axel rudakubana arrived here at liverpool crown court in the few hours. he's also admitted attempting to murder 8 other children and two adults. i'll bring you all the developments from here at the court. and i'm catherine byaruhanga in london. in other news... the met office has issued a red weather warning covering northern ireland and parts of scotland as storm eowyn approaches, warning of gusts of up to 100mph and a �*danger to life'. president trump sends 1,500 troops to the us—mexico border, in a move — he says — to crack down on illegal immigration. and the wait is nearly over. we look at some of the frontrunners of this year's oscar nominations. you join me here at liverpool crown court and after a delayed start to sentencing hear of axel rudakubana, the teenager who pleaded guilty on monday to the murders of three young girls in southport last year is now under way, but there has been some dramatic scenes in court. let's go straight to our uk affairs correspondent. we are also able _ uk affairs correspondent. - are also able to watch on a video l

some of the families of the victims are expected to be at today's hearing at liverpool crown court. ll in liverpool. thank you. i can tell you, the families are already, they are inside court, notjust of the three girls who were killed by axel rudakubana. but they were killed in a dance class where there were more than 20 children there, and all of those families wanted to be here as well. they wanted to be in the room and to see the man who, as a 17—year—olds, change their lives for ever. that sensing is due to start at 11 o'clock, and with the background, he is my colleague. these children were murdered in southport last summer in a tragedy which led to a wave of sympathy and sadness. southport is a small seaside town. everyone here has a connection to someone at the dance class at the beginning of the summer holidays. sarah was hoping her daughter would be there. it filled up very quickly, as it would do, so she was on the waiting list. she wasn't there, and i guess i will be forever gratefulfor and i guess i will be forever grateful for that, and i guess i will be forever gratefu

so that healing is continuing inside liverpool crown court. can keep up—to—date on the bbc news website and hear on bbc news. we will continue to bring you all the news as it happens. for the moment, back to the studio. some news about a storm heading towards uk. a rare red weather warning covering northern ireland and scotland on friday has been issued for storm eowyn by the met ofice. it's warning of gusts of up to ioomph and "flying debris resulting in danger to life". all schools in northern ireland will close on friday because of the storm. and scotland's first minister has told people there not to travel in areas covered by the red weather warning. our weather presenter matt taylor, talked me through where the red warnings have been issued. the met office if you hours ago but they cover the whole of northern ireland and a good part of southern scotland as well. the big thing about these is just a geographical area but also the population centres covered, including belfast, glasgow, edinburgh, and add onto that the whole of the republic o

sentenced to a minimum term of 52 years here at liverpool crown court. colleagues who are from inside the court complex. they say when the sentence was read out some family members could be heard to make an audible intake of breath. they held hands, hugged each other but to remain silent as thejudge hugged each other but to remain silent as the judge continued his sentencing. we are hearing that after the hearing ended a family member of the girls family member of the girls family stood in corridors exchanging hugs as the police watched in silent. clearly a difficult day for everyone who came here to liverpool crown court. there will be reaction to that sentence. you are hearing from our correspondence, a extraordinary long sentence, the second longest for somebody of that age that we have had here in the united kingdom. let's listen now for reaction from serena kennedy, the chief constable for merseyside police. this interview was recorded yesterday. despicable... recorded yesterday. despicable. .. despicable recorded yesterday. despicable... despicable

axel rudakubana arrived here at liverpool crown court in the few hours. other children and two adults. i'll bring you all the developments from here at the court. and i'm catherine byaruhanga in london. in other news... the met office has issued a red weather warning covering northern ireland and parts of scotland as storm eowyn approaches, warning of gusts of up to 100mph and a �*danger to life'. president trump sends 1,500 troops to the us—mexico

