Eight people have been arrested and three police officers taken to hospital following rioting in Sunderland city centre. It comes after rioters fought with police following a planned protest linked to the Southport stabbings.
Dozens more protests have been planned for this weekend in the wake of the Southport stabbings.Campaign group Hope Not Hate has identified more than 30 protests planned across the UK over the next two days.On Wednesday evening, more than 100 protesters were arrested on Whitehall, where bottles and cans were thrown at police, and violence broke out in Hartlepool, County Durham, and in Manchester outside the Holiday Inn on Oldham Road.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a new 'national' response to the disorder linking police forces across the country.And yesterday evening rioters battled police in the streets of Sunderland city centre following a planned protest linked to the Southport knife attack.Northumbria Police have said in a post on X that its officers had been 'subjected to serious violence', and added that three officers were taken to hospital.
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