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There are many nasty idiots in the world – but whether the offence was at a music festival or online, none of these people should be in jail, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Tory Councillor’s wife was jailed last year for 31 months for inciting racial hatred in the wake of the Southport murders - a sentence that has been criticised as harsh

A paramedic, a doctor and other NHS staff have been honoured for their role in responding to the Southport attacks.

The Government has pledged £5 million for the work at Town Hall gardens.

Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner met the parents of Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice da Silva Aguiar and Bebe King in Downing Street on Tuesday.

Researchers question characterisation of unrest as ‘far-right protests’ and say it had more in common with race riots

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has called for Rudakubana’s privileges to be taken away

Within hours of a driver ramming into a crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade, injuring 65 people, Merseyside Police shared in a press release that they had arrested a suspect. Unusually, the announcement included the race and nationality of the person arrested – a 53-year-old white British man.

In today’s newsletter: A former Met superintendent on what a change in response following the 2024 UK riots may mean for police, the media and communities themselves

“Information voids are almost a gravitational force for conspiracy theorists," said one expert who welcomed the police's early intervention.

Former superintendent Dal Babu says although decision was correct, to counter misinformation, it may be exploited by far right