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Next phase of Southport inquiry to probe role of social media in radicalising young people

The inquiry, at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, began with a minute’s silence for the victims of the attack

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on lessons from Southport: people fixated on violence must not slip through the system

Editorial: Having ordered a public inquiry, it is right that ministers are taking its ideas about managing risks seriously

The Guardian - UK

Southport families say ‘questions remain’ as Mahmood promises action

It comes as the Government promised to do ‘whatever is needed to protect the public’.

Evening Standard

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No 10 accepts all recommendations in Southport attack inquiry, Mahmood says

First phase of inquiry identified multiple failings to prevent murders of three girls, which government will ‘urgently’ address

The Guardian - UK

Home Secretary vows to fix ‘fundamental failings’ found after Southport killings

The Government has published its response to the findings of the first phase of the inquiry.

Evening Standard

Sunak: Starmer must take responsibility for Mandelson vetting scandal

The government is ‘at risk of learning the wrong lessons from this sorry episode’, the former prime minister said

The Independent UK

Southport inquiry: schools are key to safeguarding, but their job is getting harder

Sir Adrian Fulford’s report into the July 2024 attack in Southport that killed three young girls does not pull any punches. He concluded that the UK’s safeguarding model had completely failed, with no agency taking lead responsibility. He referred to “an inappropriate merry-go-round” of state agencies, none of which took…

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Southport inquiry chair to review Peter Mandelson vetting process

Exclusive: Adrian Fulford will also examine wider national security vetting system in review commissioned by No 10

The Guardian - UK

Are Axel Rudakubana’s parents responsible for his terrible crime? It’s a question many families will fear to answer

Children could have been saved, had some of the adults involved acted differently. To protect lives in future, families must be able – and willing – to seek help, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Southport Inquiry Finds the Murders of Three Girls 'Foreseeable and Avoidable' As Agencies Play a 'Merry-Go-Round' of Blame

The Southport attack inquiry says Axel Rudakubana was able to carry out the July 2024 attack due to poor information sharing and lack of parental intervention.

International Business Times UK

Southport families’ lawyer calls for individuals to lose jobs after failures

A public inquiry found the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe ‘could and should have been prevented’.

Evening Standard

Southport Attack Report: Autism, Poor Information Sharing and Irresponsible Parents Blamed for Preventable Murders

Explore the Southport attack inquiry: autism misconceptions, poor information sharing, and parental neglect led to preventable tragedies.

International Business Times UK

British teenager who killed three girls likely viewed footage of Sydney’s Wakeley stabbing before carrying out attack, report finds

Report finds Axel Rudakubana bypassed X age controls and likely viewed footage of Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing before carrying out UK attack

The Guardian - AU

The Guardian view on the Southport inquiry: buck-passing led to three girls being killed

Editorial: The finding that these murders could have been prevented is devastating for all those involved

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Evening Standard

Southport families urge reform as inquiry finds attack could have been prevented

The report showed a catalogue of failures, solicitors said.

The Guardian - UK

No joined-up approach, role of autism diagnosis and parental failings: key points from Southport inquiry

Report finds dozens of warning signs about Axel Rudakubana were missed and identifies five main failures

The Independent UK

UK report lays bare 'catastrophic' missed chances before stabbings at girls' dance class

An inquiry has found that a mass killing by a British teenager in 2024 could have been prevented if his parents and state agencies had acted on his violence fixation

Evening Standard

Southport killer's parents 'could have prevented attack' - inquiry outlines major failings

Axel Rudakubana's parents were at fault in not reporting his escalating behaviour, inquiry report finds

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The Independent UK

Southport attack ‘could and should have been prevented’, inquiry finds

Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford published his report on Monday.

The Independent UK

Southport killer’s parents ‘bear considerable blame’ for ‘preventable’ attack, damning report finds

Chair concludes ‘one of the most egregious crimes’ in UK history, which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more, including two adults, injured, ‘could have been – and should have been – prevented’

The Guardian - UK

Southport attack inquiry blames ‘catastrophic’ failures by agencies and killer’s ‘irresponsible’ parents

Official report says system ‘completely failed’ because some form of violence by Axel Rudakubana had been ‘unambiguously signposted over many years’

Evening Standard

Southport families express alarm after ‘copycat’ teenager avoids custody

The court heard the boy described Rudakubana as a ‘hero’ with similar interests in ‘genocides and that’.

The Conversation

ICE at the Winter Olympics and the reshaping of intelligence and security in Europe

A diplomatic row is brewing over US plans to involve agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in its security arrangements for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

The Guardian - UK

Parental failure and gaps in the law: why the Southport atrocity was preventable

After nine weeks of inquiry evidence, a picture has emerged of systemic breakdown and poor information sharing

Evening Standard

Director of website that sold machete to Southport killer showed no ‘curiosity’

Joseph Wheeler, managing director of Knife Warehouse, gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry on Tuesday.

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