- things in southport? i think still, there _ things in southport?, there is a sense - things in southport? i think still, there is a sense of. still, there is a sense of shellshock. there are still people _ shellshock. there are still people who i think have a sense of anxiety— people who i think have a sense of anxiety around what happened. but the community has come _ happened. but the community has come together, like i said, and once _ come together, like i said, and once again, i am extremely proud — once again, i am extremely proud to— once again, i am extremely proud to have been born and raised — proud to have been born and raised in _ proud to have been born and raised in southport and the way the community has reacted and looked — the community has reacted and looked after each other, everyone seems to be checking in on _ everyone seems to be checking in on each _ everyone seems to be checking in on each other and, yes, i am very— in on each other and, yes, i am very proud— in on each other and, yes, i am very proud of the reaction of our

southport is a great place. what's the word? stabbing. southport is a great place. grieve and we need to move on as a town. many businesses, like graham's barber shop, were already struggling before the atrocity. you're just banging your head against the wall. and many like him have struggled more since. had a meeting how to get southport back on track after this. and all this. but never had any solutions whatsoever. we've got no money. you're not getting no help. get on with it yourself. there is very real anger here towards the killer but also authorities. had a policeman come in telling me they'd been to see this lad before. so it should have been dealt with. but because we've got the nonsense woke stuff what we've got now, they won't go near them. not damaging stuff, but in principle, you say anything, you are far right or something, probably have me carted off, far right. i'm not. we are normal people. i work six days a week, but i don't earn a six day a week income, so what's that about? # every long lost dream...- , , ., town badly shaken. divisions do exist,

yunus mulla in southport. _ rudakubana. yunus mulla in southport, thank _ rudakubana.hank you - rudakubana. yunus mulla in southport, thank you very . rudakubana. yunus mulla in - southport, thank you very much. yunus mulla mentioned the town's mp. we can now speak to him. let's speak to the labour mp for southport, patrick hurley. i would like your thoughts in reaction to what the prime ministerjust sad. i’m reaction to what the prime ministerjust sad. minister 'ust sad. i'm really leased ministerjust sad. i'm really pleased the _ ministerjust sad. i'm really pleased the prime - ministerjust sad. i'm really pleased the prime minister| ministerjust sad. i'm really - pleased the prime minister has so forcefully got a grip of this issue. for too long we have been unable to speak, at risk of prejudicing the trial. i was very clear back on the 29th ofjuly and in the weeks and months afterwards that any speculation as to the motives all the background of the murderer could have raced to the trial collapsing. i was imploring people, please, do not go on social media and post

but what the southport attack shows and other similar to it, southport attack shows and othersimilartoew category which our people who are using terrorist methodology but without the traditional ideology. that is difficult because we don't have the infrastructure under plans to be able to deal with that. and sir keir starmer said as well that axel rudakubana had been referred to the prevent programme on three separate occasions. prevent is meant to root out early signs of radicalisation, particularly amongst younger people. do you think prevent is still fit for purpose? it think prevent is still fit for purpose?— think prevent is still fit for --urose? , , . ., purpose? it is definitely clear something — purpose? it is definitely clear something awful _ purpose? it is definitely clear something awful went - purpose? it is definitely clear something awful went wrong | purpose? it is definitely clear. something awful went wrong in this case. i think there is a design problem here rather than a competence problem, which is the design of the prevent programme is to look for ideology drivin

ed thomas, bbc news, southport.ioting in southport and across others parts of england, fuelled by disinformation. and it led to calls for changes to sentencing laws, online knife sales and the how we deal with extremists. 0ur uk correspondent daniel sandford joins me now from liverpool crown court. daniel, to what extent might this awful event lead to real change? this was a horror that took lives, destroyed lives and caused the worst riot scenes for more than a decade which led to hundreds of people being jailed and there was a debate about how we control the disinformation that because those riots and also a debate about what information the police should put into the public domain in the public interest without prejudicing the chance of someone having a fair trial, but obviously the horrors of the murders where the much more serious event of the summer and those murders, despite the huge sentence passed today, have already led to a debate about whether a whole life in order, which means someone would never be rel

