Academics and youth workers say cuts to services, not social media, help explain recent unrest in south London
It started with a flyer sent around on Snapchat. Teenagers were invited to gather in a south London basketball court to celebrate the start of the Easter holidays. They were told to bring their own weed and laughing gas because it was going to be a late one.
What followed in the hours after was chaos. Hundreds of young people came to the “link-up”, which happened last Saturday, and then gathered on Clapham High Street.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/03/experts-respond-to-mass-teen-meet-ups-clapham-london
Author : Sammy Gecsoyler
Publish date : 2026-04-03 16:35:00
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