some of the families of the victims are expected to be at today's hearing at liverpool crown court. 0urreports. six—year—old bebe king, elsie dot stancombe, who was seven, and nine—year—old alice aguiar. murdered in southport last summer in a tragedy which led to a wave of sympathy and sadness. southport is a small seaside town. everyone here has a connection to someone who was at the dance class at the beginning of the summer holidays. sarah was hoping her daughter would be there. it filled up very, very quickly as of course it would do, so niamh was down on the waiting list, but she wasn't there. and, you know, i guess i'll be forever grateful for that, but also absolutely devastated that there are young people who are not here. and thatjust doesn't seem fair. axel rudakubana was arrested with the weapon in his hand, but refused to admit he carried out the attack. but then, this monday, with the trial about to start, he told his lawyers he was changing his plea. as well as the murders, he admitted trying to kill eight of the children and two adults, possession of a knife, manufacturin

axel rudakubana arrived here at liverpool crown court earlier. victims about the impact his barbaric actions have had on all their lives. i will bring you all the developments from court. i am in london and in other news the met office has issued a red weather warning covering northern ireland and parts of scotland as storm eowyn approaches, warning of gusts of “p approaches, warning of gusts of up to 100 miles an hour and a dangerto up to 100 miles an hour and a danger to life. and the patients in wales waiting too long for emergency care. we meet the family of a man who died

just repeat the news at liverpool crown court, that axel rudakubana who is 18 years old has pleaded guiltyren at that dance class in southport last year. this was auoin to southport last year. this was going to be _ southport last year. this was going to be a _ southport last year. this was going to be a very _ southport last year. this was| going to be a very distressing trial, notjust for the trial, not just for the families trial, notjust for the families of these are girls but wore the wider community as well? ~ , ,., , wore the wider community as well? ~ , , ., , �* wore the wider community as well? ~ , �* , ., well? absolutely. i've been to southport _ well? absolutely. i've been to southport over _ well? absolutely. i've been to southport over the _ well? absolutely. i've been to southport over the last - well? absolutely. i've been to southport over the last few i southport over the last few months�* time after time and it is a community and a town that is a community and a town that is still hurting from what happened. right the way through the winter there have been flowers left,

we will have much more from liverpool crown court when that sentencing happens later today on bbc news place in thailand this morning after the country's long—awaited equal marriage law came into effect. the legislation gives members of the lgbt community the same rights as heterosexual couples to share assets and adopt children. let's speak to our south east asia correspondent jonathan head. jonathan, give us a sense of what has been happening there in bangkok with these weddings. i am in essentially an enormous conference room in a shopping centre, which seems an unlikely place for romantic events like weddings but the city government organises with lgbtq activists to accommodate more than 100 couples who wanted to come and get married at the first possible opportunity. very much in the public gaze here but this is meant to be a celebration marking this legal milestone and an import of these many couples, some of them have been togetherfor a long time, sometimes more than two decades and finally they are able to get legal status as any other couple, to pass on property they own toget

we are here at liverpool crown court for what will be a significant day for all the families whose childrenught up in the attacks in southport injuly of last year. southport in july of last year. and also potentially a difficult day. the judge will shortly head into court and he will hear remarks from the prosecution detailing the events ofjuly 29 last year in southport when the then 17—year—old axel rudakubana 17—year—old axel rudaku ba na entered 17—year—old axel rudakubana entered a taylor swift themed dance class and started indiscriminately attacking the young girls in there, leading to the deaths of three of them, alice da silva aguiar, who was aged nine, bebe king who was aged nine, bebe king who was aged six and elsie dot stancombe who was aged seven. theirfamilies aren't he —— are here. they were not here on monday when the murderess in surprise admitted his guilt, and admitted to ten attempted murder charges. the families were not in court to hear that on monday, but they are here today. with the background, we have this report. six—year—old bebe king, elsie dot stancombe, who was

judith moritz was at liverpool crown court — and much of her report is very upsetting.gun. bebe, elsie dot and alice. gap toothed and smiling. three rays ofjoy and innocence. how can their loss ever be measured? a whole town mourns them. the world now knows southport for all the wrong reasons. but it's their parents, of course, whose pain is most acute. like alice's mum, alexandra. she said, "alice was our purpose for living, so what do we do now? our home holds family memories and sometimes we call out alice's name, only to be met by a shot to the heart." the parents were asked to try and put things into words for the court, as the man who murdered their children were sentenced, but elsie dot�*s mum, jenny, was clear about her feelings. she said, "we are not going to stand here and list everything you have taken away from us because we refuse to give you the satisfaction of hearing it. we will not let you know anything about her because you don't deserve to know the extraordinary person she was." and it's notjust the children. they were at a class being run by yoga tea