this was auoin to southport last year. this was going to be _ southport last year.g 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, there has been a book of remembrance in the town. it�*s really, really affected the people in the town there. it�*s notjust the families, although it will affect them more than anyone else,

yunus mulla in southport. — for his crimes. yunus mulla in southport, thank _ for his crimes.hport, thank you - for his crimes. yunus mulla in southport, thank you very - for his crimes. yunus mulla in i southport, thank you very much for the latest. yunus mentioned the member of parliament for southport, patrick hurley. i spoke to him a short while ago. i'm really pleased the prime minister has so forcefully got a grip of this issue. for too long we have been unable to speak, at risk of prejudicing the trial. i was very clear back on the 29th ofjuly and in the weeks and months afterwards that any speculation as to the motives or the background of the murderer could have raced to the trial collapsing. —— could have risked the trial lapsing. i was imploring people, please, do not go on social media and post your thoughts because the families deserve justice. we are now at the stage where the families and the communities are starting to receive justice. the sentencing will take place on thursday, that is the next stage in the process, but i'm really pleased that now the prime mi

southport is a great place. what's the word? stabbing. southport is a great place. grieve and we need to move on as a town. many businesses, like graham's barber shop, were already struggling before the atrocity. you're just banging your head against the wall. and many like him have struggled more since. had a meeting how to get southport back on track after this. but never had any solutions whatsoever. we've got no money. not getting no help. get on with it yourself. there is very real anger here towards the killer but also authorities. had a policeman come in telling me they'd been to see this lad before, so it should have been dealt with. but because we've got the nonsense woke stuff what we've got now, won't go near them. you sympathise with some of the rioters? not damaging stuff, but in principle, you say anything, you are far right or something, probably have me carted off, far right. i'm not. we are normal people. i work six days a week, but i don't earn a six day a week income, so what's that about? # every long lost dream...# this is a small town badly sha

but it was southport. it was bebe, six years old. elsie, seven. alice, nine.in august, i said there will be a time for questions, but that first, justice had to be done, and that above all, we must not interfere with the work of the police, the prosecutors and the delivery of justice. police, the prosecutors and the delivery ofjustice. well, yesterday, thankfully, a measure ofjustice was brought, but it will not bring those girls back to their family, and it will not remove the trauma from the lives of those who were injured. their lives will never be the same. so before i turn to the questions that must now be answered, for the families and the nation, i first want to recognise their unimaginable grief, because i know the whole country grieves for them. the tragedy of the southport killings must be a line in the sand for britain. we must make sure the names of those three young girls are not associated with the vile perpetrator, but instead, with a fundamental change in how britain protects its citizens and its children. in pursuit of that, we must of course

some are in southport at the start of the holidays.

southport is a small seaside town.omeone 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, manufacturing the biotoxic agent ricin and downloading an al qaeda training manual — a terror offence. it is clear that this was a young man with a sickening and sustained interest in death and violence. he has shown no signs of remorse. us, as a community, and, of course, t

lastjuly and the southport last july and the attempted southport lastjuly and the attempted murder ofresumes and rudaku ba na proceedings resumes and rudakubana did enter the court and thejudge allowed rudakubana did enter the court and the judge allowed that to happen. then he started yelling again saying he needed to be seen by a paramedic. ifeel ill, he shouted. thejudge had him removed again saying the court is aware that he has been seen by two teams are paramedics who deem that he is fit to attend. this is after a similar thing that happened when proceedings started this morning. in the past few minutes the court has been hearing some impact statements. this is something from dance instructor leanne lucas who was leading that dance class. she was stabbed five times and had life—threatening english 2 injuries but survived. the court has been hearing her impact statement. she said i cannot stay in my own home alone or go to work, as a 36—year—old woman i cannot walk down the street without holding my breath as i bypass a person and then glanced back to see if they have attempted t

and what we are seeing with this more sort of nihilistic violence, such as the southport attacks, is, i imagine, looked at this case they were trying to identify is there an ideology? is he an islamist? is he a far right extremist? is he a, you know, whatever else? is there an ideology that's driving this? and because it wasn't clear that there was an ideology because it was driven, if you like, just by the desire for violence, it doesn't fit under the prevent programme. it is continuing to through into gas as the ceasefire has held into the third day. the next israeli hostages will be released on saturday, in exchange for palestinian to have been held in israeli jails. hello again. the weather for the next couple of days is very similar to what we had yesterday, but it is going to change towards the end of the week. today we've got a weather front across the north—west of the country enhancing the showers here. we've got another weather front draped across the central swathe of the country, which is producing all this cloud and outbreaks of rain. to the south of that we could see on

