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

Axel Rudakubana’s attack on a class of young girls was ‘extremely cowardly’.

Evening Standard

Chairman will do ‘everything possible’ to answer Southport families’ questions

Sir Adrian Fulford spoke at Liverpool Town Hall after the Southport Inquiry heard impact evidence.

Evening Standard

Tearful mothers of Southport victims call for truth at public inquiry

Speaking through tears for much of her statement, Lauren King raised her voice as she said: ‘The truth must be faced.’

Evening Standard

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‘Why wasn’t he stopped?’ Parents of murdered girls to appear at Southport attack inquiry

Testimony over first five days of hearings in Liverpool describes horrifying impact of Axel Rudakubana’s crimes

The Guardian - UK

Southport mother thought daughter was dead, inquiry hears

The child had hid in toilets with dance teacher Heidi Liddle as Axel Rudakubana launched a stabbing frenzy on innocent children at a dance studio.

Evening Standard

Teenage girl stabbed twice in Southport attack relives day ‘like horror film on repeat’

Schoolgirl victim tells inquiry she looked into killer’s ‘possessed’ eyes before he launched attack at dance workshop

The Guardian - UK

‘I hear the screams, I see the blood’ – Southport survivor tells of nightmares

The teenager, the oldest child to be attacked, addressed the public inquiry into the attack on Thursday.

Evening Standard

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Two sisters showed ‘remarkable’ bravery as they ran from Southport attacker

The first phase of the inquiry is expected to run until November.

Evening Standard

Southport dance teacher who shielded child in toilet during attack ‘tortured by guilt’

Heidi Liddle told inquiry she felt ‘crushing’ guilt, while Leanne Lucas said she felt ‘ostracised’ from community

The Guardian - UK

‘Man with knife inside dance class’, mother told at Southport attack

The public Inquiry is hearing from the parents of children caught up in the attack.

The Independent UK

‘Did people not love him?’ Girl stabbed in Southport attack asked mother ‘what made attacker so angry’

Another mother said her child had shown ‘a level of bravery no child should ever need to show’ in protecting her younger sister from killer Axel Rudakubana

The Independent UK

Bravery of girls who protected each other in Southport attack praised at inquiry

Parents gave impact evidence to the Southport Inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Parents collecting children saw ‘true horror’, Southport Inquiry told

The public inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall heard evidence from parents and a businessman who confronted the killer during the attacks last year.

Evening Standard

Mother tells Southport Inquiry about moment she heard ‘the kids have been stabbed’

Businessman knifed when he went to help also gives testimony, describing scene as ‘like something from a horror movie’

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Man stabbed while tackling Southport killer describes scene of ‘horror’

Jonathan Hayes tells inquiry he thought he was ‘dying at every stage’ after grappling with Axel Rudakubana

Evening Standard

Southport Inquiry hears of moment mother was told ‘the kids have been stabbed’

The mother-of-two, whose two daughters were present at the attack, described arriving ‘to a scene reserved for nightmares’.

The Independent UK

Families ‘hope no stone is unturned’ as Southport killings inquiry resumes

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack on July 29 last year.

The Independent UK

Voices: What a cheek! The US is in no position to lecture us about free speech

COMMENT: An annual global human rights report from the US state department has declared that freedom of speech is under threat in the UK. The British are too polite to tell the Trump administration what we really think about that – but I’m not, writes Sean O’Grady

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Family of Southport stabbing victim criticise plan to reveal ethnicity of suspects

Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’

The Independent UK

Police told to reveal ethnicity of suspects under interim guidance

The change is hoped to combat misinformation spread on social media

The Guardian - UK

Disputed or debunked claims about migration and crime in the UK

As politicians face criticism for promoting misleading data, here are some claims that do not bear scrutiny

Evening Standard

Home Secretary calls for more transparency from police over suspects

Yvette Cooper said guidance was already being reviewed about how the police release information on people arrested over crimes.

The Independent UK

Moment of silence held to mark anniversary of Southport murders

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Evening Standard

Girl stabbed in Southport attack calls for first aid training in schools

The girl said it was ‘disgusting’ that young people carried knives.

The Independent UK

Country ‘stands together in grief’ with families of Southport victims on anniversary

A three-minute silence will be held in the Merseyside town at 3pm on Tuesday to mark a year since the attack

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