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More than 470 people have been wholesale dress shoes arrested after a fourth night of rioting spread from London to some of England's biggest cities, including Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol and Leicester.The Metropolitan police arrested 81 people on a much quieter night with 16,000 policeofficers from forces around the country deployed in the capital.Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham bore the brunt of the rioting and looting overnight, with trouble also erupting in Liverpool, Salford, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Bristol and Gloucester.David Cameron, the prime minister, is to chair another meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee on Wednesday to discuss the continuing mentioned section of bamboo fiber towel unrest. Central Manchester and Salford saw serious looting and disorder as gangs waged running battles with police, ransacking dozens of shops.In Manchester groups of young people repeatedly evaded police from the late afternoon onwards, breaking into upmarket shops and setting a branch of the Miss Selfridge clothing chain on fire. As evening fell up to 200 youths raided an off-licence and other shops in the waterproof se1k0 fashion watches main shopping precinct of Salford, a couple of miles to the west.The violence ebbed in Manchester city centre around midnight and police regained control. Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan of Greater Manchester police said Manchester and Salford had been badly damaged. "These are pure and simple criminals running wild tonight," Shewan said. "They have nothing to protest against. There has been no spark. This has been senseless on a scale I have never witnessed before in my career." Greater Manchester police said they had arrested 108 people overnight, while West Midlands police arrested 109 people following scenes of disorder in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and West Bromwich.Shops including a branch of Marks & Spencer and a hi-fi store were again targeted in Birmingham with reports of a gun being fired, while there were reports of wholesale sandals large groups of people in West Bromwich town centre and vehicles being set on fire. Police in Wolverhampton responded to reporwing disturbances in the city centre. Thames Valley police made 15 arrests linked to trouble overnight, including five people who were held in Milton Keynes for alleged criminal damage and public order offences. The Metropolitan police said 81 arrests were skin kitchen towel made across the capital overnight, including 20 men who were detained in Harlesden. Scotland Yard confirmed a fire involving a number of vehicles broke out on an industrial estate in Tottenham and its cause was being treated as unexplained. The force said a 21-year-old man had been arrested in connection with a large fire that destroyed a furniture store in Croydon on Monday. Some Londoners took to the streets to defend cheap shoes their homes and stores yesterday, with a number of people standing guard outside a Sikh temple in Southall. Another group marched through Enfield, in north London, aiming to deter looters. Businesses and shops across London had shut down early in a bid to avoid attack from the gangs of youths who ransacked buildings across the city over the previous days. There was also trouble in the south-west of England Stock Shoes with police coming under attack from gangs of youths. Mounted officers were sent to combat groups of youths attacking shop windows, some with their faces covered, in Gloucester city centre overnight, while a significant fire broke out in the Brunswick area. Gloucestershire police said nine arrests were made.In Bristol police arrested 19 people following a second night of trouble. There were small outbreaks of disorder reported by Thames promotional gifts Valley police in Reading, Oxford and Milton Keynes, while 200 missile-throwing youths gathered in the south Liverpool area of Toxteth, causing disorder and damage, according to Merseyside police. The force said 35 arrests were made.The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) confirmed that there was no evidence that promotional products Duggan fired at officers before he was shot in the chest.Duggan's family have said they are "deeply distressed" by the disorder across the country that has followed his death.SA