for nearly six months, southport has been grieving.he horror. alice dasilva aguiar�*s mum alexandra said... because their murderer, axel rudakubana, was just nine days short of 18 at the time of the attack, he couldn't be given a whole life sentence. instead, rudakubana will spend 52 years in prison before being eligible for release. the labour mp for southport, patrick hurley, says that's not good enough. i think in circumstances such as this — exceptional circumstances — we need to have the ability to have exceptional sentences being placed. and i would urge the government and the attorney general to look again, to see what can be done in these exceptional circumstances, in order to ensure that a whole life tariff could be imposed. but the defence secretary, john healey, says the government's hands are tied. there are limits on international united nations law that prevent us from having a court system that will impose unlimited sentences on under—18—year—olds. but in practice, i can't see this man ever coming out of prison. i don't

have you failed the people of southport, prime minister?ng moment for the country. the senseless, barbaric murder of three young girls in southport was devastating. a measure ofjustice has been done, but for the victims, the injured and the affected, we must see a fundamental change in how britain protects its citizens and its children. as part of the public inquiry, mr speaker, we will not let any institution deflect from their failures. tougher knife measures will be one response to the murders in southport. but from changing terror laws to trying to tackle violence online, ministers have suggested there are many other, more contentious fronts that require action too. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. let's speak to perry blake who is the founder and ceo of the youth empowerment initiative 2iup movement. perry, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what do you think of these proposals? do you think they are going to make a difference to knife crime? in going to make a difference to knife crime? , ., , .,, ., ., crime? in my honest opinion

he was born in cardiff and moved to southport with his family and became a pupil at a school in formbyber 2019 he school in formby. at the 11th of october 2019 he contacted childline and asked, what should i do if i want to kill somebody. in the days that followed he explained that he was being bullied at school and hated somebody wanted to kill somebody he said he wanted to take a knife to school but would only use it if the person really annoyed him. we are getting that level of detail. finding out more about the defendant and what could have led him to get out 2 led —— him to carry out these attacks. we have heard since he pled guilty on monday that he did have contact with local mental health services. he was visited by the police several times. he was referred to the government time counterterrorism organisation prevent. those referrals, he wasn't deemed suitable to take part in the programme. there have been questions as to whether prevent is now an organisation which is able to deal with the kind of terrorist threat which the prime minister said on tuesday, described as a new th

is very clear in southport that we don't want to be divided.ummer's violence on the town's mosque today, but the damage caused by last summer's attacks will take longer to fade. there has been a quiet dignity within southport when you think about everything that has happened, the scale of the trauma, and we have seen people just an exceptional acts of kindness for each other. on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. 0pened by the nazis in occupied poland in 1940 as a concentration and labour camp, it ulimately became the most notorious extermination camp. more than a million people were murdered there, the majority of them jews. the 27th january also marks holocaust memorial day to remember the six million jews killed during the second world war. lucy hockings has been speaking to tova friedman — and american author and therapist, and one of the youngest auschwitz survivors. tova survived the german extermination camp at the age ofjust six years old. originally from poland, she moved to the us

let's return to the southport story. online facing tougher measures to prove that they are over 18 because of a conviction of the man in southport stabbing to death those three girls in the dance studio, axel rudakubana was only 17, he bought the blade on amazon despite having a prior conviction. horror born from just a couple of clicks. axel rudakubana was 17 when he bought, on amazon, the kitchen knife he used to kill three girls at a dance class in southport last summer. on monday, he pleaded guilty to the murders of bebe king, elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva aguiar after multiple authorities missed multiple chances to stop him. and despite the fact he had been convicted for violence and was just 17, he was easily able to order a knife on amazon. that is 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

