this is bbc news. around 150 people have been arrested in violent unrest breaking out in english cities — as far—right rioters storm a hotel in rotherham housing asylum seekers. and in middlesborough — crowds have broken through a police line — attacking officers and throwing objects at them. in bolton an emergency order is in place to prevent people from covering theirfaces,with many hidden behind balaclavas. the prime minister says he'll do whatever it takes to put a stop what he calls �*far right thuggery�*. i want you to know that these violent mobs do not represent our country and we will bring them to justice. these are the scenes live in rotherham — we'll have the latest from our correspondents

. no, it's not. these are the bangladesh protest were around 70 people have died as a result of ongoing demonstrations, which were sparked originally by protesters calling for the government to do away with government quotas... where away with government quotas... where a certain away with government quotas. .. where a certain number— away with government quotas. .. where a certain number of— away with government quotas... where a certain number ofjobs _ away with government quotas... where a certain number ofjobs each _ away with government quotas. .. where a certain number ofjobs each year- a certain number ofjobs each year were given to those who had fought for independence. let's take you to rotherham in the north of england. we can show you these live pictures. violent protests as we have been saying in various places, rotherham a particular hotspot. since saturday night police have made 147 arrests and that number is expected to rise. we have seen all sorts of unrest broke out and as we have been

hearing earlier, the prime minister has said that there is no excuse for this sort of behaviour on the streets of the united kingdom. we have also had comments from the home secretary yvette cooper, basically leaders warning that anyone involved in this unrest will be found and brought tojustice. in in this unrest will be found and brought to justice. in fact there has been a statement from b] harrington of the national police chiefs' council saying detectives and neighbourhood officers are working around the clock to identify and apprehend those involved, and make no mistake, if you haven't had a knock on the door yet, your time will come. so let's take you through some of the events of the day, because of far right protests breaking out in various places in england. let's get more on how this

began to unfold. 0ur correspondent navtej johal has this report from rotherham. anger, violence, destruction. these chaotic scenes are unlike any you would expect on a sunny summer afternoon. at times today rotherham has felt lawless. it began this morning with a group of antiracism protesters outside the hotel on the outskirts of this hotel where it is believed that asylum seekers are being housed, but they were quickly outnumbered by a larger group of anti—immigration protesters, many of them angry at the idea of asylum seekers living in taxpayer funded hotel rooms. as the afternoon wore on chance were not the only thing being hurled at the police are in the last half an hour things appeared to turn ugly, windows smashed across the hotel, hundreds of people in the streets, police attacked, objects thrown at them including fence panels pulled out

from around the hotel, and things appear to be turning increasingly nasty. not long after the protesters managed to get in, the building was set alight. the company that owns the holiday inn express chain wouldn't confirm if asylum seekers were still living at the hotel and said the safety and security of our colleagues and guests is always the priority. earlierthis colleagues and guests is always the priority. earlier this week the prime minister and home secretary met with police chiefs ahead of planned demonstrations this week. in the past hour the prime minister reacted to the scenes in rotherham. i utterly condemn the far right thuggery we have seen this weekend. be in no doubt, those that have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law. the police will be making arrests, individuals will be held on remand,

charges will follow and convictions will follow. i guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder either directly or those whipping up this online and then running away themselves. fist this online and then running away themselves-_ themselves. at least one police officer has _ themselves. at least one police officer has been _ themselves. at least one police officer has been injured - themselves. at least one police officer has been injured here i themselves. at least one police i officer has been injured here today and much of the violence we have seen this week has affected those tasked with protecting the public. with me is our reporter nickjohnson. he has been following this story as it has unfolded over the last few hours. there are really three main places in england where this unrest has been at its worst, admittedly there have been demonstrations and people on the streets and other places but the first one to really concentrate on is rotherham in south yorkshire. �* , concentrate on is rotherham in south yorkshire. �*, , ., ., ., yorkshire. let's start in rotherham where the protesters _ yorkshire. let's start in rotherham where the protesters targeted - yorkshire. let's start in rotherham where the protesters targeted the l where the protesters targeted the hotel, the holiday inn express outside rotherham in south yorkshire