let's - return to our top story now and this is the shot outside liverpool crown court where axel rudakubanantenced for the murder of three girls at the dance class in southport lastjuly and the attempted murder of ten other people our colleague is there. proceedings have resumed bring us up—to—date. proceedings have resumed bring us up-to-date-— us up-to-date. sentencing is continuing — us up-to-date. sentencing is continuing so _ us up-to-date. sentencing is continuing so we _ us up-to-date. sentencing is continuing so we are - us up-to-date. sentencing is continuing so we are still- continuing so we are still hearing for council from the prosecution who is giving more detail. we heard some distressing detail about what happened at that dance studio injuly happened at that dance studio in july last happened at that dance studio injuly last year and happened at that dance studio in july last year and heard some injuly last year and heard some of the in july last year and heard some of the horrific injuly last year and heard some of the horrific injuries that were inflicted on those poor gir

after those unimaginable events ofjuly last year and many members of that community are inside liverpool crown court today, the families of those who were killed, those who were injured and also some of the children who were also in that dance class who were not physically injured, but will carry the mental scars for the rest of their lives. the sentencing hearing is due to get under way very shortly. you can keep across all of the developments live on the bbc news website and we will be bringing you regular updates. when the judge starts his sentencing remarks, we will carry those live here on bbc news. but for the moment, it is back to you in studio. sarah, thank you. this warning has been issued for storm eowyn, warning of gas up for storm eowyn, warning of gas up to 100 power and flying debris resulting in a danger to life. let's beat our weather presenter and taylor, parodies weather warnings being issued for? they cover the whole of northern ireland and good part of southern scotland as well. the big thing isjust a geographical area, the big thing isjust a geographicalarea, population centres

you join us again at liverpool crown court where the killer of three young girls in the southport knifet term of 52 years. you can probably just about make term of 52 years. you can probablyjust about make out behind me that there are cameras set up stop we are expecting to hear from the senior investigating officer at some point and while we wait for that, let's bring in daniel sanford to talk a little more about the harrowing evidence that we heard today and particularly those victim impact statements. tote particularly those victim impact statements. we had lots of victim impact _ impact statements. we had lots of victim impact statements, i of victim impact statements, some of them incredibly significant because they were from the parents of the girls who died. but the one that really stood out today was the moment when we went away from the court briefly to a video feed from a room in the court building where a 14—year—old girl sitting building where a 14—year—old girlsitting in an building where a 14—year—old girl sitting in an armchair, a 14—year—old who was 13 at the time of the

tomorrow, axel rudakubana, who pleaded guilty to the murders, will be sentenced at liverpool crown court yes, this horrifying crime, and i am afraid we will hear even more terrible details in court tomorrow, has already brought some promises of changes from the government. they are bringing forward this tightening up are bringing forward this tightening up of rules on online knife sales, and that is because axel rudakubana bought his knife from the most famous online seller of all, amazon, despite the fact he was under 18 and had a conviction for carrying a knife. the government has also promised to reform its counterterrorism programme prevent, which he was referred to three times, but they did not take him on because he had no ideology. but there is no other system that could have dealt with this going obsession with violence. i think there will be more commentary when sentences passed tomorrow here, and that is because the judge will not be able to pass the most severe sentence, a whole life order, and that is because axel rudakubana was under 18 when he carried out his crime. the law

