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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana should have been seen as a terror threat, Home Office report shows

Axel Rudakubana should have been referred to the next stage of the Prevent scheme, says Home Secretary

The Independent UK

Southport killer’s terror threat referral ‘should have been escalated’

The Home Secretary has said the Prevent learning review concluded Axel Rudakubana should have been referred to the next stage of the scheme.

Evening Standard

Reinstate youth programmes to combat knife crime

Letters: Social education is fundamental to steering young people towards better lives, writes Dr Annette Rimmer. And Linda Theobald backs community schemes to tackle violence

The Guardian - UK

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The week in TV: Brian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis; Paradise; Mo – review

Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo

The Guardian - UK

Two boys aged 14 and 15 rushed to hospital after double stabbing in Acton

The teenagers were rushed to hospital on Tuesday evening after they were attacked with a knife in west London

Evening Standard

After Southport, Westminster is floundering. It should look to Idris Elba

The Home Office has some good ideas, but a documentary on knife crime by the actor offers the template for a new approach, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis review – vital viewing from Hackney’s A-list crusader

Elba is at his magnetic best in this fantastic documentary: challenging racist myths, comforting victims’ families and packing in more nuance than you’d think possible. He’s like a supernatural force

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Idris Elba proposes dulling kitchen knives to curb stabbing deaths

There were more 50,000 serious knife crime offences recorded in England in the year ending June 2024

The Independent UK

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis on BBC One review: a fearless look at a harrowing subject

4/5 There are no easy answers here: but Elba tackles the issue with thoughtfulness and grace

Evening Standard

Idris Elba suggests removing kitchen knife points to combat violent crime

The actor has suggested that more can be done to help combat the UK’s knife crime crisis

Evening Standard

TV tonight: Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter go head to head as Walden and Thatcher

James Graham’s new drama recreates their famous last interview. Plus: Idris Elba’s urgent campaign to stop knife crime. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Idris Elba says young people in British gangs are ‘not big and scary’

Idris Elba: A Year Of Knife Crime is due to be released on BBC One and iPlayer in early 2025.

Evening Standard

Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role

The actor was the lead in the 2013 biopic about Nelson Mandela’s 27 years in prison

The Independent UK

Hijack season 2 has started filming, here’s what we know so far about Idris Elba’s plane thriller

The high-octane Apple TV+ series was renewed for a second season in January

The Independent UK

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From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?

Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following century, it became a truly cosmopolitan port city as people from across western Africa and the Americas made it their home.

Tom’s Guide

Here's when 'Sonic The Hedgehog 3' is coming to streaming

Here's our best guess when you can stream "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" at home on Paramount Plus.

BANG Premier

Paul McCartney working on new solo album

Sir Paul McCartney has teased a new solo album that could be released in 2025.

BANG Premier

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 ‘in the works at Paramount’

As 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' hits cinemas, Paramount Pictures is reportedly working on a fourth film in the animated franchise.

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Evening Standard

Disclaimer, Bad Sisters and Slow Horses: The best TV to watch on Apple TV+ over Christmas

With so much on offer, picking something to binge-watch over Christmas can present a challenge. Here’s our Apple TV+ recommendations to hopefully make your Christmas viewing easier

Total Film

Idris Elba was so dedicated to voicing Knuckles for Sonic 3, he recorded the lines while wearing Knuckles gloves

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 hits theaters this week

Evening Standard

Idris Elba to launch run of festive episodes for CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Singers Perrie Edwards and Kylie Minogue return to the show to read from Christmas-themed books.

PC Gamer

Idris Elba would love to do a live-action Cyberpunk movie with Keanu Reeves: 'Let's speak that into existence'

I'd watch it.

Evening Standard

Idris Elba says work to tackle youth violence is ‘moving in the right direction’

To celebrate the progress made this year, Elba has opened a Christmas pop-up in central London with his initiative Don’t Stop Your Future (DSYF).

Total Film

Sonic stars in his own surprise Christmas special, and even Keanu Reeves' Shadow can't ruin the festive fun

'Tis the season to be speedy

Total Film

Sonic 3 stars Keanu Reeves and Idris Elba want to make a Shadow and Knuckles spin-off show – and they already have a fun title in mind

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