For nearly a week last summer, some of the poorest neighborhoods of London were ablaze – both literally and figuratively – with riots and chaos, as hordes of the city’s youth destroyed and looted ...

As the U.K. reflects on its recent bout of riots--with analysts searching for lessons and Prime Minister David Cameron declaring a "war on gangs"--Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism is ...

LONDON (AP) - Britain will not allow a culture of fear to take over the streets, Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Wednesday, saying police have drawn up contingency plans to use water cannons if ...

Media reports have tried to explain the youth riots in London with a host of ways, as we've reported. But most of the causes identified by observers, which include high unemployment, racial tensions, ...

Less than a month after riots tore across London, British authorities were understandably nervous to host Europe’s biggest street fair, the Notting Hill Carnival, which draws an estimated 1 million ...

As rioting gripping England enters fifth day, police have gone on offensive. Aug. 10, 2011— -- The rioting and looting gripping England has turned deadly as it enters a fifth day with three men ...