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Man accused of Southport stabbings and producing ricin to face trial next year

Axel Rudakubana, 18, is accused of the murder of three young girls.

Evening Standard

Teen accused of Southport murders of young girls stays silent in court hearing

Axel Rudakubana stayed silent as he appeared in court

Evening Standard

Southport stabbing suspect appears in court accused of murdering three children and terror charge

Rudakubana kept his grey sweatshirt pulled over his face as he appeared via video link from prison

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Southport stabbings suspect due to appear in court

Axel Rudakubana, 18, is charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, in July this year.

Evening Standard

Care worker jailed after livestreaming armed group following post-Southport riot

Cameron Bell, 23, from Tamworth, was sacked by her employer a day after making ‘abhorrent’ comments on her TikTok account.

Evening Standard

The Merseyside police's limited disclosure of information regarding the July Southport attack sparks controversy and scrutiny.

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Woman jailed for 27 months after taking 11-year-old to post-Southport riot

Aimie Hodgkinson-Hedgecox shouted racist abuse as police were attacked outside a Staffordshire hotel housing asylum seekers.

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Robert Jenrick warned over Southport attack remarks in first outing as shadow justice secretary

Hours after he was made shadow justice secretary by new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick sought to attack Labour’s record in government from the despatch box

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Badenoch’s shadow cabinet shows Tories ‘learned nothing’ from Truss chaos, says Labour

Top roles for Priti Patel, Mel Stride, Chris Philp and Robert Jenrick as new shadow cabinet revealed

The Independent UK

Southport attack has exposed ‘a crisis with trust’, says policing chief

Fury over new charges for accused leaves room for conspiracy theories, says chair of Association of Police and Crime Commissioners

The Guardian - UK

It’s Trump’s playbook in the UK. Jenrick mining the Southport atrocity for votes shows he has learned it well

The Tory candidate seems happy to stoke far-right conspiracies for cynical political gain, happy to follow a terrible example, says Joe Mulhall of Hope Not Hate

The Guardian - UK

Jenrick’s Southport comments mark a new low. That matters for us all, not just the Tory party

In our poisoned politics, the Conservative leadership race is a reminder of how social norms can wear away in a democracy, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Reality check: why has Southport attack not been declared a terrorist incident?

New charges against suspect have prompted questions over a possible cover-up and put spotlight on contempt laws

The Guardian - UK

Why is the Southport stabbing not being classed as a terror attack?

Police say the attack at a children’s holiday class has not been declared a terrorist attack, despite the suspect facing a terror charge

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Southport attack: PM warns Badenoch and Jenrick against undermining police

Keir Starmer’s appeal at PMQs follows Tory leadership candidates questioning police handling of investigation

Evening Standard

PM warns MPs they can either support Southport police or undermine their work

Sir Keir Starmer’s comments came amid questions over when the Government knew fresh charges would be brought against the alleged attacker.

Al Jazeera

Teen accused of UK Southport murders faces new ‘terrorism’ charge

Police say after new charges that Southport stabbings were still not being treated as ‘terrorist related’.

Evening Standard

Southport suspect silent when appearing in court facing fresh charges

Axel Rudakubana, 18, faces additional charges of the production of a biological toxin, ricin.

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The Guardian - UK

Southport suspect Axel Rudakubana appears in court on new charges

Teenager accused of murdering three young girls is charged with possessing terrorist material and producing ricin

The Guardian - UK

Not every mass attack by a ‘lone actor’ is linked to terrorism, says UK expert

Jonathan Hall KC says having terrorist material does not always mean someone is a terrorist, as Southport suspect to appear in court

The Independent UK

Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana appears in court accused of terror offence and making ricin

Axel Rudakubana is accused of producing a biological toxin ricin and accessing Al-Qaeda materials

Evening Standard

Southport murder suspect stays silent as he faces terror and ricin charges in court

Axel Rudakubana appeared at Westminster magistrates court via a prison videolink to face the charges for the first time

Evening Standard

Southport row continues as watchdog urges Government and police to be more open

Terror law reviewer Jonathan Hall KC said the authorities should give the public all the information they can about criminal investigations.

Evening Standard

What the papers say – October 30

One story dominates the front pages on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Tories question ‘cover-up’ after Southport suspect charged with terror offence

Labour government insists that the timing of the latest charging announcement was a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service

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