Hundreds of people were arrested as the country's worst rioting in a generation spread from the capital to cities across the length and breadth of England.
There were ugly scenes of rioting, looting and violence in Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham overnight, while trouble also erupted in areas including Liverpool, Salford, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Bristol and Gloucester.
A total of 81 people were detained in London as Scotland Yard brought in 16,000 police officers to patrol the streets - bringing the total number of people arrested in the capital since the violence erupted on Saturday night to 768. Of those 167 have been charged, the Met said.
Prime Minister David Cameron is to chair another meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee to discuss the continuing unrest that has devastated communities. Parliament will be recalled for a day on Thursday to discuss the developments.
Greater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said criminals had "brought shame in particular on the streets of Salford and Manchester" after sporadic looting broke out overnight with officers arresting 47 people. Hundreds of masked and hooded youths played cat and mouse with riot police looting shops, smashing windows and starting fires.
West Midlands Police said it had made a total of 109 arrests following scenes of disorder in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and West Bromwich. A murder investigation was also launched after two men were killed and one critically injured in a road traffic collision in Birmingham, West Midlands Police said. The men were pedestrians hit by a car in the Winson Green area of the city at 1am, according to reports.
And in Nottingham a police station and college were firebombed with more than 90 troublemakers arrested, while in Leicester officers arrested 13 people following disturbances in the city centre.
There was also trouble in the south west with police coming under attack from gangs of youths. Police deployed mounted officers to combat groups of youths attacking shop windows, some with their faces covered, in Gloucester city centre on Tuesday night, while a significant fire also broke out in the Brunswick area. Gloucestershire Police said three arrests were made.
In Bristol police arrested 19 people following a second night of trouble. There were also small outbreaks of disorder reported by Thames Valley Police in Reading, Oxford and Milton Keynes, while 200 missile-throwing youths gathered in the south Liverpool area of Toxteth causing disorder and damage, according to Merseyside Police. The force said a total of 35 arrests were made.
The Metropolitan Police flooded the streets with 16,000 officers - nearly three times as many as were on duty on Monday night - to quash concerns they were losing control of parts of London. On Tuesday night the situation in London appeared calmer than the previous three days. Police said a total of 81 arrests were made across the capital overnight, including 20 men who were detained in Harlesden.