Fightback! 16,000 police ready to use plastic bullets to keep a lid on London’s looters

• Fresh violence flares tonight in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Greater Manchester and Salford
• Prime Minister David Cameron recalls Parliament on Thursday as Government tries to quell uprising
• Plastic bullets could be used for the first time in Britain if there are riots tonight
  
• ‘Unprecedented’ 16,000 police on duty in London – compared with just 6,000 last night
• Man, 26, shot in Croydon last night dies in hospital
• Man, aged in his 60s, critically ill after clashing with rioters in Ealing
  
• England game against Netherlands at Wembley tomorrow called OFF
  
• 400% surge in 999 calls on night of violence with 20,800 dialling the emergency services in London
• Cost of clean-up expected to run into ‘tens of millions’
• ‘There are no plans for the Army to get involved,’ says police chief
  
• Police arrest 21-year-old man in connection with fire at Croydon furniture store
  
• 685 people arrested in total and more than 100 people have been charged
• All police cells in London are now FULL
  
• Copycat riots in Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Liverpool and Leeds

Fresh violence has flared around the UK tonight as police were braced to use plastic bullets for the first time on the British mainland in a belated bid to reclaim the streets.

After three days of humiliating mob rule, senior officers finally acted to halt the feral thugs responsible for the orgy of violence, arson and looting.

Stung by public outrage and political anger, the Metropolitan Police cancelled all leave and flooded London with 16,000 officers – nearly three times as many as were deployed on Monday night when mobs ran amok – and promised tougher tactics.

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