SENIOR government ministers urged former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to abandon Liverpool in the wake of the Toxteth riots, secret cabinet papers released for the first time today reveal.Read
A LIVERPOOL academic last night said the city should “learn the lessons” from the 1981 Toxteth riots and quickly move beyond the condemnation stage.Read
LORD HESELTINE – credited with helping to rebuild Liverpool after the Toxteth riots – believes the city has escaped from the shadow of that violence.Read
Merseyside Police’s present chief constable, Jon Murphy, was a PC at the time of the riots. Here he recalls the role of the Operation Support Division:Read
MICHAEL SIMON, a 13-year-old who lived off Granby Street, spent three days out on the streets during the Toxteth riots, during which he “couldn’t get home”:Read
A ROYAL Wedding – and unrest on the streets. Viewed from the vantage point of 2011, there is something uncomfortably familiar about the events of 30 years ago.Read
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