Wednesday 10th August 2011

Nottinghamshire Police mounted an operation across Nottingham City over the last few night.

After the disorder over the last couple of nights, wednesday was much quieter.

In a statement, the police say that they had over 800 officers on duty to police the situation. A large number of PSU's were deployed and were added to by units from Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire.  Mounted officers were also deployed. 

Damage was done to 5 Nottingham Police Stations. and a number of city centre shops were damaged and now boarded up. On monday night, the Victoria Centre entrance and glass in shops there were also smashed. 

Nottinghamshire Police issued a detail statement of events at: http://tinyurl.com/3nd2rw9 

They now report 105 arrests.  60 so far have been charged. They say: "The force is actively looking to make further arrests and will continue to gather evidence to do so."

Nottingham Riots: Tuesday 1

Nottingham Riots: Tuesday 2

Nottingham Riots: Canning Circus Police Stn Damage

Nottingham Riots: Boarding up + Police Standby

Riots spread to Nottingham [Nottingham Indymedia Feature]

Summer of Unrest: an indymedia overview of the 'riots' [UK Mayday Feature]

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ALAN LODGE 

Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham.  UK

Email:                 tash@indymedia.org

Web:                   http://digitaljournalist.eu

Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]

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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.

                                   It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"

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