内容摘要：Reacting to the government's announcement, they said: "We believe the government [is] squandering a massive opportunity to bring all of our archaic homicide laws, sentencing and procedures into the 21st century.

Reacting to the government's announcement, they said: "We believe the government [is] squandering a massive opportunity to bring all of our archaic homicide laws, sentencing and procedures into the 21st century.

He's spent more than a decade policing disorder at EDL marches and England football matches but said he'd never experienced anything like the Middlesbrough riot."There was people offering money to burn police cars out, rallying calls of we need to arm ourselves and if the police try to stop us, we're going to go over the top of them," PC Teeley said.

Hundreds of extra officers were rushed in from neighbouring forces boosting numbers on the ground. "It was just absolute carnage," Insp Adrian Dack said.CCTV video showed shops being looted and YouTube footage captured rioters trying to set officers on fire with lit wheelie bins. Insp Dack said every time a wheelie bin was set on fire and thrown towards them, crowds cheered.Ch Insp Kelsey told us watching rioters enjoy her colleagues being harmed troubled her greatly. "When someone got a brick here to their head, it was like 'Yay'. I don't think they stopped to think that we were humans behind that uniform".

After relentless clashes in the summer heat for more than two hours in full riot gear, with no breaks or food, one officer collapsed, the alarm went off immediately on police radios."We heard someone say something about a heart attack," said Ch Insp Kelsey, "a couple of minutes later, I heard the cop's name… And he was one of my cops on my van."

It was one of Insp Dack's best friends. He said: "He's on the floor, he's laying in his pants and socks and there's two officers there sort of working on him. And at that point my heart sinks."

Ch Insp Kelsey was one of the officers working on him, "I was just holding his hand and saying 'you're going to be alright, you're alright.' It was awful. I didn't think he was going to make it".The council has not yet decided whether it will introduce the visitor levy proposed by the Welsh government.

Senedd members taking evidence on the proposals also heard from businesses who called it a "significant burden" and "grossly unfair".Guests would pay an extra £1.25 per night at hotels, B&Bs and self-catering accommodation or 75p for hostels and campsites.

Councils will decide whether to introduce the charges if the Visitor Accommodation Bill is passed by the Senedd.and would also be applied to stays by children.