six—year—old bebe king, elsie dot stancombe, who was seven and nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar, murderedragedy that led to a wave of sympathy and sadness. southport is a small seaside town. everyone here has a connection to someone who was at a 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 i guess i will be forever grateful for that, but also absolutely devastated that there are young people who are not here. and thatjust does not 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 other children and two adults. possession of the knife, manufacturing the bio toxic agent ricin and downloading an al-qaeda training manual, which is terror offence. it is clear that this was a young man with the sickeni

six—year—old bebe king, seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe and nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar allakubana stabbed one of the children more than 100 times. he wasn't in court to hear the judge hand down his sentence. he had to be removed from the dock after repeatedly disrupting proceedings, shouting out that he was feeling ill, in front of some of the families who were watching from the public gallery. many of them left the courtroom, unable to listen to details of what he did on that day lastjuly. some of the injuries he inflicted were so horrific that we're not reporting all the details. judith moritz was at liverpool crown court — and much of her report is very upsetting. their lives had barely begun. 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 m

nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar managed to get out of the building but died of her injuries.lding but died of her injuries. died of her in'uries. the level of violence _ died of her injuries. the level of violence used, _ died of her injuries. the level of violence used, the - died of her injuries. the level| of violence used, the intensity of violence used, the intensity of the violence, the intent, it is clear that rudakubana went to hart street intent on, not just committing murder that day, and he wanted to commit mass murder. and injure people with the most severe injuries. that is what he succeeded in doing. that is what he succeeded in doinu. ., that is what he succeeded in doin. . ., ., , doing. having arrested rudakubana, - doing. having arrested rudakubana, it - doing. having arrested rudakubana, it wasn't| doing. having arrested - rudakubana, it wasn't long rudaku ba na, it wasn't long before rudakubana, it wasn't long before the police went to his house. inside they found chaos. in the lounge, aid knife on the sofa. electronic devices full of images of war and gen

rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders in southport last summer of elsie dot stancombe, alice da silva aguiar bebe king, and on thursday he was sentenced to life witha minimum of 52 years in jail. the news at six covered some of the highly distressing details about some of the attacks which emerged in court. some of the injuries were so horrific that we are not going to report it all, and i must warn you that what you're about to hear is very distressing. judith moritz reports now from crown court. the report that followed from judith moritz, daniel sandford and fiona trott in liverpool, and the programme as a 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 s

on monday, he pleaded guilty to the murders of bb king, elsey stankom and ms silva aguiar after multipleiple chances to stop him. and despite the fact that he'd been convicted for violence and was just 17, he was easily able to order a knife on amazon. that's a total disgrace, and it must change. a public inquiry has been launched and one area it will investigate is the ease with which he bought the weapon. the government wants to move fast on this. sir keir starmer has pledged that online firms will be forced to ask anyone buying a knife for two types of identification — notjust a document, but something like a live selfie video too. writing in the sun newspaper, the prime minister said... it's already illegal to sell most knives to under—18s, a former government adviser on terrorism gave us his assessment of the plan to toughen the rules. we all have some form of identity. students often have identity cards for their student lives, and so i don't see any reason why people who are buying things online should not have to establish that they're at an appropriate age to buy those things on

hey children's hospitalfor were taken to alder hey children's hospital for treatment, alice da silva aguiarn't make it, but seven of the girls who were treated there survived, and today that same nhs trust has confirmed that it was responsible for the attacker, alex rudakubana's mental health rudaku ba na's mental health treatment. rudakubana's mental health treatment. he had been in their care until 2023, when the trust says he stopped engaging with their services. we had been referred to their care at about the same time that he was caught with a knife at school, saying later that he had taken it there to use it. two and a half years later, he was also found with a knife on a bus by police, and of course, as many people know, he was referred three times to the counter extremism programme prevent, but they didn't take on because he didn't have a specific radical ideology. the trust said today that it was 17 months before the attack that he stopped engaging with their treatment, and by then prevent had decided for the third time that they would not take on, so he was left to his own devices

