5 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's parents could face criminal charges after testifying

Merseyside Police have confirmed they will be "obtaining full transcripts" from the testimony Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire gave to the public inquiry last week

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19 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's parents could yet face criminal charges

Evidence given by Axel Rudakubana's parents at the Southport public inquiry, which got underway in April, will be examined by Merseyside Police, the force has confirmed

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20 h. ago Southport killer's parents could yet face criminal charges as police confirm they are examining evidence given at Rudakubana public inquiry

Merseyside police said they would be 'obtaining full transcripts' of the hearings from last week, when Axel Rudakubana's parents spent two days in the witness box.

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34 h. ago £19million black hole at Sadiq Khan's Greater London Authority revealed as staff warned of job cuts

Full details emerge of feared shortfall in funding, days after 1,500 staff received email alerting them to risk of possible job losses

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37 h. ago Greater London Authority's £19million black hole revealed as staff warned of job cuts

Full details emerge of feared shortfall in funding, days after 1,500 staff received email alerting them to risk of possible job losses

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38 h. ago Welsh teen charged with planning to copy crimes of Southport killer

He has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in January

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48 h. ago Teens arrested over alleged plots to copy Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana's crimes

Two teen boys, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, were arrested for attempting to carry out 'copycat crimes' of Axel Rudakubana.

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49 h. ago Two teenagers arrested over alleged plans to copy Southport child killer's crimes

Two boys were arrested for attempting to carry out 'copycat crimes'

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50 h. ago Two teenagers arrested over 'plot to copy Southport child killer's crimes'

Two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, from Merseyside and South Wales, have been arrested for allegedly planning to emulate Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's horrific murders

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69 h. ago Two teenagers arrested after planning to ‘copy Axel Rudakubana’s Southport attack with rampages on dance schools’

TWO teenagers are understood to have been arrested in separate “copycat” cases after allegedly trying to emulate the Southport killer. The boys, aged 17 and 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, planned attacks on schools and dance school, according to The Times. Neither has been charged with preparing terrorist acts, as prosecutors do...

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3 d. ago The nut secret: 14 easy, delicious ways to eat more of these life

A handful of nuts a day can help manage obesity and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some kinds of cancer. Yet most of us don’t get enough. Here’s a no-fuss guide to getting your 30g a dayHow often do you eat nuts? The planetary health diet, introduced in 2019 and updated last month, recommends that everyone eat a portion every day (unless you have an allergy). Alongside eating more fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes, and fewer animal products and sugary foods, this could help prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, as well as slash food-related greenhouse gas emissions.Yet according to Prof Sarah Berry, the chief scientist at Zoe, many don’t eat any nuts at all. In the UK, the average consumption is 6g a day. Romanian researchers found higher levels of nut consumption in Canada, some African countries and some regions of Europe and the Middle East, and lower levels in South America. But overall, they said: “Consumers may not have ...

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3 d. ago Three drinks in a day increases risk of stroke and ages brain faster

Heavy drinkers are more likely to have a severe stroke at a younger age

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6 d. ago The number of steps a day that can help reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s

Benefits appeared at just 3,000 steps – roughly half an hour of walking at a moderate pace

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6 d. ago Parents of Southport victims say killer's parents 'should be held accountable' for failings

Elsie Stancombe, 7, Bebe King, 6, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, were murdered in July 2024

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6 d. ago Southport killer's parents 'desperately sorry' as they make tearful apology to victims' families

Axel Rudakubana's father said he was 'so ashamed' as he addressed bereaved families at the public inquiry into the attack

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6 d. ago Southport victims' outraged families slam 'shameful excuses' of killer's parents

The parents of three girls killed by Axel Rudakubana have said his parents should face accountability for their 'shameful' failures which allowed their son's evil to go 'unchecked'

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6 d. ago Southport inquiry: parents of victims call for killer’s parents to be ‘held to account’

The comments came after Alphonse Rudakubana tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to the danger posed by his sonThe parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert the police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Southport inquiry: killer’s parents must be ‘held to account’, say victims’ families

Call comes after Alphonse Rudakubana tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to the danger posed by his sonThe parents of three girls murdered in the Southport attack have called for the killer’s parents to be “held to account for what they allowed to happen” after they gave dramatic testimony to a public inquiry.The bereaved families told Axel Rudakubana’s father they had “complete disdain for your excuses” after he tearfully apologised for failing to alert police to his son’s weapons and another attempted attack days earlier. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Victims’ families call for Southport killer’s parents to be held to account

Axel Rudakubana’s mother and father gave evidence to the Liverpool Town Hall hearing on Thursday.

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6 d. ago Dad of Southport attacker says atrocity wouldn't have happened if he told police about machete

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT The three young girls who died in the Southport tragedy could be alive today if the killer's dad had reported his son's machete, the father now admits

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