Police Pics Boost Post-Match Reports

Video footage of last week’s clashes between football fans and police in Manchester brings an extra dimension to a website’s post-match coverage.

The Manchester Evening News has almost ten minutes’ of video showing the violent scenes which occurred between police and Glasgow Rangers supporters who had travelled to the city for the UEFA Cup Final.

And the dramatic film captures the moment when a policeman falls to the ground and is attacked by a group of men.

Some of the pictures, which were supplied to the newspaper by the police, come from permanent CCTV cameras in the city centre and others from a hovering police helicopter.

The Evening News also has picture galleries showing clashes between riot police and fans as well as photographs showing the centre of Manchester the following day.