Urban riots: tough love
The Guardian
Desperately needed jobs have gone, family businesses have been destroyed, young families have been left homeless and now three – four, counting a shooting in Croydon – lives have been lost. All this to indulge a mad consumerist greed. …

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The public want tasers and tear gas used on the rioters
New Statesman (blog)
Target trainers, Nike sports shops and meaningless, petty police officers who never make it home to their families. Meanwhile, and this my friend is the most sinister part of all, our cultural climate of utter intolerance of healthy and open debate …

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Kirkbymoorside slide to defeat against Jarrow
Gazette & Herald
Goalkeeper Adam Magson made a good early save from Paul Terrell, while at the other end Drew McCoubrey provided a shooting opportunity for Brown, which went wide. Brown then set up Ryan Rivis but the first-time shot was saved by Mark English. …

7 Things Leeds United Fans Learnt By Beating Bradford
Sabotage Times
By the end of last night Ross McCormack was on fire shooting at every opportunity and he looked like he really fancied it. He seemed relieved to be getting the shots way and going close with most of them. Once Becchio is fit again they'll be an …

'Be patient' plea to Wick Academy fans
John O’Groat Journal
Following on from his first-half untamed overhead kick that went wide of the goal, Macadie missed another opportunity when his cross across the goalmouth failed to find a pair of Wick shooting boots. After such hopeful signs disaster then struck for …

London riots: Young thugs got a lift home with mum when they finished looting
Mirror.co.uk
Jewellers, off licences and electronics stores were popular, but sports shops were their preferred target. I arrived on Mare Street just moments after a gang had smashed their way into JD Sports. Kids filled their arms with Nike trainers and adidas …
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Rams Fail Again In Calring Cup
Vitalfootball
Morgan, looking offside, was released with a ball over the top but he couldn`t get his effort on target with only Fielding to beat as Kilbane got back to challenge as he was shooting. Tomasz Cywka, introduced earlier in place of Lee Croft, …

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Nunez the hero in Leeds win
Vitalfootball
Bradford were looking the better side, Mark Stewart saw a shot saved by Andy Lonergan and Flynn and Stewart again saw shots missing the target. Leeds started to come into the game, Adam Clayton shooting over the bar. Ramon Nunez really should have …

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London riots: why did the police lose control?
Telegraph.co.uk
Did the police inflame the initially peaceful crowd protesting about the shooting last Thursday of Mark Duggan? It will be impossible to answer that question until the independent inquiry is complete. But what should we make of another theory, …
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Merton police on alert after copycat looting fears in Colliers Wood, Tooting …
This is Local London
Sainsbury's and Marks and Spencer in the Sava Centre have also shut for the rest of the day after Colliers Wood was named as a target for rioters on social networking websites. Earlier, today, Merton's top policeman confirmed police are looking at …

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