Dear So and So

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Dear rioters in England,

Please, please, please calm down and start behaving as civilized and law-abiding citizens, because my daughter is flying to London tomorrow and and I'm worried about her safety. She just wants to get to Norwich to have a few weeks with that English boy she's going to get married to sometime in the future, and then head over to Anglia-Ruskin to start grad school.

Hi Azfiddle,

I live in London and although the riots have been spreading, I haven't picked up any problems in Norwich in the news. One also hopes that the politicians will get a handle on things soon and sort out this mess.

You may well have come across these already but here are a couple of links that may be of interest as they will allow you to follow local events more closely:

1) BBC local news site for the county of Norfolk (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/norfolk/) ; and

2) Link to a page that will take you to other local news sources e.g. local papers and radio, including Radio Norwich, (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-12386601) .

There is currently a headline on the Radio Norwich site which reads 'Norwich Streets Remain Calm'. The police are reassuring people that they are able to maintain order despite deploying some officers to London.

I hope this helps a bit. I also hope that you daughter enjoys her time over here.

Edit: I've assumed that your daughter won't be spending much time in London. Perhaps she's getting the train if she's not catching a connecting flight. Even so, not all of London is lke what you're seeing in the news. Much of this is happening outside Central London, in more residential areas.