David Cameron insisted today that police and politicians had worked together to tackle the ugly riots that swept across England.

Plastic bullets have been considered by police chiefs as a tactic to bring the unprecedented rioting under control.

Police chiefs and political leaders were struggling to restore calm to England’s streets today after riots spread across the country.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his family holiday and returned home to chair a meeting of his government's emergency committee following a third night of violent rioting across the UK.

Swathes of London were burning tonight as the most devastating night of rioting so far raged across the capital for a third day.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron was cutting short his holiday last night to fly back to Britain following a third night of violence in the capital.

RIOTERS were rampaging across Britain’s capital again last night as politicians and police chiefs tried desperately to curb the “sheer criminality”.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron was cutting short his holiday tonight to fly back to Britain following a third night of violence in the capital.

Rioters were rampaging across Britain’s capital again tonight as politicians and police chiefs tried desperately to curb the “sheer criminality”.

Britain's capital was braced for its third night of rioting tonight as Scotland Yard beefed up its presence to deal robustly with looting thugs.

Britain’s biggest police force was in turmoil tonight after another senior officer fell on his sword over the phone-hacking scandal.

SCOTLAND YARD was battling to stop the phone hacking scandal spiralling out of control last night amid a storm of fresh revelations.

Legal documents indicating that alleged phone hacking at The News of the World newspaper may have been taking place as late as last year emerged this morning.

POLICE launched a fresh inquiry into the phone hacking controversy last night after receiving “significant new information”.