southport is a small seaside town.omeone 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 gratefulforthat, but and i guess i will be forever grateful for that, but also absolutely devastated that there are young people who are not here. and that doesn't seem fair. �* . ~ ., not here. and that doesn't seem fair. �* w ., fair. axel rudakubana was arrested — fair. axel rudakubana was arrested with _ fair. axel rudakubana was arrested with a _ fair. axel rudakubana was arrested with a weapon i fair. axel rudakubana was arrested with a weapon in | fair. axel rudakubana was i arrested with a 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 we

the tragedy of the southport killings must be a line in the sand for britain.l not let any institution of the state deflect from their failure, failure which in this case, frankly, leaps off the page. yesterday, after axel rudakubana pleaded guilty in court to murder, details were made public about his past behaviour. he was obsessed by killing, had downloaded details of an al-qaeda training manual, and produced the poison ricin. on three occasions, the teenager had been referred to the counter—terrorism scheme prevent, but he didn't meet the threshold for intervention. keir starmer said it was time to accept that terrorism had changed. acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedroom accessing all manner of material online, desperate for notoriety. it may well be that people like this are harder to spot. but we can't shrug our shoulders and accept that. this was a wide—ranging speech by the prime minister, yes, focusing on the tragedy in southport and the mistakes that might have allowed it to happen, but there were broader t

southport is a small seaside town. 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, manufacturing the biotoxic agent ricin and downloading an al-qaeda training manual — a terror offence. it is clear that this was a young man with a sickening and sustained interest in death and violence. he has shown no signs of remorse. us, as a community, and, of course, the families

southport attacker, axel rudakubana. little earlier we rudaku ba na.ubana. little earlier we had this report coming in from the press association which said that the 18—year—old had been taken to hospital in the early hours of today. these are pictures we had from a little earlier which showed axel rudaku ba na earlier which showed axel rudakubana arriving in a police van to the court. you are watching bbc news, stay with us. weather now — here's carol kirkwood. the met office has issued two rare red weather warnings for northern ireland and scotland, all in connection with storm eowyn. we could have gusts of wind at— 90 mph widely tomorrow by as much as 100 mild per hour with exposure. storm eowyn is currently forming in the atlantic, developing rapidly as it pushes across hours, not clearing the far north—east of scotland and till we get through the day on saturday. today we have a weather front bringing rain moving from the west to east, accompanied by squally winds, hail and possibly thunder and lightning, behind it things quietening down, brighten

the tragedy of the southport killings must be a line in the sand for britain. i will not let any institution of the state deflect from their failure, failure which in this case, frankly, leaps off the page. yesterday, after axel rudakubana pleaded guilty in court to murder, details were made public about his past behaviour. he was obsessed by killing, had downloaded details of an al-qaeda training manual, and produced the poison ricin. on three occasions, the teenager had been referred to the counter—terrorism scheme prevent, but he didn't meet the threshold for intervention. keir starmer said it was time to accept that terrorism had changed. acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedroom accessing all manner of material online, desperate for notoriety. it may well be that people like this are harder to spot. but we can't shrug our shoulders and accept that. this was a wide—ranging speech by the prime minister. yes, focusing on the tragedy in southport and the mistakes that might have allowed it to happen, but there were bro

our correspondent nick garnett is in southport. the community there and how they are dealing with what's emerged since the guilty plea? well, it is now six months since the stabbings and summer has turned to autumn and no winter, but it feels as if it was yesterday. this square was full of flowers in the weeks after the attack. now there are bracelets left and little pebbles with the names of the dead girls painted on them as memorials from local children. people feel relieved that a trial did not happen. that the details of what had happened lastjuly didn't need to be poured over every single day during the trial. but there is another side to that. sean halsall is a local councillor and he lives on the road where the attacks happened. he says some are shell—shocked at some of the details that have turned out in the details that have turned out in the last 2a hours as to what axel rudakubana did and what he was up to and how he was in contact with the authorities time and time again. sarah mcentee runs the royal british legion comm

