‘Thuggery on tour’: Plymouth takes stock after day of far-right violence

Little visible evidence of rioting remains after swift clean-up operation, but Muslim community has been left shaken

As rioters hurled bricks, bottles and fireworks in a frenzy of violence in Plymouth, members of the local mosque were taking no chances.

The riots, which mirrored those that have scarred so many communities in the past week, broke out on the high street on Monday as 150 officers in riot gear and with dogs sought to keep apart far-right rioters and Stand Up to Racism demonstrators in the city centre.