Widespread looting in British controlled Basra is preventing humanitarian aid from getting into the city.

Thousands of people have rampaged through Iraq's second city and British troops had to fire into the air to prevent young men from stripping aid lorries bare.

The Red Cross has entered the city, where people are desperate for clean water.

But looting has compounded the problems for British troops and prevented aid going where it is needed.

(itv.com)