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Southport: what happened last night?
5 Live listeners share their thoughts with Nicky Campbell
鈥淭hugs鈥� used the "deaths of three little kiddies for their own political purposes," says the Labour MP for Southport.
A riot broke out on Tuesday night after a peaceful vigil for the victims of a knife attack at a children鈥檚 dance class on Monday.
A mosque was attacked, with bricks and other objects thrown. A police van was set on fire.
Merseyside Police Federation says more than 50 police officers were hurt in a "sustained and vicious attack".
Jenni Stancombe, the mother of 7-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, took to social media to call for calm: "This is the only thing that I will write, but please stop the violence in Southport tonight."
Nicky Campbell heard reaction from the town.
