26 h. ago UK government owes children apology for damaging Covid errors, inquiry hears

Children’s commissioner during pandemic says long lockdowns caused explosion in vulnerability among youngThe government should apologise to children for the damaging mistakes and policy errors it committed during the pandemic, the former children’s commissioner for England has told the Covid-19 inquiry.Giving evidence to the inquiry’s public hearing on Thursday, Anne Longfield said a “doom loop” of fatalism among ministers meant the government failed to do more to help children. She argued that the prolonged lockdowns and school closures were responsible for the explosion in mental health, welfare and behaviour difficulties still being experienced by children and young people. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Southport attacker contacted retailers about ordering crossbows, inquiry told

Axel Rudakubana emailed two archery retailers when he was 15, the inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall heard on Wednesday.

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3 d. ago Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears

Children not allowed out partly because their exercise – playing – looked too much ‘like fun’, says campaignerChildren were stopped from playing outside during Covid partly because it looked “like fun” and did not fit with the seriousness of the restrictions, the UK’s inquiry has heard.Alice Ferguson, the founding director of Playing Out, which campaigns for children’s freedom to play outside, told the inquiry that play was fundamental for children’s health and wellbeing, especially play outside with other children. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Children suffered 'grievous harm' during Covid from those who were meant to care for them, inquiry told

Chairman Baroness Heather Hallett (pictured) said Covid-19's impact on children was 'severe and long-lasting' because they missed educational opportunities and social interaction.

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4 d. ago Southport teacher was ‘let down’ by organisations, inquiry told

A summary of evidence from Leanne Lucas was read to the public inquiry into the attack.

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4 d. ago No one would have imagined Southport attack would happen, inquiry told

Jennifer Scholes, who owned the lease on the dance studio, gave evidence to the public inquiry.

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8 d. ago Taxi driver saw ‘stampede’ of children fleeing Southport attack, inquiry hears

Gary Poland told the Southport Inquiry he left the scene because he believed he heard gunshots.

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8 d. ago Taxi driver who took Southport killer to scene regrets not helping, inquiry told

Gary Poland gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry on Thursday.

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8 d. ago Southport killer's taxi driver admits he 'went into panic mode' and sped away from massacre despite hearing screams

Gary Poland, 56, told the public inquiry he thought he heard four or five loud bangs after dropping off Axel Rudakubana, 17, and assumed he had a gun and was shooting at people.

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9 d. ago RAIB report into fatal derailment not disputed by Crown, inquiry told

Three people were killed in the crash during bad weather near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, in August 2020.

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1 week ago ‘Very difficult’ to find paperwork on hospital ventilation, inquiry told

Former NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde boss Jane Grant was questioned at the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Asylum seeker made threats day before stabbing six people at Glasgow hotel, inquiry told

Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, 28, was shot dead by police after the Park Inn rampage which inleft a constable and five others injured.

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1 week ago Taxi driver who dropped off Southport attacker ‘waited 50 minutes’ to call 999

Detective Chief Inspector Jason Pye told the Southport Inquiry ‘morally’ he would have expected an earlier call to have been made.

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2 w. ago Brother of Southport killer asks if officials could have stopped his sibling going on knife rampage

Dion Rudakubana, 21, told the public inquiry investigating his younger brother Axel's crimes that he wanted to help it investigate if officials could have done more to prevent the atrocity.

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2 w. ago Southport killer was discharged from mental health services six days before attack, inquiry hears

Chronology of Axel Rudakubana’s engagement with Camhs published and inquiry hears statement from killer’s brotherAxel Rudakubana was discharged from mental health services six days before he murdered three young girls and stabbed several others at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, it has emerged.The inquiry into the atrocity was told on Wednesday that a risk assessment was undertaken on Rudakubana, then 17, a week before the attack in July last year. Its findings have not been disclosed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Southport survivors experienced ‘vile abuse’ on social media, inquiry told

Pete Weatherby KC, representing Leanne Lucas, Heidi Liddle and Jonathan Hayes, addressed the Southport Inquiry on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Mother of Southport attack victim tells inquiry how her life was 'ripped apart' after stabbing rampage

The mother of a girl murdered in the Southport attack sobbed as she told the public inquiry that she had 'lost everything' and demanded: 'I need to understand how this happened.'

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3 w. ago 'I still have nightmares, I hear the screams, I see the blood'

One girl has told the public inquiry into the Southport attack how 'just another happy day' turned into a 'living nightmare'

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3 w. ago Inquiry into rogue surgeon told of efforts to locate him in Libya

Sam Eljamel is thought to have harmed dozens of patients during his time as head of neurosurgery at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

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3 w. ago Southport Inquiry told mother knew daughter 'could never be repaired' after looking at doorbell cam

The Southport Inquiry heard from three families who will never fully recover from the trauma their daughters suffered

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