Metro – Shame on you
“Shame on you”, the Metro’s front page says, adding that the prime minister has promised to do “whatever it takes to bring these thugs to justice” after rioting across the UK on Sunday.
Everything we know about the Rotherham riot after mob breaks into migrant hotel
Far-right rioters have targeted a Holiday Inn in Rotherham, with footage appearing to show a group attempting to set the building alight with people still inside.
Police in the Yorkshire town have been overwhelmed by the volume of people surrounding the hotel, which houses asylum seekers.
In videos shared online, the mob can be seen throwing bricks and chairs at officers with riot shields, before smashing windows and entering the building while chanting ‘Yorkshire, Yorkshire’.
Further clips show a flaming bin against an open window in an apparent attempt to start a fire. It was later extinguished.
People could be seen looking down from windows on the upper floors of the hotel as crowds surrounded it.
Rioter is much less gobby as he cries in court after police dog bit his arse
A man who took part in one of the far-right riots across England this week broke down in tears as he was convicted today.
Ryan Sheers, 28 and Steven Mailen, 54, both pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Teesside Magistrates’ Court.
Prosecutors said Mailen joined in the fray in Hartlepool on Wednesday night and was ‘constantly in the face of officers’.
He was seen shouting and squaring up to them, only backing down when an officer struck him on the leg with a baton.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 05 August 2024.
Monday’s front pages continue the coverage of ongoing riots sweeping across the UK as far-right protesters take to the streets in reaction to the killing of three young girls in Southport.
The protesters have destroyed buildings, fought with police, set cars on fire and looted stores.
Most of the papers feature dramatic images of the damage from the rioters. There is also front-page coverage of the Olympics – but the detailed coverage of Day 9 covers the back pages.