our reporter andy gill is outside liverpool crown court.tive part of the trial probably not getting under way until tomorrow. axel ruda—kuba na until tomorrow. axel ruda—kubana will be in person here for the proceedings. his last court appearance was via video link via belmarsh prison where he was held on remand. on that occasion, all 16 charges he faces were put to him, and on 16 occasions he remained silent and thejudge on 16 occasions he remained silent and the judge ordered that not guilty pleas be entered on his behalf. he is accused of three murders, his alleged victims were seven, six and nine. he also faces ten charges of attempted murder, eight related to girls aged between seven and 13. for legal reasons we can't name them. his two alleged victims who were adults were leanne lucas and jonathan hate. it is also accused of possessing a knife in a public place, and possessing a document likely to be useful to a terrorist. this morning, the home secretary yvette cooper has issued a statement saying this is going to be a deeply traumat

we will be here throughout the sentencing to bring you all the live latest news from inside liverpool crown court covering northern ireland and parts of scotland as storm eowyn approaches, warning of gusts of up to 100mph, and a �*danger to life'. president trump sends 1,500 troops to the us—mexico border, in a move — he says — to crack down on illegal immigration.

some of the families of the victims are expected to be at today's hearing at liverpool crown court. 0urice aguiar murdered in southport last summer in a tragedy which led to a wave of sympathy and sadness. southport is a small seaside town. everyone has a connection to someone who was at the dance class at the beginning of the holidays. sarah was hoping a daughter would be there. it sarah was hoping a daughter would be there.— would be there. it filled up cuickl would be there. it filled up quickly as _ would be there. it filled up quickly as it _ would be there. it filled up quickly as it would - would be there. it filled up quickly as it would do, - would be there. it filled up quickly as it would do, so i would be there. it filled up i quickly as it would do, so she was on the waiting list but was not there and i guess i will be forever grateful, but also devastated there are young people who are not here. that does not seem fair.— does not seem fair. axel rudakubana _ does not seem fair. axel rudakubana was - does not seem fair. axel| rudakubana was arrested does not seem fair. axel

crown court. the report that followed from judith moritz, daniel sandford and fiona trott in liverpool, and the programmea whole, drew praise from viewers, as did the live coverage during the day on the news channel, much of it fronted by sarah campbell. but there were also concerns about the coverage during the course of the week, articulated in this anonymous phone message we received. i wish the bbc would stop showing the picture of the southport child killer. you are enhancing his notoriety. yes, let's make sure it's never forgotten, but we don't need to keep seeing a picture of him. mike mavin made a similar point to us on email. we put those points to bbc news, and they told us... thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and on social media, you can email us orfind us on x. you can call us or whatsapp us. and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us for now. thank you forjoining us. do think about getting in touch, and perhaps even coming on the programme. we will be bac

liverpool crown court. >> and we are now joined by gb news home security editor mark white to tell us more. mark, you're in liverpool for us. please give us any updates that you have. >> well, very dramatic scenes. it appears from inside the courtroom at liverpool crown court as us axel rudakubana has agreed to go up to the dock, was sitting in the dock, but we're now hearing from our colleague inside the court that he is screaming in that dock, screaming in that dock, screaming that he is unwell, that he needs a paramedic. the defence apparently has said that he hasn't eaten for a number of days and he's hardly drunk anything. this, according to his defence. so he's also apparently, according to sophie reapen apparently, according to sophie reaper, my colleague, saying that his chest is hurting. the judge has told the prosecution to continue, but axel rudakubana is continuing. it seems to shout so, as we feared, you know he can be brought to the dock, but he can be very disruptive to the process and it appears that is exactly what he's doing. now. if this disruption continues at the

that was ursula doyle from the crown prosecution service speaking outside liverpool crown court new theminutes. in the united states, it is inauguration day for donald trump, who later will be sworn in for his second term as us president. we canjoin sophie raworth now who is live in washington. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne, live from a very cold washington dc. the ceremony has been moved indoor, hundreds of thousands of people were expected to line the mall hundreds of thousands of people were expected to line the mail to watch donald trump being sworn in for a second time. only 20,000 or so now will be able to see him later this afternoon, when he appears before supporters at the capitol one arena and they have been queueing all night in sub—zero temperatures, to try to get tickets to see him. we will get a glimpse of him where he and his wife leave blair house for a church service, in his final rally yesterday donald trump promised to sign a blitz of executive orders on his fist day. with more here is our north america correspondent. inafew in a few hours' time o