the shocking deaths of bebe king, elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva aguiar — violent and extremebefore he committed his crimes. videos, terror training manuals. the biggest tech companies have been asked to take the material down, but it's still available, so the government has written to them saying... it's totally unacceptable the fact that the killer, before he went on to commit those horrific crimes, was able to access — really easily, on some of the online platforms — such hateful material. and those companies have got a moral responsibility to take that content down and make it harder for people to access it. the mistakes that meant police and others didn't stop rudakubana in time will be the subject of a public inquiry. he was born and raised in the uk. today, the conservative leader, kemi badenoch, repeated her view his crimes represent a failure of integration. he had materials about, you know, white genocide and so on. if you are being inculcated in hate, you are not integrating well. what's your evidence that a lack of integration was part of the reason that he went on

six—year—old bebe king, elsie dot stancombe, who was seven and nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar, murderedin a tragedy that led to a wave of sympathy and sadness. southport is a small seaside town. everyone here has a connection to someone who was at a 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 i guess i will be forever grateful for that, but also absolutely devastated that there are young people who are not here. and thatjust does not 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 other children and two adults. possession of the knife, manufacturing the bio toxic agent ricin and downloading an al-qaeda training manual, which is terror offence. it is clear that this was a young man with the s

alex rudakubana, the 18—year—old who killed nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar, six—year—old bebe king knife he used to carry out the attack on amazon. marvin and anita obviously we have this week that this man was known to police, social services, mental health services, schools, the youth justice system and referred to prevent three times, and not stop. it is much bigger and more complex than age verification on amazon, isn't it? ~ ,,., , �* ~' isn't it? absolutely. and i think when you _ isn't it? absolutely. and i think when you look— isn't it? absolutely. and i think when you look at _ isn't it? absolutely. and i think when you look at those - isn't it? absolutely. and i think. when you look at those numerous moments, the arm of the state coming into contact with this individual, there is a clear pattern that seems to emerge here, of, you know, in action. and so there are lots of questions about his attraction to violence and actually, how you can deter an individual such as that with more targeted and specific and systematic interventions that can capture these kind of incidents

alice da silva aguiar was aged — her. alice da silva aguiar was aged nine _ her. and futi— including a wound to her head and full stab wounds to her back— and full stab wounds to her back causing substantial internal injury. although she managed to escape out of the building — managed to escape out of the building she collapsed and despite all medical help she died — despite all medical help she died in _ despite all medical help she died in hospital the following dav — we just have an interruption to court proceedings where we have the judge outlining court proceedings where we have thejudge outlining his sentencing. let's go back to my colleague sarah campbell who can apparatus on what he has been saying. we can apparatus on what he has been saving-— been saying. we are 'ust listeningfi been saying. we are 'ust listening to i been saying. we are 'ust listening to the i been saying. we are just l listening to the sentencing remarks of mrjustice goose. just going through the level of injury of the three girls who died. we have had to take a breakfrom that died. we

alice da silva aguiar was not declared dead at the dance studio. she had some chance. bit about those agonising hours hoping she would survive but of course in the end she didn't. take us through the process of what we have now, do you get the sense we are coming to the end of this sentencing hearing in the next stages the remarks of the judge in the next stages the remarks of thejudge which in the next stages the remarks of the judge which will be on camera. . . camera. once the impact statements _ camera. once the impact statements section - camera. once the impact statements section is - camera. once the impact i statements section is over, camera. once the impact - statements section is over, we have had the evidence and now we're impact statements, there is a drier section, a legal section which is about what the appropriate sentencing should be according to what the laws are. so there will be a section, not a long section about that. they will be the opportunity for axel rudaku ba na's lawyers opportunity for axel rudakubana's lawyers to say what they think about