in the north of england. it is that hotel which we understand has been used to house asylum seekers for the last 18 months or so. a large number of people converged on that hotel. we heard some chance of get them out, some chance of we want our country back. it appeared initially that the number of protesters was outnumbering the number of police. from images we saw it looked like police were struggling to contain protesters and to keep them out of the hotel. we saw projectiles launched towards of the hotel, chairs, we saw glass broken in hotel windows and then we saw protesters setting fire to a bin by one of the hotel entrances and is well we understand a number of protesters managed to get inside the hotel. we don't know how many migrants, how many asylum seekers are currently living in that hotel, but we have

seen images of some residents looking from outside their hotel windows while this was going on, and it then appeared to look like the police managed to regain control of the situation, a larger number of police officers came to the assistance of their colleagues. we did see one police officer apparently injured having to stagger away from the scene supported by his colleagues. their work then a smaller number of perhaps more aggressive protesters that stayed on the scene although we do understand that there was one protester who was there initially who told the bbc that scenes at the hotel are absolutely barbaric and this is not what we are here for, back protester told the bbc. as we are seeing from those pictures on your screens now police have largely regain control of the situation, large lines of police officers across the road

leading to the entrance of the hotel, we understand the protesters are away from the hotel but are colleagues understand there are a small group of protesters still goading and throwing things at the police. goading and throwing things at the olice. . , , ., goading and throwing things at the olice. . , ,, ., ~ police. there are things you talk about is middlesbrough, - police. there are things you talk about is middlesbrough, in - police. there are things you talk about is middlesbrough, in the i about is middlesbrough, in the north—east of england. fix, about is middlesbrough, in the north-east of england.- north-east of england. a very different sort _ north-east of england. a very different sort of— north-east of england. a very different sort of protest. - north-east of england. a very different sort of protest. we i north-east of england. a very - different sort of protest. we think around 300 people marching through the city centre. 0bviously around 300 people marching through the city centre. obviously in rotherham the focus was very much on one building, the hotel. in middlesbrough wejust one building, the hotel. in middlesbrough we just saw aggression and violence towards the police throughout the city centre, crowds and middlesbrough set fire to an overturned car, pushed wheelie bins at police, broke through police lines. we have also heard reports on social media that teesside

university, which is the university in middlesbrough, has been targeted by groups of people, we have seen images of windows being smashed. there was a tweet from the teesside university students union telling people to avoid certain parts of the university, but it does appear that in middlesbrough police have again managed to regain control of the situation. cleveland police say nine arrests have been made so far in middlesbrough. find arrests have been made so far in middlesbrough.— arrests have been made so far in middlesbrough. and the other place to think about _ middlesbrough. and the other place to think about is _ middlesbrough. and the other place to think about is bolton _ middlesbrough. and the other place to think about is bolton and - to think about is bolton and lancashire in the north—west of england. lancashire in the north-west of encland. 1, ., lancashire in the north-west of encland. ., , ., , england. bolton still falls under the remit of _ england. bolton still falls under the remit of greater _ england. bolton still falls under| the remit of greater manchester police, we heard from a reporter on the ground who said the protest was certainly peaceful for the first half hour or so until counter protesters managed to merge with the main anti—immigration protest and then a group of what was described

as asian men ran towards the main protest and the police had to work hard to divide the main protest from the counterprotest. those two groups of protesters clashed, police forces were involved as well, and greater manchester police in bolton have brought in a dispersal order which means until 10pm people need to be kept away from the city centre, but also an order whereby people need to remove their face coverings. we have seen this theme in protest around the country the last few days of people covering their faces when they at these it is people covering their faces when they at thes— people covering their faces when they at these it is now sunday, we started to see _ they at these it is now sunday, we started to see violent _ they at these it is now sunday, we started to see violent protests - started to see violent protests beginning on tuesday, that was after the three young girls were stabbed and died in southport on merseyside. they were arty holiday club, a taylor swift themed dance club and