let's cross live to our north west reporter sophie reaper, who joins us from outside liverpool crown court. >> well, there's been an overwhelming sense of surprise here at liverpool crown court today following that change in plea. of course. axel rudakubana originally pleaded not guilty to those offences back in december of last year and that those offences back in december of last year anioniat those offences back in december of last year anion all 16 counts, pleaded guilty on all 16 counts, including three counts of murder. during that attack in southport last july. now that when acknowledging and speaking to axel rudakubana in court today, justice goose said you will understand that it is inevitable the sentence will be imposed upon you, will mean a life sentence equivalent will be imposed upon you. i will have to complete the sentencing sentencing process on that occasion. however, it's now believed that axel rudakubana will not be handed a whole life order at that sentencing, which is scheduled to take place here on thursday. and the reason for thatis on thursday. and the reason for t

welcome to bbc news and let us stay with than breaking news that has come there liverpool crown court, because in the last hour, the teenager who murdered three girls in the town of southport has been jailed for life, and for a minimum of 52 years, at liverpool crown court, axel rudaku ba na liverpool crown court, axel rudakubana who is now 18 pleaded guilty to the murder of the girls at a taylor swift themed dance class and the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults. let me take you back to the court and sarah cam well who has —— campbell who has been watching events. over to you sarah. yes it has been a long day in court for the families, to listen in horrific detail to the events of the 29th ofjuly, 2024. mr the events of the 29th ofjuly, 202a. mrjustice goose finished delivering his sentencing remarks going into great detail as to why he had come to decision he had why he has sentenced axel rudakubana to 52 year, a minimum term of 52 years. forthe year, a minimum term of 52 years. for the attack that he perpetrated against a dance class full of small children. inj

axel rudakubana arrived here at liverpool crown court earlier. he along with the rest of the court is hearing from the families and his victims about the impact his barbaric actions have had on all their lives. i will bring you all the developments from court. i am in london and in other news the met office has issued a red weather warning covering northern ireland and parts of scotland as storm eowyn approaches, warning of gusts of up approaches, warning of gusts of up to 100 miles an hour and a dangerto up to 100 miles an hour and a danger to life. and the patients in wales waiting too long for emergency care. we meet the family of a man who died from sepsis after waiting 14 died from sepsis after waiting 1a hours for an eminence never came. president trump since 1500 troops to the us mexico border in a move he says the crackdown on illegal immigration. you join me here once again outside liverpool crown court way for the last couple of hours for sentencing hearing of a teenager who killed three young girls in the southport knife attack is cont

lam sarah i am sarah campbell live outside liverpool crown court. the teenager who murdered three girls in southport last year is due to be sentenced very soon. axel rudakubana arrived here at liverpool crown court earlier. he has had to be removed from the dock for disrupting proceedings but the court has heard victim impact scent —— statements from those who were so catastrophically affected by his actions last year. we will keep you up—to—date with all the latest developments as the judge soon to begin his sentencing remarks. iam samantha simmons in london. the met office has issued a red wall where the warning as storm eowyn approaches. warning of gusts of up to 100 miles an hour and a danger to life. and the patients in wales waiting too long for emergency care. we meet the family of a man who died of sepsis after waiting 1a hours for numberless that never came. president trump sends 1500 troops to the us mexico border in a move he says the crackdown on illegal immigration. you join me here outside liverpool crown court and for the last few hour

judith moritz reports from liverpool crown court. their lives had barely begun.lice da silva aguiar, gap toothed and smiling, three rays ofjoy and innocence. how can their loss ever be measured? a whole town mourns them. the world now knows southport for all the wrong reasons. but it is their parents, of course, whose pain is most acute. like alice's mum, alexandra. she said, alice was our purposeful living. so what do we do now? our home holes family memories and sometimes we call out alice's name, only to be met with a shock to the heart. the parents were asked to try to put things into words for the court, as the man who murdered their children was sentenced. but elsie dot stancombe�*s mum, jenny, was clear about her feelings. she said, we are not going to stand here and list everything you have taken away from us, because we refused to give you the satisfaction of hearing it. we will not let you know anything about her, because you don't deserve to know the extraordinary person she was. and it's notjust the children. they were at a class being run by y°93 the

