Shameless thugs set a library and foodbank ablaze, target middle eastern cafes and set fire to looted shops as anarchy descends in flashpoints across Liverpool, Hull, Manchester and Belfast – with more violence expected today

Australian beverages brand Billson's has plunged into voluntary administration as a perfect storm of challenges strikes independent brewers. Husband-and-wife team Nathan and Felicity Cowan, who ran the historic brewery in Beechworth, northeast Victoria, are devastated by the collapse of the company which was founded in 1865. The couple blamed the downfall of the ready-to-drink canned vodka