amongst a number of other people who were casualties. we are told these violent protests were in response to that, because there were online rumours that incorrectly blamed those little girls deaths on a migrant. that is not the case. since then we have seen further unrest in other places and of course there has been a big political reaction to that. ., �* ., , , . ., that. you're absolutely right. what has sent that. you're absolutely right. what has spent this _ that. you're absolutely right. what has spent this tragic _ that. you're absolutely right. what has spent this tragic incident - that. you're absolutely right. what has spent this tragic incident last l has spent this tragic incident last week has grown into a broader anti—immigration movement, perhaps in some way orchestrated by far right groups and information about these protests disseminated on social media, but there has been a significant amount of political reaction to the scenes we have seen across northern england today, especially in rotherham at that hotel used to house asylum seekers.

in the past few minutes we have heard from the previous prime minister rishi sunak who said the unrest across the country is violent, criminal behaviour that has no place in our society. a short time ago we heard from the prime minister keir starmer who repeatedly described what we have been seeing on the streets of england over the last few days as right wing thuggery. he said those taking part in this violent aggression will regret it and they will be held to account. he has described some of the people involved in the violence as marauding gangs intent on lawbreaking. he has also said as he has done in recent days, he is talking to minorities directly and said if you are a minority in this country we will work to make you feel safe and perhaps that is reflected in the one of the responses we have had from the

government, the home office today, which has announced a new security scheme for mosques. it says that mosques at risk of violent disorder which we have seen in recent days in southport and then sunderland, mosques will be able to request rapid response personnel. the home office says police, local office says police, local authorities and mosques can ask for local security to be deployed to protect mosques and allow for a return to worship as quickly as possible. that's from the home office. we have heard in the past hour from the mp for middlesbrough, andy mcdonald. he described the scenes in his town as rampant chaos. he said it is a really dark day for our town. he said it is a really dark day for ourtown. he he said it is a really dark day for our town. he said those involved in the violence and disorder in middlesbrough today, his words, he said they will bitterly regret the day they thought this was such a good idea, and you can hear how angry he was in response to the

scenes in his town today. irate angry he was in response to the scenes in his town today. we must talk about the _ scenes in his town today. we must talk about the policing _ scenes in his town today. we must talk about the policing of - scenes in his town today. we must talk about the policing of this, - scenes in his town today. we must talk about the policing of this, of l talk about the policing of this, of course, because in the uk police forces are organised mostly on county and constabulary lines. that can put a great deal of strain on individual forces can put a great deal of strain on individualforces which can put a great deal of strain on individual forces which have to come out and deal with unrest like this. and we heard from the police federation that represents rank—and—file officers and they said exactly that. these incidents across the country over this weekend and into this week have diverted attention that could have been used in other places, and other parts of the force areas. we have also heard from the national police chiefs' council, who have said that 147 arrests have been made across the country as a result of the disorder so far this weekend and made it clear that 147 is only the start and they expect that number to rise in

they expect that number to rise in the coming days. the national police chiefs' council have also said that this information has been a big driver of this violence we have seen, and the nspcc say a lot attending these protests are doing it in direct response to what they have seen online. but in terms of police resource and, we understand the npc see have enforced a mutual aid agreement between police forces, whereby for example, south yorkshire police, if it was struggling with one particular pocket of disorder can call on resources from a neighbouring force, perhaps greater manchester police. that hasn't happened, which does suggest that police forces in the country feel confident that they can at this stage deal with the level of disorder that we have seen. but as we have mentioned, police forces and the national police chiefs' council have made it very clear that even if