all day for us. >> well, after a day of appalling behaviour in liverpool crown court, refusing to sit in the dock, axel rudakubana was dnven the dock, axel rudakubana was driven by police escort from the court to begin those 51 years in jail before he is eligible for parole, left this court to shouts and boos as he headed to begin his jail term. >> it's been astonishing reporting today from mark white and our colleague sophie reaper. moving on. shocking new data has revealed that almost 1 in 12 people living in london are illegal immigrants. what is the economic impact and the implications on public services? and most importantly, where do we draw the line and our protectors? guardians of the peace. britain's metropolitan police service are finally out of special measures, despite the fact that the police services in the uk were failing in almost every area area just five months ago. what's changed? all of that to come in the show? but first, here's your news headlines and it's aaron armstrong. >> thanks very much indeed. our top story. southport child killer axel rudakubana ha

let's start with a recap then of that breaking news in liverpool crown court, where the 18 year old accusedf killing three young girls in a southport stabbing spree, has today admitted to the attack on the first day of his trial. axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders of nine year old alice da silva aguiar, six year old bebe king and seven year old elsie dot stancombe. the victims were killed during an attack at a dance class in southport on the 29th of july last year. rada cabana has also admitted to the attempted murders of eight other children and the dance class instructor and a businessman in total. the attempted murder of ten people, in addition to the murder charges of those three young girls. well, he will be sentenced on thursday of this week after also pleading guilty to additional charges of possessing a knife producing a biological toxin, ricin and owning a terrorist manual. plenty more on that. breaking news with our homeland security editor mark white later this houn editor mark white later this hour. turning now, though, to the united states, where donald trump is set

and my colleague mark white and my colleague sophie reaper, who's inside the court there at liverpool crown court, have been fearlessly reporting on this throughout the day, at times very, very harrowing, very, very moving, very, very heartfelt evidence. and we are following this through now all the way until justice is served and rudakubana is sent down, for thatis rudakubana is sent down, for that is sure to happen this afternoon. and on that note, now let's bring in gb news home and security editor mark white, who's been valiantly outside liverpool crown court all day. mark, can i just say by astonishing reporting, you've been you've been unflinching, you've been telling it as it is. you've been rolling on air for hours, mate. i know that's difficult. i know you would not like me to say that this is about you. you're doing your job. but you've been brilliant. sophie reaper inside. i've been messaging her because it's. who knows how harrowing it is to hear what's going on in that court. mark white we saw some of the videos, some of the pictures, very early on, they were leaking out. that's bein

iam i am outside liverpool crown court, where the sentencing hearing of axel rudakubana, who murdered three young girls in a knife attack in southport last year has got under way. the court has now risen for a break for an hour or so. court has now risen for a break for an hour orso. it court has now risen for a break for an hour or so. it has been an incredibly difficult morning for the families of those who were killed, for the families of the girls who were injured and indeed other families from southport who wanted to be here for the warning, but have had to sit through some very, very distressing details. not only that, but axel rudakubana, who was in court at the start of the hearing, set up, started shouting that he was ill and could not carry on, to such an extent that the judge decided he was to be removed from the court and since then has listened to proceedings from a side room. this was an attack lastjuly that the prime minister has called senseless and barbaric, with the background here is my colleague. six—year—old bebe king, elsie dot stancombe, who was seven and nine—y