three little girls, alice da silva aguiar and bebe king. swift dance class, innocent children where they came face—to—face with the personification of evil. axel rudakubana was the sentenced to 52 years injailfor mentoring the three girls. thejudge said he three girls. the judge said he will never be released. axel rudakubana twice stood up and the court today to hear his fate. andy, the details of this case are too awful to reports, nonetheless, people may find what you have to say distressing.— find what you have to say distressing. find what you have to say distressina. , . , , ., find what you have to say distressina. , , . ., distressing. this has been a day of trauma, distressing. this has been a day of trauma. grief— distressing. this has been a day of trauma, grief and _ distressing. this has been a day of trauma, grief and unspeakable - trauma, grief and unspeakable horror. axel rudakubana was brought to liverpool crown court amid tight security both outside the court to inside as well. to face justice for what he did in southport

six—year—old bebe king, seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe and nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar were to death last summer. the judge said it was it likely axel rudakubana will never be released from jail. iam sure i am sure that rudakubana had a settled and determined intention to carry out these offences, and had he been able to he would have killed each and every child, all 26 of them, as well as any adults that got in his way. we are live at liverpool crown court, where the youngest sentence ever given to a teenager was handed down. —— longest sentence. also tonight — the dangerous storm heading towards northern ireland and scotland. the met office issues a red warning — its highest — for tomorrow. on bbc london: the metropolitan police is brought out of special measure, but there are warnings that there is still work to do. good evening. the teenager who murdered three little girls and tried to kill ten others at a dance class in southport last year has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 52 years injail. the court heard graphic details of the horror and appalling injuries t

the 18 year old pleaded guilty to the murders of alice da silva aguiar , bebe king and elsie dot aguiarbebe king and elsie dot stancombe and ten charges of attempted murder during sentencing earlier in the day. he was twice ordered out of the dock after shouting about feeling ill. during sentencing, mr justice goose said it had mrjustice goose said it had caused shock and revulsion to the whole nation and that rudakubana would have killed all 26 children if he'd been able. >> i'm now going to sentence axel rudakubana, having explained my reasons on counts 1 to 3 murder, i sentence him to custody for life with a minimum term which he must serve in custody of 52 years. >> well, thousands of schools across the country are expected to close tomorrow as storm ian heads towards the uk. that includes all schools in northern ireland and those in 16 councils in scotland, where all trains have been suspended. red weather warnings are in place for winds of up to 100mph. drivers are being advised to stay off the roads as well as tornados could hit parts of the uk today ahead of the storm arriving.

axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders of nine year old alice da silva aguiar, six year old bebeing 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 to call for a revolution of common sense in his inaugural address this afternoon, as he ushers in what he describes as a new era of national american success. just two months after his extraordinary election comeback, trump will

this morning for the murder of three little girls, bebe, king, elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva aguiar. but how long will he spend behind bars.7 >> well, because axel rudakubana was just 17 at the time of these horrific murders, he cannot receive a whole life tariff. in other words, at some point in the future he may be released from prison. but that's likely to be after many decades. >> the number of people crossing the channel now is shocking. it's record numbers, as you rightly say, and this was rishi sunak's pledge to the country 18 months ago that he'd stopped the boats. and the numbers have gone up. >> so that was sir keir starmer back in july when he was leader of the opposition, slamming the then conservative on migration numbers. but now a new record is set as, under labour, more than 1000 illegal migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats so far this year. >> and this comes on the same day that it's revealed that 1 in 12 people in london is an illegal migrant, with estimates that a million illegal migrants live in the uk as a whole. >> asda, morrisons, tesco and

the 18 year old pleaded guilty to the murders of alice da silva aguiar , murders of alice da silva aguiarbebe king and elsie dot stancombe and ten charges of attempted murder. during sentencing earlier in the day, he was twice ordered out of the dock for shouting that he felt ill. mrjustice goose, in sentencing, said rudakubana had caused shock and revulsion to the whole nation and would have killed all 26 children if he'd been able. >> i'm sure that rudakubana had a settled and determined intention to carry out these offences, and that had he been able to, he would have killed each and every child, all 26 of them, as well as any adults who got in his way. >> well, speaking outside court, sarah hammond, the chief crown prosecutor for the area, said rudakubana had caused utter devastation when he attacked the girls as they were singing and making friendship bracelets and she paid tribute to the families. >> i would like to take this moment to pay tribute to the victims and their families in this harrowing case. they have shown tremendous dignity and composure in the face of unbelievable ho

