People rioting in the streets of Leeds for the second night in the row!

West Yorkshire Police confirmed no one was injured in the events and officers are urging people with information to come forward

People have descended on the streets of Leeds for a second night in a row demanding the children who were taken away by police yesterday be returned to their parents.

This comes as the father of the children claims he is on 'hunger strike' until they are returned to his family.

Riots in the Hare Hill area of Leeds allegedly began last night after social services in the city removed all four children from a family.

Tonight, hundreds of locals have descended onto the streets once again. This time in much more peaceful demonstrations.

In videos shared widely on social media, members of the public can be heard chanting 'please bring the kids back' - in reference to the children taken by social services yesterday.

Another video shows locals singing along to music while people hold signs which say 'please give back children.'

Further footage from last night shows a woman seemingly being led away by police because she was opposed to a second night of protests in Leeds.

The family, who are members of the Romani community, have committed to going on a hunger strike until their children are returned to them.

Stefania Banu, a local community leader, speaking to the the Daily Mirror said: 'The mother and father are refusing to eat until they get their children back. We are fully supporting them.

'We believe it was an injustice that can be rectified by the authorities if they revise the case. Which they have promised to do.'

Ms Banu went onto to say that the manner of which the children were removed from their home was 'traumatising' for the family.

Since last night's riots locals in the West Yorkshire city have claimed that they have been 'persecuted' by police amid a shocking evening of disorder in the city last night which saw neighbours clash with officers.

Leeds was a scene of 'shocking and disgraceful' disorder and saw a car being trashed while a double decker bus was set on fire.

Meanwhile, harrowing video footage showed a police officer hauling a young boy out of a house and bundling him into a van.

Witnesses said the removal of the child was the flashpoint which kicked off the rioting last night, with the disorder lasting for hours.

Photos from today show tensions rising in the city as locals appeared to argue with police while surrounded by a scene of chaos from the night before.

Families looked on at the immense clean up taking place to clear away the smouldering wreckage of a bus set alight in Harehills.

The intensity of the violence was deemed so severe that firefighters refused to enter the street for hours amid fears crews would be attacked.

West Yorkshire Police today said that a number of people had been arrested following the violence and warned 'further arrests will be made over the next few days'.

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