2 h. ago The reason Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's name is banned from public inquiry

Sir Adrian Fulford, chairing the inquiry, today said the hearing was one of "wholly understandable sensitivity"

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2 h. ago 'Wholesale failure' to stop Southport killer carrying out one of UK's 'most egregious crimes'

Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford said the Southport inquiry will identify changes to protect the most vulnerable from other "horrors" following the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class

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4 h. ago Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana has name banned from public inquiry into tragedy

Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar died at the hands of Axel Rudakubana last summer and he is now serving a minimum of 52 years behind bars

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4 h. ago Southport inquiry to examine ‘wholesale failure’ to prevent attack

Murder of three young girls at a holiday club was ‘far from unforseeable’, says inquiry chairThe inquiry into the Southport attack will examine the “wholesale failure” of multiple institutions to prevent “one of the most egregious crimes in our country’s history”, its chair has said in his opening remarks.Sir Adrian Fulford said the murder of three girls appeared “far from being an unforeseeable catastrophic event” given Axel Rudakubana’s well-known obsession with extreme violence. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Public inquiry into Southport murders will ‘identify changes urgently needed’

Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford made an opening statement at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.

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5 h. ago Southport inquiry will examine one of ‘most egregious crimes’ in UK history

A public inquiry into the horrific attack, which claimed the lives of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe, has been opened

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9 h. ago Southport inquiry begins with families of injured children to give evidence

A key question for the inquiry is whether the attack could or should have been prevented.

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19 h. ago Families of Southport stabbing victims deserve 'answers' as inquiry launches today

Southport Inquiry chair Sir Adrian Fulford will open proceedings this afternoon as lawyers for the families of Axel Rudakubana demand 'real change'

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2 w. ago Voices: Whitehall isn’t working – here’s how the PM can fix it

Keir Starmer complains that the government machine is slow to crank into life when he demands action. To prevent his ‘mission-driven’ domestic agenda from being doomed to failure, the prime minister should first get rid of the Cabinet Office, says Andrew Grice

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2 w. ago EU accuses China’s AliExpress of ‘systemic failure’ over illegal goods

Regulators say online retailer failing to do enough to prevent sale of unsafe children’s toys, among other itemsThe European Commission has accused the online retailer AliExpress of a “systemic failure” to prevent the sale of illegal and dangerous goods on its platform, as Brussels steps up its case against the Chinese company.Issuing formal findings of an investigation launched in March last year, EU regulators said on Wednesday that AliExpress was failing to do enough to prevent the sale of counterfeit clothes and dangerous children’s toys, among other items. Continue reading...

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