Thugs in Hackney, East London, smashed up shop fronts and hurled missiles at riot cops.
Similar scenes broke out in Lewisham, Barking and Peckham, where buildings went up in flames with firemen initially unable to reach them.
Away from the capital, West Midlands Police said shops in Birmingham were being attacked.
It followed reports of a stand-off between cops and youths outside the city's Pallasades Shopping Centre. There was also trouble in Liverpool as Merseyside Police were called to a number of clashes in the south of the city where cars were set on light"
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