What's Behind the Violence on England's Streets?
Unrest continued on Friday night despite government warnings
Today, we look at what causing people to riot on the streets of England.
Unrest has broken out in multiple towns and cities through the week, the first example of which was see in Southport, where three young girls were killed on Monday.
In Sunderland on Friday night, three police officers were injured and needed hospital treatment during what police called the "serious and sustained levels of violence".
Home an legal affairs Dominic Casciani tells us what we know about who鈥檚 behind it, and why it鈥檚 happening.
Plus, after warnings about the country鈥檚 finances from the chancellor, chief economics correspondent Dharshini David gives us the expert view on how worried we should or shouldn鈥檛 be.
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