Southport MP says town won’t be defined by atrocity one year on from attack

Flowers and tributes near Atkinson in Southport last year after the knife attack that killed three girls. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Southport must not be defined by the atrocity at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club last summer, its leaders have said, a year on from the murders.

The Merseyside town will hold a three-minute silence and lower flags on public buildings on Tuesday in tribute to those caught up in the attack on 29 July last year.