As residents and business owners send out a defiant message to vandals who terrorised parts of the borough on Monday and Tuesday, the Recorder charts the past three days in a series of pictures.
The gallery, which can be accessed by clicking the link to the right of this page, shows a series of scenes including riot police in Ilford, businesses which were looted, a carpet shop which was set on fire and about 100 Sikhs guarding their temple into the early hours of this morning.
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