there have only been a handful of arrests at the protests themselves, they are working with intelligence and they have said that if you have been involved in the violence in these protests in recent days there will be a knock on your door in the coming days. will be a knock on your door in the coming deve— will be a knock on your door in the coming days. thank you for bringing us up-to-date _ coming days. thank you for bringing us up-to-date and _ coming days. thank you for bringing us up-to-date and giving _ coming days. thank you for bringing us up-to-date and giving is - coming days. thank you for bringing us up-to-date and giving is that - us up—to—date and giving is that overview of what has been happening throughout the day across england. let's speak to our reporter sophie cridland in weymouth. a protest has been unfolding. we are broadcasting to viewers in the uk and across the world, and weymouth, to those of us who know it, a lovely town on the south coast of england, associated with where you might go on holiday but what is happening there today?— on holiday but what is happening theretoda? , ,., there today? absolutely, usually you would see families _ there today? absolutely, usually you would see families playing _ there today? absolutely, usually you would see families playing on - there today? absolutely, usually you would see families playing on the - would see families playing on the beach with children, tourists up and down the esplanade, today we have

two opposing groups of about 600 protesters standing face—to—face with the police building a physical wall with themselves and about ten riot vans you can probably hear in the background. there has been chanting from either side, placards and flags waving, all sorts. tell chanting from either side, placards and flags waving, all sorts.- and flags waving, all sorts. tell us who arrived _ and flags waving, all sorts. tell us who arrived first _ and flags waving, all sorts. tell us who arrived first hand _ and flags waving, all sorts. tell us who arrived first hand what - and flags waving, all sorts. tell us who arrived first hand what their l who arrived first hand what their reasons were for turning out on the streets? , ., ., ., , streets? first of all there was stand u- streets? first of all there was stand up to — streets? first of all there was stand up to racism _ streets? first of all there was stand up to racism dorset, i streets? first of all there was i stand up to racism dorset, there streets? first of all there was - stand up to racism dorset, there are about 200 of them. we have also got the far—right group who are waving union flags, they started at the other end while stand up to racism dorset were at the king's statue. the far—right group gradually made their way up the esplanade, about

400 of them waving unionjack flags, chanting tommy robinson, so the police are physically in between the groups and gradually making their way up to the king's statue now. you mentioned tommy robinson, his real name is stephen yaxley lennon, the founder of the english defence league, an organisation which really doesn't exist in any formal sense any more, but how... a group are they? can you hear is all right? chanting you can hear chanting in the background, slightly concerned how close sophie is. the protesters have gathered _ how close sophie is. the protesters have gathered on _ how close sophie is. the protesters have gathered on the _ how close sophie is. the protesters have gathered on the other- how close sophie is. the protesters have gathered on the other side, i have gathered on the other side, they are sandwiched in between with

people chanting either side, stand up people chanting either side, stand up to racism dorset are on both sides of the right—wing group that have split up. sides of the right-wing group that have split urn-— sides of the right-wing group that have split pp— have split up. sophie, we believe ou for have split up. sophie, we believe you for the _ have split up. sophie, we believe you for the moment _ have split up. sophie, we believe you for the moment and - have split up. sophie, we believe you for the moment and keep - have split up. sophie, we believe you for the moment and keep in l you for the moment and keep in touch, keep safe. 0ur reporter in weymouth in dorset. let's speak to dr chris cocking, who is the principal lecturer, school of humanities and social science at the university of brighton. his research involves the study of groups falling into two main areas, such as crowd behaviour and collective resilience. thank you for joining us here on bbc news. you have no doubt been following these protests since last tuesday. what has struck you as to how things have evolved over the last five or six days? evolved over the last five or six da s? ~ ., , evolved over the last five or six da s? ~ . , , evolved over the last five or six das? . , , days? what is interesting about these protests _

days? what is interesting about these protests as _ days? what is interesting about these protests as there - days? what is interesting about these protests as there are - days? what is interesting about. these protests as there are some unusual things that don't normally happen in riots. for example in liverpool we saw that a local library was attacked and firefighters also attacked when they came to put the fire out. that is very unusual because usually behaviour in riots is fairly well ordered and people don't tend to attack their local community because they have a sense of identification with it, so that is quite interesting in this particular situation. ., ., interesting in this particular situation. . ~ ., interesting in this particular situation-— interesting in this particular situation. . ~ ., ., situation. talk to us about how urou -s situation. talk to us about how groups get _ situation. talk to us about how groups get described _ situation. talk to us about how groups get described either - situation. talk to us about how groups get described either by | groups get described either by politicians or the media. it is one thing to clamp down on scenes like this and not to tolerate the violence but how important his description of the people who gather to it is vital because what we have found is that coverage of these incidents quickly falls into what we call irrational language which

