18 h. ago Southport killer's father warned teacher he could 'turn violent and may attack', public inquiry hears

Lucy McLoughlin, headteacher at Presfield High, said a number of staff had visited Rudakubana's home - but they were not allowed to see him.

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4 d. ago Headteacher removed word 'sinister' from Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's education plan after mental health workers accused her of racially profiling 'a black boy with a knife'

Axel Rudakubana was enrolled at The Acorns School, in Ormskirk, Lancashire, aged 13, after being expelled from mainstream education for taking a knife into classes.

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5 d. ago Southport killer's headteacher says 'sinister' pupil was 'building up to something'

As the inquiry into the Southport stabbings continue, the headteacher of the school Axel Rudakubana attended said that she had seen him acting suspiciously several times

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5 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was the most sinister pupil I've ever seen, says his teacher

Joanne Hodson worked at The Acorns School, in Ormskirk, where Axel Rudakubana was enrolled aged 13 after being expelled from mainstream education for taking a knife into classes.

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5 d. ago Southport killer's headteacher says he was 'sinister, unpredictable and most unusual' pupil she'd ever seen

Joanne Hodson worked at The Acorns School, in Ormskirk, where Axel Rudakubana was enrolled aged 13 after being expelled from mainstream education for taking a knife into classes.

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7 d. ago Southport killer's 'risk to others' was not properly assessed and he was signed off by mental health services just six days before attack, inquiry hears

The public inquiry investigating Axel Rudakubana's crimes today heard it was 'unacceptable' that he was signed off with such an inadequate assessment.

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7 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's teacher warned NHS of 'serious safeguarding concerns'

Axel Rudakubana's deputy headteacher had emailed the autism service warning them about her grave concerns including an incident where the teen was found searching school shootings online

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7 d. ago Police fear Maccabi Tel Aviv fans WILL attend Aston Villa game and brace for pro

MIKE KEEGAN: Police are on a double alert for pro-Israel protests and the prospect of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans securing tickets for their Europa League match at Aston Villa next month.

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7 d. ago Police ban UKIP protest over fears for safety of Muslims in London

Police ban UKIP protest over fears for safety of Muslims in London  Daily Express

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7 d. ago The US refugee program changed my life. Trump’s possible overhaul would be disastrous | Bahati Kanyamanza

I fled war at 14 and decades later became a US citizen. Now I fear racism and exclusion could become official policyLast week, leaked documents from the Trump administration reportedly revealed plans to gut the US refugee program, not only capping refugee resettlement at a record low of 7,500, but also transforming it from a life-saving humanitarian system into one that favors white South Africans and Europeans over the world’s most vulnerable people. As a refugee who found safety and belonging in this country, I broke into a sweat reading the news. Memories of my own journey rushed back, now mixed with a deeper fear that racism and exclusion are not just social undercurrents, but official policy.I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and fled war at 14, spending nearly two decades in a refugee camp in Uganda before finally being resettled in the United States. Here, I reunited with my family, built a new life, and became a citizen. My story is one of patience, resilience an...

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7 d. ago Southport killer judged to pose no risk to others just days before attack

Rudakubana, then 17, was discharged from Alder Hey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) on July 23 last year.

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8 d. ago Southport killer assessed as posing no risk to others six days before attack

Axel Rudakubana was discharged from Alder Hey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services on July 23 last year.

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8 d. ago Psychiatrist says Southport killer's parents 'manipulated' information about violent past

Dr Anthony Molyneux said Axel Rudakubana's parents had 'stage managed' their son's violent past when the teenager was referred to child mental health services

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8 d. ago King Charles in Manchester LIVE as he meets synagogue attack survivors

The royal visit takes place 18 days after the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall on Yom Kippur

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8 d. ago Maccabi Tel Aviv match cancelled over police fears as Aston Villa await decision

The Tel Aviv derby has been cancelled just days after Maccabi Tel Aviv were informed that their away supporters would not be able to visit Villa Park for their clash against Aston Villa in the Europa League.

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8 d. ago Maccabi Tel Aviv game cancelled over police fears as Aston Villa ban hangs in balance

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s derby match against Hapoel Tel Aviv has been cancelled over police concerns as their away supporters' ban at Aston Villa hangs in the balance

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9 d. ago Missing camper miraculously found ALIVE nine days after disappearing

Police feared the worst when diabetic man Troy Milne vanished in the Australian wilderness during a camping trip. Nine days later, the 61-year-old was found, under miraculously fortunate circumstances

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1 week ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' attack on prison officers

Hashem Abedi appeared at the Old Bailey by video link

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1 week ago The violent Amsterdam football riot that led police to fear clashes at Aston Villa

Keir Starmer has criticised the ban and said ‘we will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets’

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1 week ago Most athletes have chosen to ‘shut up and dribble’ over Gaza | Nathan Kalman

Only a handful of North American athletes have spoken out against Israel’s assault on Gaza, a silence shaped by fear, sponsorship and the policing of speech“I will not just shut up and dribble I get to sit up here and talk about what’s really important.” So proclaimed LeBron James in 2018 when confronted with the question of whether athletes have the right to speak about the political and social justice questions of their time.Yet since 7 October 2023, elite athletes in North America have had startlingly little to say about what most human rights groups in the world, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and the United Nations have characterized as Israel’s genocide in Gaza (a situation currently in flux due to a mutually agreed upon ceasefire and prisoner exchange).Nathan Kalman-Lamb is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick. Derek Silva is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at King’s University College at Western University. They are ...

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