EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.

• Disturbances have broken out in the Manchester and Birmingham areas this evening after a night of violence in London last night. There have been reports of skirmishes between gangs of youths and police in Salford, Manchester city centre, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich and Birmingham city centre. Some cars have been set alight in West Bromwich while a number of shops have been smashed in several areas.
• Earlier the police watchdog in the UK released a statement which said there was no evidence that Mark Duggan had fired on police before they shot and killed him. The shooting incident took place last Thursday, and a peaceful protest on Saturday erupted into the first night of riots. A gun found on the scene thought to belong to Duggan was loaded but it had not been discharged.
• London mayor Boris Johnson brandished a broom on the streets around Clapham Junction as a mass clean up effort, organised via Twitter, got underway. Johnson had earlier been heckled by residents on the streets. Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband were also greeted with discontent on the streets as they went on walkabouts. That clean up operation brought hundreds of people out with brooms and bags, young and old:

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• Even Hulk Hogan had something to say about the situation in an interview with BBC radio earlier. He urged those involved to “rethink brother” and even threatened some leg drops. You can listen to the wrestling legend’s chat with Richard Bacon here.

In today’s other news:

• American stock markets looked to have turned a corner this evening with the major markets showing steady gains. The Federal Reserve is expected to make an announcement this evening, thought to be aimed at avoiding a double-dip recession. European markets mostly closed up, with the exception of Frankfurts’s DAX index.
• National Irish Bank has seen a surge in its consumer deposits – probably because it’s now owned by an outsider; Danish bank Danske Bank.
• A Limerick shop employee was tied up during an attempted robbery at a Vodafone store on O’Connell Street in the city this morning. The two raiders fled the scene empty handed.
• Hundreds of problems, ranging from graffiti to dog poop to potholes have been submitted to South Dublin County Council since it launched its FixYourStreet.ie website last week. We’ve taken a look at a wide range of some of those complaints, from U2 graffiti to killer potholes.
• Apple has risen from near bankrupty to become the most valuable business in the world. Bloomberg reports that Apple’s stock has risen to overtake Exxon today.
• Giovanni Trapattoni has named his side for Ireland’s friendly with Croatia tomorrow night. Robbie Keane has been selected to start at Lansdowne Road while Wolves striker Kevin Doyle has been ruled out.
• A Northern Irish woman has secured a first-of-its-kind injunction preventing her former partner from posting a sex video of the couple on Facebook. The woman’s ex was threatening to send the video to the school where she worked.
• Should dogs be allowed to help witnesses to testify? The New York Times reports that a golden retriever called Rosie has helped a 15-year-old girl to testify in a rape case. Rosie is a specially trained dog who aids in comforting people.
• And finally… ever wondered how your favourite film measures up to other people on the streets of Ireland? Well The Line Ireland has asked them for you: