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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 Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

A new way of thinking about empathy could cool Britain’s migration rows

Recent protests at asylum hotels in Epping, Essex, have prompted calls from the hotel’s residents for something rare in UK migration debates: understanding. This is something that has been clearly lacking in the conversations fuelling anti-immigrant protests, from Southport in summer 2024 to Ballymena in Northern Ireland and Essex this…

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2025

Lammy refers himself to watchdog after fishing with Vance without a licence – as it happened

Foreign secretary had failed to secure a rod licence before hosting US vice-president at his official residence in Kent

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

Quarter of Britons say summer rioters were treated unfairly as Labour vows fresh crackdown

Dozens of protesters are still wanted by police for offences such as throwing bricks

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025

Home Secretary calls for more information to be released about suspects accused of serious crime

Her comments come after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for police forces to release the immigration status of people who are charged with crimes

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2025

Police should release immigration information about charged suspects – Farage

It comes amid claims of a ‘cover-up’ of details about an alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.

Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2025

Stepmother admits ‘massive regret’ for taking 11-year-old son to violent post-Southport riot

Amy Hodgkinson-Hedgecox says she took the boy to the protest in Tamworth, Staffordshire, after reading unproven claims on social media against asylum seekers

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025

TV tonight: Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb

Campaigners in Japan share how horrified they are about the state of the nuclear threat today. Plus, Panaroma speaks to those who rioted after the Southport attack. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2025

Every possibility similar violence to Southport riots could reoccur – watchdog

Disorder broke out after the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the town on July 29 last year.

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2025

Regret, resentment and Reform UK: jailed Rotherham rioters one year on

Men sentenced to prison time for role in violent protests after the Southport murders describe their feelings of injustice

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2025