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10 August 2011updated 05 Oct 2023 8:50am

Reporting on a riot that didn’t happen

When does a lack of a riot need an explanation?

By David Allen Green

Last night there was not a riot in Bromley. All yesterday afternoon rumours were tweeted that there would be some disturbance in this south London suburb, which also prides itself as being in north Kent.

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