so i think one of the key reasons this went so badly off track was southport.ow kind of terrorism, extremism. i don't agree with that. i think this is agree with that. i think this is a guy who didn't have any particular ideology. he didn't have any evidence. he did. anyway, we may find more as the months and years go on, but at the moment we see no, not much evidence. he wasn't convicted on terrorism charges. he was convicted on ordinary criminal charges. and what we need actually is, is a is a mechanism to, you know, deal with people like that without having to brand them extremists. so, you know, what went wrong in southport wasn't a policy failure. it was an operational failing. you know, this guy was plainly dangerous. he'd come to the attention of the authorities many times over the previous several years, but they did nothing. so what we need is a kind of non extremism version of prevent. >> andrew i'm really sorry. we're going to have to go. absolutely fascinating discussion. >> this one as i say in the trade it's going to run and run. it is massive. >>

ed thomas, bbc news, southport. won that story on the bbc news website.ew wildfire has flared up north of los angeles, which is still counting the cost of the deadly fires earlier this month. the hughes fire has quickly taken hold of a large area near lake castaic, strecthing to an area of more than 9,000 acres. more than 30,000 people have been moved from their homes. for the latest i spoke to our correspondent peter bowes. a lot of people here had been hoping that the worst was over, but that is not the case. the strong winds that we have been hearing about for the past couple of weeks that have already flam —— fanned the flames of these destructive fires are still with us. and much of loss angeles, great swathes of california under red fire warnings, which is a warning that we can expect the worst. this perfect storm scenario a very strong winds and extremely dry brush, tendered dry like the one behind me and just behind these hills where the fire is burning, started just behind a lake which is about 60 km to the north of the centre of los angeles, jus

the only place i would want to move to is southport. you'll be in walking distance. and i've met such lovely... caroline the choir leader has taken the decision to leave her home of 25 years and move to southport. a town which she believes has shown real heart in terrible times. they are wonderful people. you cannot wait to move? i can't wait to move. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. a community in southport trying to pull together 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 s

and how much of this is a reaction to the horrific - reaction to the horrific southport murders?ves in crime in general. there is a massive issue of knife crime, in eight years until march 2024, knife crime in wales was up 54%. it is really increased in recent years. the government had already commissioned a senior police officer to look at ways in which rules like this could be tightened to help reduce knife crime. the conclusions of that review had been brought forward because of axel rudakubana's guilty pleas on monday. the timing element is a response to what happened in southport, but as we had from the prime minister yesterday morning, his assessment of what needs to change as a result of the brutal crimes committed in southport goes way beyond tweaks to the rules on how someone can prove they are 18 when buying a knife, it is much broader things he is talking about changing in state and society. this isjust one about changing in state and society. this is just one small response. society. this is 'ust one small response. thank you. we are auoin to response. thank you. we a

for more on this, let's speak now to our correspondent nick garnett in southport.hat has happened. they've been through so much. what has been the reaction today to the announcement of a public inquiry? announcement of a public inuui ? �* , announcement of a public inquiry?— announcement of a public inuui ? �*, ., , ., , inquiry? it's now six months since the — inquiry? it's now six months since the stabbings - inquiry? it's now six months since the stabbings took - inquiry? it's now six months l since the stabbings took place but it feels like yesterday. it's just a very, very difficult time and we've gone from summer to autumn to winter. this is the square that was filled with flowers at the time and behind me there are bracelets that had been made and left here with the names of the children who died and painted pebbles in memory of them. i have heard from a number of people this morning and one parent said of a little girl who goes to school in the town, they said there were so afraid that when it came to september they really did not want to send their child b

i wish the bbc would stop showing the picture of the southport child killer. 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 back to hear more of your thoughts about how the bbc covers the news next week. goodbye. hello. with storm eowyn continuing to drift away northwards, the weather today is a good deal quieter for most of us. some sunny spells, some wintry showers out there, but if we take a look at the satellite picture, we can see exactly what is going on. eowyn now p

the top story, so keir starmer has announced an inquiry into the southport stabbings.oming the inquiry and the lib dems also welcoming it saying it must not shy away from asking tough questions about what went wrong. we have more information on that on the live page we are running today on the bbc news website. more through the day, so stay with a c on bbc news. hello again. the weather for the next couple of days is very similar to what we had yesterday, but it is going to change towards the end of the week. today we've got a weather front across the north—west of the country enhancing the showers here. we've got another weather front draped across the central swathe of the country, which is producing all this cloud and outbreaks of rain. to the south of that we could see one or two brighter breaks, but there will be a fair bit of cloud around. the sunniest skies today in northern ireland and scotland and later in northern england, but even so, there will be a peppering of showers across the north and the west, with top temperatures eight or nine. through this evening

