i can fully appreciate that the people living on waun wen road, and the surrounding areas, this wouldse aspects. what calls were made to us and over what period of time we responded. but that will become apparent in due course. of course one of the allegations made against the police is that the police response that night was wholly inadequate. and that for the space of two or three hours there wasn't a sufficient police response. do you accept people have reason to be disappointed? i'll look at all aspects of it. so, mobilising resources, notjust from the immediate area but from across the force, which is something obviously we can do. command decisions. and decisions as to when, where and how resources were deployed to the scene. seven police officers suffered minor injuries as they tried to confront the mob — with reports of up to 200 people at the scene. while the police were forced back by the crowd, some locals took the matter into their own hands. as the police withdrew — a number of local men, including a former boxing professional — walked down the street and confronted the m

i can fully appreciate that for the people living on waun wen road, this would have been a terrifyingonse, we will look at all those aspects, what calls were made to us and over what period of time we responded but that will become apparent in due course. amid accusations that police response was wholly inadequate, there have been 30 arrests since the riot. the local council, too, has welcomed the chance to ask whether it could have been predicted and prevented. the key thing is that independent enquiry which i was very keen should happen as quickly as possible is answering the questions the community were really asking us the day after the event, so they want to know what led up to it, what everybody did to respond to it and what happens to try and prevent it happening again, so those of the three sort of areas that will look at. the enquiry into exactly what happened in what is one of the most deprived parts of wales should report before the summer's end. andrew lloyd webber has said he is "heartbroken" after being forced to cancel the opening nights of his musical, cinderella — bec