Juvenile defendants appearing in courts charged with offences relating to riots and looting will no longer have the right to anonymity after new guidance was issued to prosecutors.

Home Secretary Theresa May hit back at senior police chiefs over political criticism of their initial riot response, insisting it was her job to tell forces "what the public want them to do".

Police forces around England will have an increased presence on the streets tonight to counter fears of more drink-fuelled trouble.

Force chiefs across the country have been ordered to cancel "all police leave" to deal with England's rioting crisis, the Home Secretary said today.

As he fought to be heard, there were cries of 'How was your holiday?' and 'Why are you here three days late?'

David Cameron was cutting short his holiday tonight to fly back to Britain following a third night of violence in the capital.

Boris Johnson has bowed to pressure by cutting short his holiday as rioting escalates across the capital.

Theresa May, the Home Secretary, was accused last night of resisting calls to tighten gun laws following the shooting spree of Derrick Bird in which 12 people were murdered.

A new law compelling immigrants to be able to speak English to join their spouses living in the UK is "blatantly racially discriminatory", a court has heard.

The vital work of the Metropolitan Police must and will continue following the resignations of two senior figures amid the fallout of the phone-hacking scandal, Home Secretary Theresa May said today.

The Home Secretary Theresa May paid tribute to Sir Paul Stephenson last night, saying he had "led the force through difficult times" and that "the force is operationally stronger now than it was when he took over". But she noted that there were "still serious issues to be addressed".