Police have warned protesters of a 'robust response' as the country braces itself for a weekend of riots in the wake of Monday's Southport stabbings.
Police have warned protesters of a "robust response" as the country braces itself for a weekend of riots in the wake of Monday's Southport stabbings. Police have confirmed they are "gearing up" for more disruption across the UK this weekend after violence erupted in Southport, Hartlepool and London throughout the week.
He said: "We agreed as police chiefs to step up our resourcing over the weekend so we will have surge capacity in our intelligence, in our briefing and in the resource that is out in local communities."It was really good that we were able to agree also yesterday with the support from our justice partners that there will be additional prosecutors available to make swift decisions, so we have swift justice.
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