and alice da silva aguiar was nine years old. 0n old. and alice da silva aguiar was nine years old.p of murdering those three children at a dance class, eight more children of the dance class were also injured. five of them were also injured. five of them were critically injured. he was charged with the attempted murder of all of them, as well as two mccraw adults, one of the people taking the class, and a passer—by who came to try and a passer—by who came to try and help. he was convicted of the attempted murder of them. he was charged with possessing a curved kitchen knife, and also found guilty, by admitting it, of production of a toxic agent, rice and. this is a complicated charge, so i will read it from my notes. possession of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing a act of terrorism, namely a pdf computerfile a act of terrorism, namely a pdf computer file entitled military studies and a jihad against the tyrants, the al-qaeda training manual. he was charged with that offence in october and pleaded guilty today. as the trial got under way,

he admitted to killing alice da silva aguiar, elsie dot stancombe and bebe king as well as three otherharges against him. the murders lest to protests and riots last summer, ourspecial lest to protests and riots last summer, our special is outside liverpool crown court. com plete complete surprise inside the court room on the fifth floor here at liverpool, he we he want in expecting the trial to begin, we were waiting for members of a jury to be selected. axel rudakubana was brought into the dock, he had a facemask like you would have seen during covid over his face and when he was asked to confirm his name he didn't speak, in fact he wouldn't speak to confirm he could hear the judge, he sat down. when he was asked to stand, he refused to get up. and then his lawyer went across to the dock to speak to him, he nodded, it was clear he could understand and communicate with his barrister, and the court was told that he wanted to enter pleas again, and so he refused to stand to do that but the clerk of the court asked axel rudakubana each time, through all of the charges that he faced, 16 t

alice da silva aguiar, bebe king 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

more information from court, right.7 we're now being told that he's been sent out and alice da silva, aguiar's father, has called him a coward. inside court. understandable that he would feel that way towards this man who carried out these horrific stabbings, killing his nine year old daughter, alice. alice's father shouting towards axel rudakubana that he is a coward as he's taken away from the dock and the proceedings now are continuing without him. they will continue, of course, now much more smoothly, and the prosecution will be able to summarise the case that they would have put in full towards a full trial. >> an apt word. what an apt word from the father of one of those murdered girls. that this is a coward that was in the dock screaming that he needs medical attention, that he needs a paramedic clearly trying to avoid listening to the horrors that he wrought on the people of southport. what a snivelling little wretch. i mean, it is hard to imagine what those families are going through right now in court, seeing the attention seeking, cowardly and inhuman behaviour that this creature is

received one of the highest minimum custody terms on record for the attack that killed alice da silva aguiar, bebe, king and elsie dot stancombe. 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 suggested sharing more information earlier in cases could be beneficial. now, 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. now let me entertain you with this little bit of news. pop star robbie williams has equalled the beatles record for the most uk number one albums. >> i got you

axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders of nine year old alice da silva aguiar, six year old bebeg 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. rudy cabana also admitted to the attempted murder of eight other children. the dance class instructor and a businessman. he will be sentenced on thursday after pleading guilty to additional charges of possessing a knife, producing a biological toxin, ricin and owning a terrorist training manual. rudy cabana was referred to an anti—extremism programme three times before he carried out a meticulously planned rampage, it has emerged. reform leader nigel farage has said the home secretary must appearin said the home secretary must appear in parliament and account for why rudy cabana's terror links were not sooner revealed. speaking from washington dc, where he was attending the inauguration of donald trump, mr farage said i asked that question 24 hours after the murders. i said, why are we not being told the truth? the prime minister, the home secretary and

