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Nearly 400 people have been arrested after six days of rioting in parts of England and Northern Ireland.
Police were attacked in Plymouth on Monday night as they tried to keep rival protesters apart. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers in Belfast and police faced riots in east Birmingham.
Over the past week dozens of police officers have been injured and shops, cars and homes damaged in the UK.
The violent protest erupted overnight after three children were killed in Southport in a knife attack last Monday. This followed false rumors circulating online that one suspect was a Muslim asylum seeker.
Over the weekend, the prime minister condemned the riots as "far-right groups" and on Monday he vowed to "strengthen" the police to deal with the violence.
In Plymouth, police said on Monday evening that there had been violence against officers and a police van had been damaged.
"We are taking action against individuals who are targeting criminality," Devon and Cornwall Police said.
In Birmingham on Monday night, there were riots as hundreds of people gathered in the Bordesley Green area of the city following false reports that a far-right march was planned there. Palestinian flags were waved and chants were heard against the English Defense League. A group of youths later broke away from the gathering and attacked several vehicles and a pub. West Midlands Police released a statement late on Monday, which said officers were investigating reports of an assault and damage at a pub.
In South Belfast, PSNI officers were attacked as riot teams deployed to Sandy Row. It follows a weekend of violence that saw businesses damaged following an anti-immigration protest in the city on Saturday. On Monday, at least one petrol bomb and rocks were thrown at officers.
On Monday, a week after the attack in Southport on Merseyside, crowds gathered for a vigil to remember the three young women who were killed.
Six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar were attacked while attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance class and 10 people were seriously injured.
The riots in Belfast, Plymouth and Birmingham on Monday came after a day in which some of the first people to be charged in connection with the riots appeared in courts across the UK.
Among them were Leanne Hodgson, 43, of Holborn Road, Sunderland, and Josh Kellett, 29, of Southcroft, Washington, who pleaded guilty to violent disorder in Sunderland at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court.
Andrew Smith, 41, of High Street East in Sunderland, also admitted the same offense at Newcastle Croën Court. All three will be sentenced next month
Following the riots in Liverpool on Saturday, a 14-year-old boy was among those who also appeared in court on Monday. He pleaded guilty to violent disorder at a youth court in Liverpool.
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