doesn't help us understand the situation or these things happening again. the situation or these things happening aaain. , , , ., , situation or these things happening aaain. , ,, ., again. the terms mindless mob and cried out of— again. the terms mindless mob and cried out of control _ again. the terms mindless mob and cried out of control is _ again. the terms mindless mob and cried out of control is frequently - cried out of control is frequently used to describe the situation is and that almost never happens. to try to imply that it is mindless, it may be rightly abhorrent to outsiders not involved who may say what is going on is despicable but thatis what is going on is despicable but that is not considering that for people involved in it that it is rational behaviour to them and unless you understand how both sides are behaving in these situations you are behaving in these situations you are doomed to repeat the same mistakes and not understand properly what is going on. what mistakes and not understand properly what is going on-_ what is going on. what sort of lanauuae what is going on. what sort of language and _ what is going on. what sort of language and approach - what is going on. what sort of language and approach does l what is going on. what sort of i language and approach does help then? ~ ., language and approach does help then? ~ . ., ., ., then? what we tend to do looking at crowd disorder _ then? what we tend to do looking at crowd disorder is _ then? what we tend to do looking at crowd disorder is trying _ then? what we tend to do looking at crowd disorder is trying to _ then? what we tend to do looking at crowd disorder is trying to go - crowd disorder is trying to go beyond deciding whether or not crowd behaviour is rational or irrational because it is very much in the eye of the beholder and we try to look at normative behaviour. what would be considered normative within the crowd and to people outside the

event, not involved, orthe crowd and to people outside the event, not involved, or the police are counter protesters on the day. so we always encourage a much more measured to take andy more measured use of descriptive words to describe the people because otherwise you fall into the irrational and it doesn't help you understand what is going on. doesn't help you understand what is auoin on. ., . , ., doesn't help you understand what is hoin on, ., ., , ., ., , doesn't help you understand what is hoin on. ., ., , ., ., , ., doesn't help you understand what is auoin on. ., . ,., ., ,. “ going on. colleagues of ours at bbc verified have _ going on. colleagues of ours at bbc verified have been _ going on. colleagues of ours at bbc verified have been looking - going on. colleagues of ours at bbc verified have been looking at i going on. colleagues of ours at bbc verified have been looking at the i verified have been looking at the nature of these protests and the links to those perhaps fomenting the descent and it would appear not everyone attending these protest holds french views, not necessarily linked to far right groups. they are out on the streets often for different reasons and some may have concerns about immigration and how they express that can be more or less aggressive. it is a very different, it appears quite disparate groups at these protests in different areas, is that your

take on it? i in different areas, is that your take on it?— in different areas, is that your take on it? ., _ , , take on it? i would say they still share a degree _ take on it? i would say they still share a degree of _ take on it? i would say they still share a degree of values. i take on it? i would say they still share a degree of values. the i share a degree of values. the demographics of the people involved in these incidents will be very different from those involved in the 2011 rights and that may sound a bit obvious but it is important to say that because otherwise you just assume that everyone gets infected ijy assume that everyone gets infected by this misinformation that is going out, and not everybody does. what often happens with these instances as well as they are known sometimes as well as they are known sometimes as community events in your colleague mentioned in sutherland that there were people coming out with families and pushchairs and things and clearly they would be much less likely to be involved in the rioting and very unlikely to be attacked by other rioters, and so you get lots of people coming out to the events but i would say that it would be people that while they may not be directly involved in violent acts, probably have a degree of sympathy to the values of what has been called the protest, and the