. >> but is a public inquiry enough to bring justice to the families of alice da silva aguiar, bebe,ing and elsie dot stancombe.7 >> the chancellor mingles with the economic elite davos, as her blitz to bag british business continues. >> but one business leader has lashed the government, declaring it's never been a more difficult time for entrepreneurs. we'll be debating whether it's too hard to do business in the uk. >> cracking down on fraud benefit cheats to be stripped of driving licences under new plans from the government. we'll be speaking to the minister of employment, alison mcgovern, at 9:00. >> sir sadiq khan pours cold water over rachel reeves plans to revive the economy, opposing her move to back a third runway at heathrow. >> donald trump gets straight to work, putting the world on nofice work, putting the world on notice as he issues fresh tariff threats to canada, china and the european union. >> china's an abuser, but the european union is very, very bad to us. they treat us very, very badly. they don't. >> and in the sport this morning the champions league liverpool

alice da silva aguiar, bebe king and elsie dot stancombe were killed and harrowing details of the attack were heard in 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. defence secretary john healey told gb news rudakubana did not get a whole life sentence because international law has 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

received one of the highest minimum custody terms on record for the attack that killed alice da silva aguiar, bebe, king and elsie dot stancombe. 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 suggested sharing more information earlier in cases could be beneficial. now, 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. now let me entertain you with this little bit of news. pop star robbie williams has equalled the beatles record for the most uk number one albums. >> i got you

alice da silva aguiar, bebe king and elsie dot stancombe were all killed, and harrowing details of theck 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 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 desi

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. he will be sentenced on thursday after pleading guilty to additional charges of possessing a knife, producing a biological toxin, ricin and owning a terrorist training manual. donald trump has said i was saved by god to make america great again. after being sworn in as the 47th president of the united states following the oath of office, trump addressed the nation, saying, the golden age of america begins right now. trump made promises on illegal entry, race and gender, all illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. >> i will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of pubuc gender into every aspect of public and private life. we will forge a society that is colour—blind and merit based. as of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the united states gov

axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders of nine year old alice da silva aguiar, six year old bebe and seven year old elsie dot stancombe. the victims were killed during an attack at a dance class on the 29th of july. he will be sentenced on thursday after pleading guilty to additional charges of possessing a knife , charges of possessing a knife, producing a biological toxin, ricin and owning a terrorist training manual. donald trump has said i was saved by god to make america great again. after being sworn in as the 47th president of the united states following the oath of office. trump addressed the nation, saying, the golden age of america begins now. trump made promises on illegal entry, race and gender. >> all illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. i will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. we will forge a society that is colour—blind and merit based. as of today,

the 18 year old pleaded guilty to murders of alice da silva aguiar, a bebe king and elsie dot stancombe, and ten charges of attempted murder. dufing charges of attempted murder. during sentencing earlier in the day, he was twice ordered out of the dock after shouting about feeling ill during the sentencing, mrjustice goose said rudakubana had caused shock and revulsion to the whole nafion and revulsion to the whole nation and that he would have killed all 26 children if he'd been able. >> i'm now going to sentence axel rudakubana, having explained my reasons on counts 1 to 3 murder, i sentence him to custody for life with a minimum term which he must serve in custody of 52 years. >> police say a 53 year old man, wanted in connection with the death of a woman in plymouth may be armed and dangerous. they're looking for paul anthony butler after a woman in her 40s was attacked in the west hoe area of the city on wednesday night. she died in hospital in the early hours of thursday. detectives believe the two people were known to each other. thousands of schools across the country are expected