the tragedy of the southport killings must be a line in the sand for britain. axel rudakubana pleaded guilty in court to murder, details were made public about his past behaviour. he was obsessed by killing, had downloaded details of an al-qaeda training manual, and produced the poison ricin. on three occasions, the teenager had been referred to the counter—terrorism scheme prevent, but he didn't meet the threshold for intervention. keir starmer said it was time to accept that terrorism had changed. acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedroom accessing all manner of material online, desperate for notoriety. it may well be that people like this are harder to spot. but we can't shrug our shoulders and accept that. this was a wide—ranging speech by the prime minister, yes, focusing on the tragedy in southport and the mistakes that might have allowed it to happen, but there were broader themes too — the definition of terrorism, online safety laws, and the way that some live what he called "parallel lives", not communicating w

he booked it to take him to hart street and southport.he driver asks him how he wants to pay. but he jumps out with other things on his mind. the teenager only had one intent. looking for the taylor swift dance class, 30 tries the wrong door. then, calmly, wonders through the one he wants before disappearing up the stairs towards the children. it was ten minutes before the police arrive to a scene of carnage. two adults and 11 children stabbed and three little girls murdered. six—year—old bb king and elsie dot stancombe age seven didn't stand a chance. nine—year—old alice da silva aguiar managed to get out of the building but died of her injuries. the to get out of the building 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, no

southport is a small seaside town.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 rudakubana was arrested with the weapon in his hand, but refused to admit he carried out the attack but this monday with a trial about to start, he told his lawyers he was changing his plea. as well as the murders, he admitted trying to kill eight othe

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

tonight — the southport killer's sentence, a reddit protest, and who's been nominated for an oscar?s been sentenced to a minimum of 52 years for the murder of three young girls at a dance class in southport lastjuly, as well as the attempted murder of ten other people — mostly children. he was just nine days shy of his 18th birthday at the time of the offences. that's significant because the law doesn't allow life sentences without minimum term to under 18s. and the judge said that's the sentence he'd have given, if rudakubana was old enough. the judge added that it's highly unlikely he'll ever be released. the 0scar nominations are officially out and the biggest hitter is emilia perez, featuring in 13 categories! that makes it the most nominated foreign film in history. and it's broken another record: karla sofia gascon's best actress nomination makes her the first transgender person to be nominated for an acting prize at the awards. and more than 100 communities on reddit have banned users from posting links to elon musk�*s platform, x. it's a protest against this arm gesture at a

can i echo the remarks about the southport killings? can i particularly joined him about many letters of the family, let's hope that all the hostages are released as soon as possible, and the cease fire continues. mr. speaker, last week, i urged the prime minister to speed up the social care commission, so we can get the changes implemented this year. the very next day, the chair of the social care condition would also go to chair another important inquiry. the job is so enormous that it is not possible to keep it within two years, yet he also says that the chair of that commission has enough free time over the next three months to chair another inquiry. can the prime minister explain how both of these things can be true? p.m. starmer: mr. speaker, well played to conduct the audit into grooming given her hard-hitting report on exploitation. it does not invade the issue. it does not impact her work. the push begins in april. as he knows, that report, the first of that report will report next year, so it can deliver recommendations as we

the murder of three young girls in southport was devastating. a measure of justice has been done, but for the victims injured, we must have fundamental change of how we can protect its citizens and its children. as part of public inquiry, mr. speaker, we will not let any the flight from their failure. mr. speaker, next monday marks the memorial day. last week only strengthened my resolve to build national hogans memorial and learning center -- holocaust memorial day learning center beside this. the whole house also welcomes the release of emily and other hostages from gaza. the cease-fire deal implemented in full, the release of remaining hostages, and a surge in aid to gaza for citizens. may i also welcome someone whose young daughter olivia was murdered and awful circumstances , to the chamber. i've met them twice could we will change the law. mr. speaker, this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in the house. i have other such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. before christmas

