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On this day: 31st Mar 1990 - The poll tax riots
On the 31st of March 1990, London witnessed its worst riots in a century, when an anti-poll tax demonstration turned violent. One hundred and thirteen people were injured in total, forty-five of whom were police officers. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio London's Ross Ryan revisits the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News report from the time.
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