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‘Cowardly’ Southport killer targeted women and girls, inquiry hears

Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana’s sadistic attack specifically targeted women and girls, a public inquiry heard. The hearing, at Liverpool Town Hall, was shown the pink-coloured advert for the Taylor Swift themed yoga and dance class, “bound ...

16 Sept 2025 at 16:34

Prevent programme should continue referrals for no ideology – review

Prevent, the Government’s counter-terror programme, could work better as part of a violence prevention strategy in the long term and should apply to those fascinated by extreme violence, a watchdog has said. Independent Prevent Commissioner David ...

16 Jul 2025 at 17:44

Police did not think Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, leaked report shows

Counterterrorism officers did not believe Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was “in danger of being radicalised”, leaks from a Home Office report have revealed. The Prevent learning review will criticise counterterrorism officers for failing to ...

25 Jan 2025 at 21:50

Police and Prevent under scrutiny as details emerge on Southport killer

Teenager Axel Rudakubana had attacked a pupil with a hockey stick, used school computers to look up the London Bridge terror outrage and carried a knife on a bus and into class before he carried out the Southport murders. He prompted six ...

23 Jan 2025 at 18:17

Inquiry into Southport murders begins work

An inquiry into the Southport murders has formally begun its work looking at how to learn lessons from the attack, the Home Secretary has said. Yvette Cooper announced the start of the two-phase statutory public inquiry, which will have ...

07 Apr 2025 at 15:34

Review of terror law would be a mistake, experts warn PM after Southport murders

Expanding terror laws to encompass atrocities carried out by lone attackers like the Southport killer would be a mistake – and such threats are not new, security experts have warned. Sir Keir Starmer announced a review of terror laws ...

22 Jan 2025 at 04:50

Starmer hints at tougher laws to block ‘tidal wave of violence’ online

Tougher laws could be needed to regulate the “nightmares of the online world”, Sir Keir Starmer said after it emerged Axel Rudakubana trawled the internet for extreme violent content before the Southport atrocity. The Prime Minister ...

21 Jan 2025 at 20:51

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