Communities rebuild after unrest

Communities around the UK have been working together to clean up their local areas following several days of violent unrest. What’s been happening? On 30 July, the trouble began in Southport, north-west England, when crowds targeted a local mosque and clashed with the police, injuring more than 50 officers. It then spread to other parts of the UK including Belfast, Hull, Liverpool, London and Rotherham. Far-right groups are believed to have been behind the unrest. These groups have very extreme views about race, religion and immigration (when people move to the UK from other countries). In many places anti-racism protesters gathered to oppose the far-right groups. Racism is when people are treated unfairly because of their skin colour, culture or nationality. How are people helping? In Southport, locals came together…

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