In the midst of police preparations for thirty additional gatherings scheduled for Wednesday night, Sir Keir Starmer has stated that he anticipates the sentencing of numerous far-right rioters found guilty following the recent extensive disturbances to occur by the end of the week.

Tuesday night did not feature any of the violent incidents that have been played out across the UK since the original disturbances in Southport a week earlier, despite the fact that police in Durham and Liverpool filed dispersal orders to quell any trouble.

However, authorities are keeping an eye out for threats of more unrest directed at immigration law experts, some of whom have either turned down or accepted offers of more police protection.

In chat groups, a list of potential gathering locations, including law offices and advisory services, has been circulated. The message encourages participants to "mask up" if they choose to go.

While Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood called threats against solicitors "unacceptable" and said those who made them would "join the hundreds of others who have already been arrested by police within the last week," the Law Society of England and Wales described the events as a "direct assault on our legal profession."

Approximately 6,000 specialist officers will be at the ready by the end of the week for the so-called "standing army" of police announced by Sir Keir on Monday. These officers have been taken away from their regular duties to deal with ongoing disorder.

In addition to more riot police being put on standby, forces are also stepping up neighbourhood policing patrols, teams of detectives are drawing on CCTV, body-worn footage and making use of retrospective facial recognition to identify perpetrators of violence, and intelligence teams are monitoring well-known influencers and organisers for activity.

More than 400 people have been arrested in connection to the riots, and charges continued to be brought on Tuesday night with defendants expected in court on Wednesday.