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David Lynch

No 10 denies cover-up after Southport suspect charged with terror offence

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport (James Speakman/PA) - (PA Wire)

Downing Street has denied withholding information about the Southport attacks from the public, as the two Tory leadership contenders questioned whether there had been a cover-up after the announcement of a terror charge against the suspect.

The teenager accused of the fatal stabbing of three girls at a dance class in Southport has been charged with production of a deadly poison and a terror offence, Merseyside Police said.

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