just a sense of the community of southport which has been so rocked by the events of last july and how they are trying to pull together and make as much sense as they can of what happened. just a reminder that you are watching bbc news. we live outside liverpool crown court where the sentencing hearing is under way of actual kanaya who killed three young girls —— axle radical banner. injuly of last years. he also played guilty to the attempted murder of ten other people... eight other young girls. i can tell you there has been a statement in the last few minutes released by number ten, asked about the sentencing, the prime minister's official spokesperson told reporters, the thoughts of the prime minister and the whole country will be with the families and everyone impacted by this horrific tragedy today, as they relive the trauma of what has happened and the whole country stands with them. and with people of southport who have shown such and courage in the face of unimaginable horror. i have to remind you that there are no cameras allowed in court, they will be allowed for the judging

yes, the first issue, arising from the southport attacks, 17—year—old axel rudakubana was able to buythink a conviction for violent behaviour at school, and the law, you can buy a knife if you're under 18 in most instances online, so keir starmer today saying he will bring in a change the law to force online retailers, to have a two verification we have to show id and record a video that can then be reviewed to check your age. amazon says it already carries out multiple checks, and it is doing an inquiry into what happened in this case, but that sort of question is one thing the prime minister has highlighted. he also highlighted broader issues generally about the growing threat of lone attackers radicalised by exposure to violent content online and said he wants to do something about that kind of exposure, that kind of isolation where young people are not going into work, in relation to growing concerns about knife crime, violence. those are elements that have been focused on because of the aftermath of that south but attack. he on because of the aftermath of that south but attack.—

was 17 when he bought on amazon the kitchen knife he used to kill three girls at a dance class in southport he pleaded guilty to the murders of bb king, elsey stankom and ms silva aguiar after multiple authorities missed multiple 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 peop

killer who pleaded guilty to the southport murders on monday.ards the end of the week. today we have a weather front across the north west, enhancing showers. we have another across the central swathe of the country producing cloud and rain. to the south, we could see brighter breaks, but there will be cloud around. sunny skies in northern ireland and scotland and later northern england but even so some showers in the north and west with top temperatures 8—9. overnight, the weather front moving further south. more cloud and showers from the south. pushing further north, light winds and clear skies. we could see fog forming and it will be a cold night with a touch of frost. tomorrow we have a weather front close to the south—east. that will move away as we go through the day. this cloud and showers will continue to drift south—eastwards. we will be left with cloud in the south—east quadrant. north and west of that, brighter skies, some sunshine and some showers in the north and west. temperatures 5—8. on thursday, after a dry start, a weather fro

also been speaking about the role of social media companies in the wake of the conviction of the southportr axel rudakubana. the chancellor said social media sites have a moral duty to take down harmful and illegal violent content. she was commenting on a letter the home secretary, going down to london and manchester. around 20,000 homes in scotland without power currently. a slightly worse picture on that front in northern ireland. 75,000 homes without power. and the storms continue to come, because we're expecting heavy rains and strong gales coming that's storm herminia — not as strong as the storm we'vejust experienced, but more bad weather still to come. the majority of the rail network in scotland remains closed with network rail dealing with around 400 separate incidents. rachel reeves has also been speaking about the role of social media companies in the wake of the conviction of the southport murderer axel rudakubana. the chancellor said social media sites have a moral duty to take down harmful and illegal violent content. she was commenting on a letter the home secretary, and tho

yes, jane, yes,jane, in the yes, jane, in the aftermath of the horrific attack in southport, eight ofre taken to alder hey children's hospitalfor were taken to alder hey children's hospital for treatment, alice da silva aguiar�*s injuries were too bad, she didn'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 t

- and the first of those was to southport, where she and prince william met with families of the children the family attended catherine's carol concert at westminster abbey. this has now become an annual event. the theme this year was empathy and kindness, supporting others through challenging times, with particular personal resonance after this year. and i must continue to take each day as it comes. and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months when i can. but you don't have anything in that car, do you? - and the first of those was to southport, where she and prince william met with families of the children killed and injured and those who helped in the aftermath of the attack. in december, the family attended catherine's carol concert at westminster abbey. this has now become an annual event. the theme this year was empathy and kindness, supporting others through challenging times, with particular personal resonance after this year. this year was going to be the year that i've just had. the unplanned? the unplanned, exactly. yeah. hello. despite an improving weathe

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