightmare was just beginning as they fought to receive compensation.

A year after riots engulfed London and spread to other English cities, the buzz around the Olympics is sweeping the capital, but with recession hammering the poorest Londoners the threat of unrest lingers.

The mother of a man shot dead by police one year ago sparking riots in many English cities made a plea for justice on Friday, the eve of the anniversary of his death.

Poor parenting and a lack of support for disenfranchised young people played a major role in sparking last year's riots, an independent panel reported on Wednesday.

Poor parenting and a lack of support for disenfranchised young people played a major role in sparking last year's British riots, an independent panel reported on Wednesday.

The parents of a man gunned down by police officers in north London were left "in a state of torment and confusion" when police failed to inform them of his death, Britain's police watchdog said.

The parents of a man gunned down by police officers in north London were left "in a state of torment and confusion" when police failed to inform them of his death, Britain's police watchdog said Wednesday.

The successor to London's Routemaster bus carried its first paying passengers in the capital on Monday, but was plagued by technical hitches and was forced to pause while a rival "protest bus" sailed on ahead.

Tottenham Hotspur's hopes of building a new ground near their existing White Hart Lane home were boosted Tuesday thanks to a £27 million ($43 million) funding agreement with London Mayor Boris Johnson and Haringey Council.

The Home Secretary and police met social media companies Thursday in the wake of riots this month to discuss how to stop gangs using the networks to plan social unrest.

Britain's interior minister and police met social media companies Thursday in the wake of riots this month to discuss how to stop gangs using the networks to plan social unrest.

Home Secretary Theresa May and police met social media companies Thursday in the wake of riots this month to discuss how to block access for people using them to plot violence.

A media watchdog voiced concern Saturday at the cooperation between British authorities and the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones to identify rioters in London and other cities.

A media watchdog voiced concern on Saturday at the cooperation between British authorities and the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones to identify rioters in London and other cities.

A media watchdog voiced concern on Saturday at the cooperation between British authorities and the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones to identify rioters in London and other cities.

The rioters causing havoc on British streets have eschewed traditional social networking sites as a way of organising, instead using the encrypted instant chat service on their BlackBerry handsets.

LONDON/TORONTO (Reuters) - A lawmaker called on Tuesday for BlackBerry's instant messaging service to be suspended after rioters used it to mobilize in London and other British cities.

(Corrects paragraph 10 to say.... smoldering"

I?m huddled in the front room with some shell-shocked friends, watching my city burn. The BBC is interchanging footage of blazing cars and running street battles in Hackney, of police horses lining up in Lewisham, of roiling infernos that were once shops and houses in Croydon and in Peckham. Last night, Enfield, Walthamstow, Brixton and Wood Green were looted; there have been hundreds of arrests and dozens of serious injuries, and it will be a miracle if nobody dies tonight. This is the third consecutive night of rioting in London, and the disorder has now spread to Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol and Birmingham. Politicians and police officers who only hours ago were making stony-faced statements about criminality are now simply begging the young people of Britain?s inner cities to go home. Britain is a tinderbox, and on Friday, somebody lit a match. How the hell did this happen? And what are we going to do now? In the scramble to comprehend the riots, every single commentator has opened wi

Rioters went on the rampage in north London, torching police cars, a bus and a shop amid widespread looting following a protest over the fatal shooting of a man by armed police officers.