. >> well, alice da silva aguiar, bebe king and elsie dot stancombe were murdered in that vicious knifetack. you'll remember at the taylor swift themed dance class last july. >> well, on monday, 18 year old rudy cabana pled guilty to their murders, as well as to producing a biological toxin and being in possession of a pdf file called the al—qaeda training manual. >> well, gb news home security editor mark white looks at how the murderer was left unchecked to carry out his terrible crimes and how the nationwide riots that followed caused a political crisis. >> in the aftermath of the horrific events in southport, anger and disorder struck many communities amid a perception authorities were not disclosing key facts about teenage killer axel rudakubana. a young man with a violent and deeply disturbing mindset that saw him refer to the prevent counter—extremism programme three times, as well as multiple other agencies. we now know, as confirmed by the prime minister this week, that information was withheld. so keir starmer said it was done to ensure any forthcoming trial would not be preju

alice da silva aguiar, bebe king 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 on

alice da silva aguiar, bebe king 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,

the 18 year old pleaded guilty to the murders of alice da silva aguiar, bebe king and elsie dot stancombe and ten charges of attempted murder. dufing charges of attempted murder. during sentencing, mrjustice goose described the attack as ferocious and sadistic. speaking outside court, chief crown prosecutor sarah hammond outlined how damaging rudakubana actions have been. >> axel rudakubana is a murderer. an utter devastation followed as he acted out a meticulously planned rampage of murder and violence. his purpose was to kill and he targeted the youngest, most vulnerable, no doubtin youngest, most vulnerable, no doubt in order to spread the greatest level of fear and outrage, which he did. >> a man wanted in connection with the death of a woman in plymouth has been found and arrested on suspicion of murder. paul anthony butler was detained in the liskeard area of cornwall, around 20 miles from plymouth. officers launched a manhunt for butler after the attack in plymouth on wednesday night. the woman, who has not been officially named, died in hospital in the early hours of thursday. dona

and among those are victim impact statements from the family of alice da silva aguiar. and i'll try and get through this for you. as you say, it's difficult, but we've got to remain professional. it might be difficult for us. it's absolutely unbearable for the families. so we've got to just get through this and impart, as best we can, the thoughts and the feelings of those family members. so alice's parents said in a statement that they were going to surprise her with a trip to disneyland that summer. that summer of last year, the summer she died, alice fought for 14 hours to survive the attack, but one, once her life was lost, we lost our lives too, they said in the statement. we used to cook for three and now we only cook for two, was the statement from the parents of this young girl. and as we're just continuing to hear impact statement after impact statement, that is truly heartbreaking. and one in particular that really just stopped me in my tracks when i heard it before was from leon lucas, one of the adults so badly injured that day, stabbed as she tried her very

alice da silva aguiar, bebe, king and elsie dot stancombe were all killed and harrowing details of thetack 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. 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

alice da silva aguiar, bebe king 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

the 18 year old pleaded guilty to the murders of alice da silva aguiar , bebe king and elsie dot aguiarebe king and elsie dot stancombe and ten charges of attempted murder. during sentencing, mrjustice goose described the attack as ferocious and sadistic. >> i'm sure that rudakubana had a settled and determined intention to carry out these offences and that had he been able to, he would have killed each and every child, all 26 of them, as well as any adults who got in his way. >> speaking outside court, chief crown prosecutor sarah hammond paid tribute to the victims and their families. >> they have shown tremendous dignity and composure in the face of unbelievable horror. many of the cases that we deal with have tragedy, difficulties and trauma, but this is one of the most harrowing that i is the chief crown prosecutor for this area, have ever come across. >> well, thousands of schools across the country are expected to close tomorrow as storm ian heads towards the uk. that includes all schools in northern ireland and all of those in 16 councils in scotland, where all trains have been

begins today, the 18 year old is accused of murdering bebe king elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva aguiarattempting to kill ten others, including two adults. he also faces charges of producing ricin and possessing terrorist material, including an al—qaeda training manual. yvette cooper has urged respect for the legal process, saying justice must be the priority. the trial at liverpool crown court is expected to last for four weeks. humberside police say they've sent a file of evidence to the crown prosecution service following a meticulous ten month investigation into a funeral home in hull. 35 bodies were removed from legacy independent funeral directors last year. it left many families questioning whether the ashes they'd received were those of their loved ones, with many saying they've been told they definitely have the wrong remains. two people are on police bail after being arrested as part of a huge inquiry, and today is blue monday, the so—called gloomiest day of the yeah so—called gloomiest day of the year. but is it really? the idea beganin year. but is it really? the idea began