The raid occurred on Friday, April 22, in Stokes Croft and sparked a night of rioting which caused eight officers to be injured. Feelings ran high over the opening of a new Tesco supermarket branch to the north of the city centre and the supermarket was wrecked during the violence.
 

The Bristol police force has been asked to explain the decision that led to a Bristol riot after 160 officers tried to arrest four squatters who posed  ‘a very real threat to the community’.
 

Brian McGurk had been ordered to pay double alimony to his ex-wife to enable her to cope with a disability but then found her blogging about belly dancing for several hours a day.