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Southport mother thought daughter was dead, inquiry hears

The child had hid in toilets with dance teacher Heidi Liddle as Axel Rudakubana launched a stabbing frenzy on innocent children at a dance studio.

Evening Standard

Teenage girl stabbed twice in Southport attack relives day ‘like horror film on repeat’

Schoolgirl victim tells inquiry she looked into killer’s ‘possessed’ eyes before he launched attack at dance workshop

The Guardian - UK

‘I hear the screams, I see the blood’ – Southport survivor tells of nightmares

The teenager, the oldest child to be attacked, addressed the public inquiry into the attack on Thursday.

Evening Standard

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Two sisters showed ‘remarkable’ bravery as they ran from Southport attacker

The first phase of the inquiry is expected to run until November.

Evening Standard

Southport dance teacher who shielded child in toilet during attack ‘tortured by guilt’

Heidi Liddle told inquiry she felt ‘crushing’ guilt, while Leanne Lucas said she felt ‘ostracised’ from community

The Guardian - UK

‘Man with knife inside dance class’, mother told at Southport attack

The public Inquiry is hearing from the parents of children caught up in the attack.

The Independent UK

‘Did people not love him?’ Girl stabbed in Southport attack asked mother ‘what made attacker so angry’

Another mother said her child had shown ‘a level of bravery no child should ever need to show’ in protecting her younger sister from killer Axel Rudakubana

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Bravery of girls who protected each other in Southport attack praised at inquiry

Parents gave impact evidence to the Southport Inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Parents collecting children saw ‘true horror’, Southport Inquiry told

The public inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall heard evidence from parents and a businessman who confronted the killer during the attacks last year.

Evening Standard

Mother tells Southport Inquiry about moment she heard ‘the kids have been stabbed’

Businessman knifed when he went to help also gives testimony, describing scene as ‘like something from a horror movie’

The Independent UK

Man stabbed while tackling Southport killer describes scene of ‘horror’

Jonathan Hayes tells inquiry he thought he was ‘dying at every stage’ after grappling with Axel Rudakubana

The Guardian - UK

Southport Inquiry hears of moment mother was told ‘the kids have been stabbed’

The mother-of-two, whose two daughters were present at the attack, described arriving ‘to a scene reserved for nightmares’.

Evening Standard

Families ‘hope no stone is unturned’ as Southport killings inquiry resumes

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack on July 29 last year.

The Independent UK

Voices: What a cheek! The US is in no position to lecture us about free speech

COMMENT: An annual global human rights report from the US state department has declared that freedom of speech is under threat in the UK. The British are too polite to tell the Trump administration what we really think about that – but I’m not, writes Sean O’Grady

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Family of Southport stabbing victim criticise plan to reveal ethnicity of suspects

Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’

The Independent UK

Police told to reveal ethnicity of suspects under interim guidance

The change is hoped to combat misinformation spread on social media

The Guardian - UK

Disputed or debunked claims about migration and crime in the UK

As politicians face criticism for promoting misleading data, here are some claims that do not bear scrutiny

Evening Standard

Home Secretary calls for more transparency from police over suspects

Yvette Cooper said guidance was already being reviewed about how the police release information on people arrested over crimes.

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Moment of silence held to mark anniversary of Southport murders

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Girl stabbed in Southport attack calls for first aid training in schools

The girl said it was ‘disgusting’ that young people carried knives.

The Independent UK

Country ‘stands together in grief’ with families of Southport victims on anniversary

A three-minute silence will be held in the Merseyside town at 3pm on Tuesday to mark a year since the attack

The Guardian - UK

Community leaders can help curb false claims online after attacks in UK, say researchers

Analysis finds swift release of information helps to debunk inflammatory falsehoods on social media

Evening Standard

'It's a powder keg': Government warned UK faces another summer of riots after Epping migrant hotel violence

Epping Forest District Council leader Chris Whitbread described the Essex town as a ‘powder keg’ after violent demonstrations outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday

The Independent UK

Law will change to stop attackers fixated on violence, says Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper said she would address a ‘gap in the law’ against planning mass casualty attacks that had no ideological basis.

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper to create new offence to cover non-terrorist planning of attacks

Home secretary says criminal offence needs to be introduced to increase police powers after Southport attack

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