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LONDON POLICE HAVE moved to calm public fears of a repeat of the riots that hit the UK capital in 2011.
Two police officers were injured and two members of the public were stabbed last week after a water fight in Hyde Park got out of hand.
The disturbance prompted fears of a ‘long hot summer’ of unrest in the Daily Express and Daily Mail, which said the arrest were the capital’s largest unrest since the 2011 riots.
In a statement, Commander BJ Harrington, in charge of public order policing said:
London is a really vibrant city and is always busy during the summer, when we see lots of extra events hosted in our capital.
“Our job is to police those events to prevent crime and disorder and keep our city safe for us all.
That is why it is frustrating to read about unfounded speculation that we are concerned our Capital will see a summer of disorder.
“That is quite simply not the case.”
Attempted murder
A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder yesterday after a triple stabbing during the Hyde Park disorder, which saw up to 4,000 people gather for a water fight.
The 18-year-old man was arrested earlier and remains in custody, the BBC reported.
A second police officer suffered injuries from a flying bottle as officers tried to contain aggressive crowds that had gathered on Tuesday 19 July, when temperatures reached 33C on the hottest day of the year.
Eleven people in total have now been arrested after the Met released a gallery of photos of suspects linked to the disorder – although they have removed the picture of the man arrested for attempted murder.
The Met urged people to “think really carefully” about the types of event people attend.
“Only last week we once again saw just how dangerous unlicensed music events can be, they attract criminals and are often just not safe.”
It added:
What we do do though, and continue to do, is respond quickly and effectively to any incidents that take place, and that includes the disorder we saw last week.
“Our response made sure that the incidents were quickly stopped and we are now arresting those people who attacked each other and then turned their violence towards us.
“Yes, this summer will be busy, but so is every year,” the statement added.
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Due to overgrazing our lands can not tolerate any heavy rain anymore. The soil is compressed and soil biology is badly damaged. The bogs and marshes which used to be huge rainfall sponges are drained for animal grazing or building. Rainfall that was no problem 30 years ago is now a national warning.
@Ranty McCrank: Plenty of floods 30 years ago.There has been exceptionally high rainfall this year and still we don’t have many floods.
@tom McCormack: So not that many floods over the last year or two? Which country are you living in?
@Ranty McCrank: cause blame man-made make millions Factory’s,planes,vehicles and boats too much emission around earth change routine Damage to climate change
@tom McCormack: I spend a lot of time in Mayo. There is no grass growth, the long duration of water logging in even reasonably well trained land is truly exceptional, there has been no drying out, river levels are very high, streams are swollen and cattle will have to stay in longer than in previous years.
@Brian Flavin: in English, please
@Brian Flavin:
Are you drunk?
@Brian Flavin: you lucid bro?
@Ranty McCrank: lovely copy and paste job
@Do the Bort man: Well to be fair he didn’t mention building last time round Bort man, obviously doesnt realise that an inch of rain dumps 17,333,000 gallons (us) of water per square mile of ground.
@Larissa Caroline Nikolaus:
You’d miss the rain.
A few dry days and they’ll be issuing drought warnings and hose pipe bans
Hopefully this will be the last throw of winter 17/18. Good riddance. Sick of it.
Wet and wild, just how I like it.
I am beginning to think the actions of humans is affecting our weather
@pierre roncuzzi: don’t be daft. Baby Jesus controls the weather.
hard to believe , when you look outside
@Elvis King: “Hard to believe”? We’ve had rain nearly everyday for months.
@Elvis King:
Stop looking outside and get back to work
@Gary:
You must be living under a waterfall
@courageous: You must be living in a cave.
@Gary:
Ouch
@courageous: Work , with our welfare system , i,m off to the park
@Elvis King:
Make sure you bring your umbrella in case in rains
@courageous: lol, only joking i have the hardest job in the world
@Elvis King:
Looking out Windows all day long can be very hard alright
@courageous So true: LOL
@Elvis King: Work on that grammar while you’re in that park.
@Jack O’neill: MINOMINOT
Met Noah this morning he was saying he was looking to move his family to somewhere less wet.
Christ, these ‘heatwaves’ are worse than the winters.
Except when it is raining, it should be dry.
ground hog day
@the druid: No thanks i,m Straight
Wet, wet, wet.
@Michael Lang: A heatwave with a yellow warning for wind and rain #onlyinireland
@Michael Lang: I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my bones..,
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