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Sister of Southport victim still turns off Taylor Swift songs two years on from attack

Ms Stancombe, whose daughter Elsie was killed two years ago, said her youngest doesn’t make bracelets anymore

The Independent UK

Southport to fall silent to remember victims and survivors two years after attacks

People have been encouraged not to leave floral tributes but instead to donate to local causes

The Independent UK

Southport victims and survivors remembered two years on

Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 2024.

Evening Standard

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Southport killer ‘trying to retraumatise families from cell’ – lawyer

Axel Rudakubana was given a life sentence for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.

Evening Standard

Southport killer ‘manipulating the system’ – lawyer for bereaved families

Axel Rudakubana, now 19, was given a life sentence for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.

Evening Standard

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana transferred to psychiatric hospital

Next Wednesday marks two years since Rudakubana carried out an attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 2024, killing three girls

Evening Standard

Southport to fall silent two years on from attack

The local council asked people to consider making donations to local causes instead of leaving floral tributes.

Evening Standard

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Southport attack victims horrified as medical records ‘accessed by ambulance staff’

Dozens of workers at another NHS trust had also looked at records with no good reason

The Independent UK

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

Southport taxi driver who ‘waited 50 minutes’ to call 999 loses licence

Gary Poland took Axel Rudakubana to the scene where the teenager murdered three children and attempted to murder 10 others in July 2024

The Independent 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

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

Families of surviving Southport children say they fear they are being forgotten

The attack took the lives of three children at a dance class in July 2024.

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The Independent UK

Families of Southport attack survivors say they fear they are being forgotten

Axel Rudakubana's attack took the lives of three children at a dance class in July 2024

The Guardian - UK

Rudakubana, risk and parents’ responsibility

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Gaby Hinsliff in which she questions whether the Southport killer’s parents share responsibility for his crime

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

Officials who made errors before Southport murders ‘may still be making same mistakes’

Former victims’ commissioner Vera Baird says disciplinary action is essential to ensure people are held accountable

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Evening Standard

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’.

The Guardian - AU

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

Evening Standard

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

The report showed a catalogue of failures, solicitors said.

The Independent UK

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

Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford published his report on Monday.

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

The Guardian - UK

State failing to learn lessons of Southport attack, say victims’ lawyers

Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests young people who pose ‘catastrophic’ threat still slipping through system

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’.

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