7 h. ago Schoolgirl who survived being stabbed by 'possessed' Southport attacker in 'nightmare' attack asks: 'Why wasn't he stopped?'

The girl and her younger sister were dropped off at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 last year by their father for what 'felt like it was going to be a perfect day'.

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8 h. ago Southport attack survivor: 'I hear screams and see the blood in my nightmares'

The youngster was stabbed in the back and arms so hard that the attacker broke two of her bones and left her with a collapsed lung

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8 h. ago ‘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.

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8 h. 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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33 h. ago ‘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.

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36 h. ago Brave girl let others out of Southport attack venue first 'because she didn't want them to be stabbed'

The young girl is now 'learning to be fearful... when she should be carefree', an inquiry heard

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

Another mother said her children had showed ‘a level of bravery no child should ever need to show’ as they protected each other from killer Axel Rudakubana

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56 h. ago 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.

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4 d. ago Southport attack victim bravely speaks out and gives verdict on cowardly killer

A teenage victim who was stabbed in the arm and back during the horror Southport attack that killed three young girls has bravely spoken publicly about what happened for the first time

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4 d. ago Brave schoolgirl victim of Southport attacker speaks out for first time

A victim of the Southport stabbing has opened up on the deadly attack that changed her life forever

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8 d. ago Touching tribute to Southport attack victims revealed to classmates for first time

Bebe King, six, and Alice Da Silva Aguiar, nine, were both pupils of Churchtown Primary School before their lives were taken in the Southport attack

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8 d. ago Jennifer cried and begged the nation for help after her husband was shot dead on their doorstep in a 'robbery gone wrong'... but soon, police discovered the sinister truth about what really happened

The neighbours of Jennifer, 52, and Jamie Faith, then 49, were petrified after they heard blood curdling screams coming from the couple's home in Texas in 2020.

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1 week ago Chief constable tells of ‘horrific’ abuse she received after Southport attack

Serena Kennedy became Merseyside’s first female chief constable in April 2021 and led the force through a number of high-profile incidents

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2 w. ago The monstrosity of mankind: in Alien: Earth, the real villain is humanity

Noah Hawley’s thrilling new series set in the Alien universe dares to suggest that there might be something worse than a xenomorph There was a time when nothing in cinema was more frightening than a xenomorph. HR Giger’s nightmarish biomechanical hellspawn, dripping with fluids and Freudian discharge, was the gruesome, undisputed apex predator of movie monsters. It burst from your chest; it dissolved your face with acid; it splintered your ribcage like a piñata filled with blood and screams. It was unstoppable, unknowable, the kind of thing you’d expect to find at the bottom of your dishwasher after leaving it closed for 36 centuries.The early films, 1979’s Alien and 1986’s Aliens, rarely steered too far away from the sense that these infernal creatures were the worst thing you could possibly encounter in the universe. Later on, in Ridley Scott’s ultimately rather pointless prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, the godlike Engineers and David the Android grasped the mantle of co...

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3 w. ago Lucy Connolly to be released from prison after 'set fire to all the hotels' post

Lucy Connolly, who was imprisoned for inciting racial hatred following the Southport terror attack, is reportedly due to be freed from jail

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3 w. ago Lucy Connolly who posted vile tweet on day of Southport attack to be released from jail

Lucy Connolly, the wife of a former Conservative county councillor, was jailed last year for inciting racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport terror attack

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3 w. ago Lucy Connolly set to be released from prison following jail term for hate tweet

She was jailed over social media posts in the wake of the Southport terror attack.

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4 w. ago Topless man ran down road 'covered in blood and screaming for help'

Two people have been arrested after neighbours told of hearing a loud noise in the middle of the night and seeing a bleeding man needing help in Ainsdale, Merseyside

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4 w. ago Trump administration accuses UK of failing to uphold human rights

US state department says Labour government ‘repeatedly intervened to chill speech’ online after Southport attackThe Trump administration has accused the UK of backsliding on human rights over the past year, citing antisemitic violence and “serious restrictions” on free speech.The annual US state department assessment, which analyses human rights conditions worldwide, highlighted laws limiting speech around abortion clinics, as well as the way government officials “repeatedly intervened to chill speech” online after the 2024 Southport attack. Continue reading...

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