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| Riots: Liverpool communities urged to stem trouble | Riots: Liverpool communities urged to stem trouble |
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| Communities across Liverpool are being urged to help keep young people off the streets after riots on Monday night. | Communities across Liverpool are being urged to help keep young people off the streets after riots on Monday night. |
| The giant Liverpool One shopping complex in the city centre has also closed early after two stores were vandalised during the disturbances. | The giant Liverpool One shopping complex in the city centre has also closed early after two stores were vandalised during the disturbances. |
| Extra police officers will also be on the streets on Tuesday night. | |
| Youths went on the rampage in the city centre on Monday night and disorder spread to Toxteth, Dingle and Wavertree. | Youths went on the rampage in the city centre on Monday night and disorder spread to Toxteth, Dingle and Wavertree. |
| Students at the University of Liverpool who live in flats above shops are being moved to temporary accommodation outside the city centre. | Students at the University of Liverpool who live in flats above shops are being moved to temporary accommodation outside the city centre. |
| The university, which owns flats and homes in central Liverpool and Toxteth, said it had moved students from Mulberry Court and Myrtle Parade "as a precautionary measure following disturbances in the area". | The university, which owns flats and homes in central Liverpool and Toxteth, said it had moved students from Mulberry Court and Myrtle Parade "as a precautionary measure following disturbances in the area". |
| Council leaders have called on families to keep youngsters away from trouble. | Council leaders have called on families to keep youngsters away from trouble. |
| Paul Brant, deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, said: "I would like to see the community imposing a form of curfew in the sense that parents and grandparents and family members should be making sure young people are inside. | Paul Brant, deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, said: "I would like to see the community imposing a form of curfew in the sense that parents and grandparents and family members should be making sure young people are inside. |
| "There is no decent explanation for having teenagers roaming the street in the early hours of the morning. | "There is no decent explanation for having teenagers roaming the street in the early hours of the morning. |
| "I think also when the police come forward as they will with CCTV pictures of people which they want to interview, it is for the community, relatives, friends and family and neighbours to come to the police and if they identify any of the individuals concerned. | |
| Merseyside Police said it would deal "robustly" with any more disturbances across the city. | Merseyside Police said it would deal "robustly" with any more disturbances across the city. |
| Deputy Chief Constable Bernard Lawson said: "We are determined to deal with any further incidents that may follow and we are putting in an enhanced and robust police response for any issues that may occur in future nights." | Deputy Chief Constable Bernard Lawson said: "We are determined to deal with any further incidents that may follow and we are putting in an enhanced and robust police response for any issues that may occur in future nights." |
| Rioters caused havoc on Monday night, smashing bus shelters and burning cars. | Rioters caused havoc on Monday night, smashing bus shelters and burning cars. |
| Smithdown Road, Upper Parliament Street, Lodge Lane, Lawrence Road, Princes Road and Princes Avenue were badly hit and six people were arrested. | Smithdown Road, Upper Parliament Street, Lodge Lane, Lawrence Road, Princes Road and Princes Avenue were badly hit and six people were arrested. |
| Communities in south Liverpool spent much of the day cleaning up the damage. | Communities in south Liverpool spent much of the day cleaning up the damage. |
| Volunteers joined together in Toxteth after a Facebook page, Liverpool Clean Up, was created in the early hours of the morning. | Volunteers joined together in Toxteth after a Facebook page, Liverpool Clean Up, was created in the early hours of the morning. |
| About 100 people turned out on Tuesday morning to start clearing up the smashed glass and debris after hours of trouble. | |
| Police are appealing to anyone with mobile phone footage or images of any of the rioters to contact them. | Police are appealing to anyone with mobile phone footage or images of any of the rioters to contact them. |