LONDON RIOTS - UPDATE 2

• Today's key events so far:
  • Many areas of London are braced for further rioting after widespread attacks in areas includingHackney, Lewisham, Peckham, Croydon, Ealing, Clapham, Bethnal Green, and Enfield
  • There will be 16,000 police officers on the streets of London tonight - an increase of 10,000 from last night
  • David Cameron has announced that parliament will be recalled on Thursday to handle the crisis
  • Plastic bullets have been considered by police chiefs as a tactic to bring the unprecedented rioting in London under control.
  by Press Association LiveBlog edited by Ian Jones, MSN news editor 1:53 AM
• Glen Barkworth, general manager of the Arndale Centre told Sky News: "I came into the centre and I witnessed what was going on from an upper level, and to see the public having to flee in terror as the youths were bounding through the centre (of the city) was a sight I hope I never have to see ever again."
  by Press Association LiveBlog 5:22 AM
• Joanne Sheppard tweets from Salford: @redskyatnight Can see 2 smoke clouds both v near my house. Not even sure what's burning. Please don't let them be residential. #Salford #Manchester
  by Press Association LiveBlog 5:16 AM
• Also via Twitter: @ilonacatherine Looting Oxfam. That has to be a new low. #manchesterriots
  by Press Association LiveBlog 5:10 AM
• @TomScorza Any parents whose children are on the streets tonight should be charged with assisting an offender. Agreed? #manchesterriots
  by Press Association LiveBlog 5:06 AM
• Twitter user @JacquiAnnC has posted video footage from central Manchester, saying: "Frightening. My everyday bus stop." video #manchesterriots
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:54 AM
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  Police making an arrest in Salford. (AP)

  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:51 AM
• Earlier @HelloImGary reported: "Complete chaos in #salford now. Lidl has been ransacked. no police to be seen."
  And in latest news he says there is a burning house on the roundabout near Fitzwarren Street.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:47 AM
• @HelloImGary Salford precinct now appears to be on fire. My eyes are stinging from the smoke.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:45 AM
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  A sign calls for peace in Camden.

  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:43 AM
• A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said up to 200 youths were involved in a stand-off in Salford earlier.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:43 AM
• Stand-offs with police continue around Salford shopping precinct, with officers trying to corral rioters.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:41 AM
• Reports that Manchester's iconic Affleck Palace has been attacked, with crowds of youths seen in Oldham Street: @SiobhanDockerty Afflecks Palace & Oldham St, Manchester. t.co#manchesterriots
  
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:37 AM
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  Police on patrol in central London.

  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:29 AM
• Metropolitan Police have put up a gallery of people they'd like to talk to in relation to riot violence in the capital Met gallery
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:27 AM
• The latest from West Midlands Police is that the force is dealing with sporadic disorder in Wolverhampton and the arson of two vehicles in nearby West Bromwich.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:21 AM
• But the night was less peaceful in northern England, with Greater Manchester Police saying it was engaged in outbreaks of disorder in both Manchester city centre and Salford.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:20 AM
• Plans to prevent a fourth night of violence on the streets of the capital appearing to have worked, with just a handful of arrests reported in the Canning Town area.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:20 AM
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  Smoke from the Sony warehouse fire in Enfield can still be seen over the London skyline.

  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:18 AM
• Amazon.co.uk sports department has seen a huge increase in the sale of baseball bats over the past 24 hours.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:16 AM
• In Manchester there are reports of gangs of masked youths on mountain bikes talking to drivers of cars on mobile phones, exchanging information, while they drove around the streets in what appeared to be co-ordinated manoeuvres.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:15 AM
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  Hundreds of youths ran down Manchester's Market Street smashing the windows on another clothes store, while dozens tried to force the door of the Arndale shopping centre.

  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:10 AM
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  A Miss Selfridge shop on fire in Market Street in Manchester city centre.

  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:08 AM
• Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan took a moment for a photo with one of the many police on duty in Birmingham City Centre: @VaughanCricket Long night for this fella.. Doing a great job.. Stay safe all the forces.. t.co
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:07 AM
• More from a Twitter user in Manchester: @TheCavendishEst "Had to be escorted from Radley shop as they put the window through. About an hour ago. Very scary." #manchesterriots
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 4:00 AM
• A van has been set on fire in Bordesley Street, Birmingham, where looters targeted a cafe, smashing its windows and helping themselves to food.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:52 AM
• @SiobhanDockerty on Twitter has shared some photos of Manchester's St Ann's Square andDeansgate. #manchesterriots
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:47 AM
• The call for a Manchester clean-up effort has already begun: @hemmatron via Twitter says: Help with the clean-up tomorrow, guys. Spread this to other Manchester residents please! #RiotCleanUpManc
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:38 AM
• The looting appears to be easing in Manchester since police vans have been stationed at damage sites. The latest violence has been in the Old Bank Street and St Ann's Square area where two mobile phone stores were hit.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:34 AM
• Staff from the Crown Prosecution Service are out on the streets with police crews at likely riot scenes to provide "on-the-spot charging advice".
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:22 AM
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  Workers board up the windows of a Currys PC World electronic retail outlet on Oxford Street in central London.

  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:18 AM
• Riot police in vans have chased large groups of youths wearing ski masks and hoods as they rampaged through the Manchester city centre streets. One of the youths spotted a reporter and mistook him for a police officer - a bottle of spirits was thrown in his direction but narrowly missed.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:12 AM
• Several hundred youths have marched down Princess Street in Manchester towards John Dalton Street. Those at the front were reportedly brandishing sticks.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:12 AM
• Cheers have gone up in Manchester as the front window of a Bang & Olufsen store, near King Street, was smashed in. One pair of looters carried out a widescreen TV while others gleefully pocketed electrical items.
  by Press Association LiveBlog AC 3:07 AM
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  Singer Olly Murs has shared a picture of Birmingham via Twitter: @ollyofficial Black smoke going over Birmingham town centre...somethings on fire!! twitpic.com

  by Press Association LiveBlog AC via Twitpic 3:03 AM