4 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana likened to 'sociopathic movie murderer' by brother

Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced last year to 52 years behind bars for the 'savage' murders of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine

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8 h. ago Southport killer's brother tells inquiry of 'frequent, violent outbursts' years before attack

Axel Rudakubana's older brother was giving evidence at an inquiry into the triple murder

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8 h. ago Southport killer's brother was 'wary' of his 'violent outbursts', inquiry told

"He became increasingly withdrawn - I had to be cautious if I did speak to him"

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9 h. ago Southport killer's brother thought he'd kill their father and compared him to 'sociopath' killer from film No Country For Old Men

Dion Rudakubana, 21, told the inquiry his younger brother's behaviour deteriorated and became more and more violent after he was expelled from mainstream education aged 13.

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13 h. ago Removing stabbing video from X would be ‘overreach’, Southport Inquiry told

Head of global government affairs for X Deanna Romina Khananisho gave evidence on Tuesday.

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8 d. ago Organised crime making millions from illegal waste dumping in UK, says committee

Peers say ‘woeful’ record on prosecutions has led to a ‘low-risk, high-reward’ criminal cultureOrganised crime groups in the UK are making millions every year from illegally dumping and burning rubbish, peers have told ministers, after an inquiry found a lack of enforcement made it a “low-risk, high-reward” criminal enterprise.“Criminality is endemic in the waste sector,” a Lords committee told the government on Tuesday, after it found at least 38m tonnes of waste was illegally managed every year, “leading to serious environmental, economic and social consequences”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Boris Johnson says children paid a 'huge price' when schools were closed during Covid but officials DID plan ahead of 'nightmare' decision

The former PM told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that it was 'obvious' there would need to be 'consideration of closing schools' and he believed education bosses were making a plan.

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2 w. ago UK's Covid rules around going outside during lockdown were too strict and should have been 'more liberal', Chris Whitty admits

Professor Sir Chris Whitty told the Covid-19 Inquiry that the approach to the first lockdown should have been 'more liberal', as the evidence showed that being outdoors was safer than being indoors.

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2 w. ago Vulnerable children in care were 'stripped of their dignity' inquiry told

Simon Collins represented In Care Abuse Survivors (INCAS) at the inquiry as he delivered its closing submission on Friday.

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2 w. ago Children in care were ‘stripped of their dignity’, inquiry told

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard closing submissions related to its current phase.

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3 w. ago Sir Gavin Williamson: ‘Many mistakes made’ with Covid school closures

The former education secretary told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry things should have been done differently.

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3 w. ago Freeman tells inquiry Government was ‘naive’ in hospital oversight

The former health secretary told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry she felt NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde took a ‘nothing to see here’ approach.

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3 w. ago Southport killer called Manchester Arena bombing 'a good battle', inquiry told

He also attacked a boy with a hockey stick

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3 w. ago John Swinney accused of lacking 'urgency' over need to close schools when Covid

Swinney, who was serving as Education Secretary in 2020, told the UK Covid Inquiry that shuttering schools was "not our preferred scenario".

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3 w. ago Whistleblowers who raised hospital safety concerns owed apology, inquiry told

Dr Scott Davidson, medical director at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, addressed the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry on Thursday.

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