let us speak to our correspondent at liverpool crown court.een a really emotional day ants it has been an emotional week for the families when it comes to this trial. ~ , ,., , this trial. absolutely, the families _ this trial. absolutely, the families were _ this trial. absolutely, the families were told - this trial. absolutely, the families were told that i families were told that rudakubana was going to plead not guilty and therefore a whole trial would have to take place, where all the details of the case would be laid out before the court and before the media, for two or three weeks, then, on monday, as the court was just about to sit, and the jury was just about to sit, and the jury was about to be sworn in, and to start listening to the evidence, rudakubana decided to change his mind and he pleaded guilty, to all the charge, all 16 charges, that he faced. so then, that point he was then sent away to prison for a couple of days and we came back today for the sentencing of him. now, this is a man who has refused to engage with the whole

the case has now been sent to liverpool crown court, where the brothers will appear on the 13th of february. >> in other news, the home secretary, yvette cooper, is set to make an updated statement on child sexual abuse to the commons this afternoon. it comes after exclusive polling revealed 73% of people want the prime minister to launch a national inquiry into the grooming gangs. the polling, carried out by jl partners and friedrich's advisory, found that the grooming gang scandal is widely seen as a cover up, including by labour voters. the uk must rejoin the eu customs union. liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has said in his first major speech of the year. he called for britain to negotiate a new customs union deal with the european union, placing pressure on prime minister sir keir starmer over europe. sir ed davey argued it is needed to boost the uk's economy and its ability to deal with the incoming donald trump presidency from a position of strength amid concerns about potential trade tariffs. now it's being reported that a rapper who boasts about killing people and is promoted b

and elsie dot stancombe were all killed, and harrowing details of the attack were heard at liverpool crown courterday. however, southport's labour mp patrick hurley said the sentence was not severe enough and he asked the attorney general to review it as unduly lenient due to his age at the time of the attack, rudakubana cannot legally receive a whole life order, a punishment reserved for offenders aged 21 or over or, in rare cases, those aged 18 to 20. defence secretary john healey told gb news rudakubana did not get a whole life sentence because international law prevented it. >> the technicality of the whole life sentences. i think it's important to know that the last government did reduce it to 18, in line with international law. after the manchester arena bombings, and that still stands. there are a range of other aspects of law of agencies who have failed in this case to step in. they knew about this man's extreme violence, but they failed to take any steps that might have prevented it. and there may be changes also in the programmes that are designed to deal with this sort of extremism. t

and elsie dot stancombe were all killed and harrowing details of the attack were heard at liverpool crown court yesterday. however, southport's labour mp patrick hurley said the sentence was not severe enough and he asked the attorney general to review it as unduly lenient due to rudakubana age at the time of the attack, he cannot legally receive a whole life order. the head of the uk's largest police force has welcomed a review of contempt of court laws and said it would be great if more information in cases could be shared at an earlier stage. and p0p shared at an earlier stage. and pop star robbie williams has equalled the beatles record for the most uk number one albums. >> i got you got, we got everybody, i got the gift, gonna stick it in the goal, it's time to move your body. >> william's latest release, better man, the soundtrack to his biopic film, has become his 15th record to top the official albums chart, matching one of the most influential bands of all time, the singer has shared all time, the singer has shared a celebration post on social media, wearing a t—shirt featuring the nam

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and elsie dot stancombe were all killed and harrowing details of the attack were heard at liverpool crown court yesterday. however, southport's labour mp patrick hurley said the sentencing was not severe enough and he asked the attorney general to review it as unduly lenient due to rudakubana age at the time of the attack, he cannot legally receive a whole life order. the head of the uk's largest police force has welcomed a review of contempt of court laws and said it would be great if more information in cases could be shared at an earlier stage. scotland's first ever visitor levy for overnight stays has been approved by councillors in edinburgh. visitors staying in the city will have to pay a 5% fee per night, capped at seven nights, which is expected to raise up to £50 million a year for the local authority. the charge will be applied on bookings made after the 1st of may this year for accommodation stays starting in july 2026. and p0p stays starting in july 2026. and pop star robbie williams has equalled the beatles record for the most uk number one albums. >> i got you got, we got everybod