people who didn't either wouldn't go or would be on the counter site which is what we have seen a lot of in the last couple of days, counter protests. in the last couple of days, counter rotests. ~ ., in the last couple of days, counter rotests. ~ . ., , , ., protests. what draws people out, --eole protests. what draws people out, people who _ protests. what draws people out, people who wouldn't _ protests. what draws people out, people who wouldn't normally i protests. what draws people out, | people who wouldn't normally take protests. what draws people out, i people who wouldn't normally take to the streets in these ways? i'm thinking about the sociology of it, the idea of groupthink crowd behaviour. what draws people out? we have the added influence of these days which we didn't have so much of in 2011 of social media at play? social media and misinformation on social media clearly plays a role in this but i would say as well that we need to be careful when we talk about what draws people out because it is very easy to slip into concepts often used such as the term of contagion, which is that people are completely uncritical. i would say people are coming out perhaps because of curiosity or because they share the values, the people that were diametrically opposed to the principles and values of the protest

wouldn't go, and what is often forgotten is by no means the entire community are involved in these things and you get people for example who do not support what is going on or would be very likely to counter protest or to turn up to clear up the following day and to support the local mosque, for example, in southport that was attacked. you dig it broad groups of people but i would still say they share similar values. it is fascinating, _ share similar values. it is fascinating, doctor i share similar values. it is fascinating, doctor chris| fascinating, doctor chris cocking from the university of brighton. i am sure we will speak again because it is a great deal to discuss in terms of how groups behave, as chris was explaining. let'sjust terms of how groups behave, as chris was explaining. let's just remind you that there is much more on the bbc news website and news app as you can see our live reporting on the various protests taking place across towns and cities in england, this is bbc news.

hello, our sunday story so far has been a rather cloudy one and if you get to see some sunshine, it will be fleeting glimpses, as depicted in cornwall. also cloud and rain further north and west pushing its way through northern ireland and western fringes of scotland as well, cloudy skies generally through scotland, north—west england and wales. if we get some brightness it is likely to be further south and east and the temperature peaking at 23, down on the last few days. winds continue to strengthen to the north and west, gusts in excess of 45 mph. we could see as much as 2—3 inches of rain tied into this area of low pressure before it eases away so a wet night and elsewhere we start off on monday morning with that rain lingering for a time so some of it quite heavy across western scotland. eastern scotland should be largely dry and bright first thing in the

morning. a fairly narrow but intense band of rain moving through northern ireland and the loss of cloud generally through the irish sea, thick enough for a spot of drizzle, east of the pennines sees the best of the brightness and with the wind direction reverting back to a south—westerly tapping into warm air at the near continent feeling quite humid once again and the temperature should actually peek across much of eastern england at 26 or 27, pretty close to 80 fahrenheit. enter tuesday the frontal system is still a pretty narrow but intense band of rain bringing wet weather as it sinks steadily south. staying quite warm in the south—east where we had that seat and an uncomfortable night, but the risk of some rain first thing in the morning, great news for gardeners and growers in lincolnshire and south—east england, a bit of welcome rain for hours, brightening up behind, a scattering of showers into the far north—west.

16-19 with of showers into the far north—west. 16—19 with highs of 24 possible in east anglia. low pressure never too far away, setting up pressure never too far away, setting up into the far north—west once again by the middle of the week and thatis again by the middle of the week and that is how we are likely to see the remainder of this week panning out. scotland and northern ireland, showers are longer spells of rain, drier and warmer in the south.

this is bbc news, the headlines. around a hundred and fifty people are arrested in violent unrest breaking out in english cities — as far—right rioters storm a hotel in rotherham housing asylum seekers. and in middlesborough crowds have broken through a police line — attacking officers and throwing objects at them. in bolton — an emergency order is in place to prevent people from covering theirfaces — with many hidden behind balaclavas. the prime minister says he'll do whatever it takes to put a stop what he calls �*far right thuggery�*. i want you to know this violent mob do not represent our country and we will bring them to justice. in bangladesh a nationwide curfew

as more than seventy people including fourteen police officers — are killed in anti—government protests.