BBC Panorama goes behind the lines with Manchester's police and into the interview rooms with the rioters to tell the inside story of one of the cities most affected by the August riots. For the first time, a police force allows access to its footage from this summer's running battles - this time, on the streets of Manchester and Salford. The programme reveals how in Salford there was more to the rioting than opportunistic looting. And it follows the police investigation as they seek to identify and arrest the 700 rioters caught on camera at 300 separate crime scenes.
Available until 8:59PM Sun, 27 Nov 2011
As horrific as the riots were, they brought the Manchester city centre community closer together. The 'I heart Manchester' campaign was born and supported by businesses large and small, residents, and later footballers, celebrities, and the council, to all show our love for our city and fight back against the rioters (in a non-violent way of course!)Photos from that horrific night are below...
Miss Selfridge ferociously on fire
The Shop A Looter campaign was brilliant. I saw in newspapers that kids' own parents were turning them in to the police. Hopefully they've learned that this was horrible and not the way to fight back at 'the system'. Equally, whilst these rioters broke laws and completely deserve their prison sentences, we can't just brush this issue under the carpet by sending everyone to prison and not dealing with the underlying issues of social unrest. But is there really anything we can do? Not for a quick fix solution anyway...
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