and elsie dot stancombe were all killed and harrowing details of the attack were heard at liverpool crown court yesterday. however, southport's labour mp patrick hurley said the sentence was not severe enough and he asked the attorney general to review it as unduly lenient due to rudakubana age at the time of the attack, he cannot legally receive a whole life order. the head of the uk's largest police force has welcomed a review of contempt of court laws and said it would be great if more information in cases could be shared at an earlier stage. scotland's first ever visitor levy for overnight stays has been approved by councillors in edinburgh. visitors staying in the city will have to pay 5% fee per night, capped at seven nights, which is expected to raise up to £50 million a year for the local authority. the charge will be applied on bookings made after the 1st of may this year for accommodation stays starting in july 2026. two giant pandas have made their pubuc giant pandas have made their public debut at the smithsonian national zoo in washington, dc. a zoo volunteer says bao li, a male wh

and elsie dot stancombe were all killed and harrowing details of the attack were heard at liverpool crown courtsterday. however, southport's labour mp patrick hurley said the sentence was not severe enough and he asked the attorney general to review it as unduly lenient due to rudakubana age at the time of the attack, he cannot legally receive a whole life order. the head of the uk's largest police force has welcomed a review of contempt of court laws and said it would be great if more information in cases could be shared at an earlier stage. defence secretary john healey told gb news axel rudakubana did not get a whole life sentence because international laws had prevented it. >> the technicality of the whole life sentences. i think it's important to know that the last government did reduce it to 18, in line with international law after the manchester arena bombings, and that still stands. there are a range of other aspects of law of agencies who have failed in this case to step in. they knew about this man's extreme violence, but they failed to take any steps that might have prevented it. and

and elsie dot stancombe were all killed and harrowing details of the attack were heard at liverpool crown court yesterday. however, southport's labour mp patrick hurley said the sentence was not severe enough and he asked the attorney general to review it as unduly lenient due to rudakubana age at the time of the attack, he cannot legally receive a whole life order. the head of the uk's largest police force has welcomed a review of contempt of court laws and said it would be great if more information in cases could be shared at an earlier stage . shared at an earlier stage. scotland's first ever visitor levy for overnight stays has been approved by councillors in edinburgh. visitors staying in the city will have to pay a 5% fee per night, capped at seven nights, which is expected to raise up to £50 million a year for the local authority. the charge will be applied on bookings made after the 1st of may this year for accommodation stays from july 2026, and two giant pandas have made their pubuc giant pandas have made their public debut at the smithsonian's national zoo in washington, dc. a zoo vo

you arejoining us back here at liverpool crown court where this afternoon, the killer of the three young girls in the southport knife attack last year has been sentenced to a minimum term of 52 years. i just want to bring you some reaction that has come into that from the prime minister, sir keir starmer, who said the atrocity and southport was one of the most harrowing moments in our country's history and vial offender axel rudakubana will vial offender axel rudaku ba na will likely vial offender axel rudakubana will likely never be released. it's worth, on this day when we have heard such harrowing testimony, the victim impact statements, the details of what happened back on july the 29th 2024. details of what happened back on july the 29th 202a. just reminding ourselves of the background of this, my colleaguejudith morris reports now and just a reminder that there are some distressing details. he didn't want to be recognised. put up he didn't want to be recognised. put up to my mask on bus to be solved in the back of a taxi. he booked it to take them hart street on the southport. havi

axel rudakubana was brought to liverpool crown court amid tight security both outside the court to insidewhat he did in southport nearly six months ago that really resulted in the loss of lives for so many people. he murdered three girls. elsie dot stancombe, alice da silva aguiar and bb elsie dot stancombe, alice da silva aguiarand bb king, as elsie dot stancombe, alice da silva aguiar and bb king, as they stood at a table making taylor swift friendship bracelets and systematically started. and systematically started stabbing children. he had other victims as well, eight girls who were also injured, some in a life—threatening ways and some in ways which will affect them for the rest of their lives. he also tried to murder two adults, leanne lucas who organised the class and john hayes, a local man who confronted him. but what has become clear is there are so many more victims. the mothers and fathers, the brothers and sisters, the wider families and the wider community in southport as well. andy, rudakubana today tried to disrupt the proceedings in court, having been silent for most of h