2 hours ago Why Axel Rudakubana can't receive whole life order when he is sentenced over Southport stabbings

The then 17-year-old stabbed Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Da Silva Aguiar to death at a dance class last Summer

Politics

11 hours ago Whole country thinking of Southport families as trial begins – Home Secretary

Axel Rudakubana, 18, is due to go on trial accused of three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.

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67 minutes ago Axel Rudakubana tried to get taxi to former school days before Southport dance class murder spree

The teenager spoke for the first time in court on Monday (January 20) when he changed his pleas to guilty

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3 hours ago 'We've been denied the truth': Farage accuses Starmer of a Southport cover

The Reform leader lashed out at Sir Keir Starmer and police, saying the public had been 'denied the truth' about Axel Rudakubana 's motives and background.

Politics

89 minutes ago How Southport’s community came together in wake of dance class triple murder

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed class.

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer admits the state 'failed' Southport victims and there are 'grave questions to answer' after counter

The Prime Minister lashed out at the crimes committed by the 'vile and sick' teenager, who today pleaded guilty to slaughtering three young girls in Merseyside in July.

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1 hour ago Axel Rudakubana attempted to travel to former school a week before attack

It can now be reported that teachers had concerns about his behaviour.

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1 hour ago Starmer vows answers over Southport killer after Nigel Farage accuses Government of 'cover up'

Keir Starmer said ‘Britain will rightly demand answers’ after it was revealed Axel Rudakubana had terror links

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2 hours ago State has ‘grave questions’ to answer over Southport killings, says Starmer

Axel Rudakubana admitted the murders of three young girls in Southport last July.

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2 hours ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana will NOT receive whole life order for bizarre legal reason

Axel Rudakubana was 17 years old when he murdered three girls and tried to kill several others in a rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July

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2 hours ago "The start of the school holidays and a day of carefree innocence became the scene of the darkest horror"

Axel Rudakubana, 18, described as having 'a sickening interest in death and violence', pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial

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2 hours ago Who is Axel Rudakubana, the teenager who murdered three Southport girls at Taylor Swift

Axel Rudakubana was 17 when he murdered three girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport - and he has now pled guilty to the crimes

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2 hours ago Nigel Farage accuses Government of 'cover up' of terror link to Southport murders

Reform UK leader claimed Reform UK had been blocked from asking questions about potential terror links to the attacks

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2 hours ago Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana only said one chilling word across all court appearances

Axel Rudakubana has refused to speak while in court, having even opted not to speak to his own solicitors while appearing at the stand in Liverpool Crown Court today

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2 hours ago Why Axel Rudakubana will not get a whole life sentence for Southport massacre

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is due to be sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to murder of three children and trying to kill 10 other people

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3 hours ago Southport killer ‘tried to take a taxi to school that expelled him’ week before dance class atrocity

Axel Rudakubana’s father stopped the teen from travelling to the school that kicked him out, it is understood

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3 hours ago Southport knife attacker 'planned school massacre' week before stabbings

Axel Rudakubana may have been planning a "school massacre" one week before carrying out the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event.

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3 hours ago Axel Rudakubana's ricin 'KILLED my cat': Neighbour of Southport child killer claims teen's stash of poison caused beloved pet to have seizure and die

Caroline McDonald said CID officers called at her home to say her cat, Jo-Jo, had entered Axel Rudakubana 's family home and back garden as they searched for the poison.

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4 hours ago Southport killer live updates: Reaction as Axel Rudakubana's guilty pleas cause 'surprise and shock' as police release mugshot

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live updates as Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

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4 hours ago How Axel Rudakubana was 'planning UK's first high school massacre' but was stopped by his dad a week before he murdered three girls in Southport rampage

Southport knife attacker Axel Rudakubana's father Alphonse ran out after his son and pleaded with a taxi driver not to take him on the journey from his home to Range High School in Merseyside.

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4 hours ago Southport attack heroes who protected terrified schoolgirls from murderer Axel Rudakubana

Axel Rudakubana stabbed three little girls to death as he broke into a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July. Locals reacted quickly to the terror, desperately trying to save the children

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4 hours ago Southport murders: Terrifying discovery police found at triple murderer Axel Rudakubana's house

Merseyside Police have released chilling details surrounding the Southport knife attacker. They revealed the deadly items they discovered in Axel Rudakubana's home

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4 hours ago Chilling first picture of Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana after arrest

An updated mugshot of 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana was released after he pleaded guilty to the murders of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

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