A review into the handling of the Southport child killer under the Government’s counter-terrorism programme Prevent has concluded “too much focus was placed on the absence of a distinct ...

The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme "prematurely" closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found.

The Southport killer was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed ...

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Following the killings in Southport last summer, a rapid review was launched into Rudakubana's contact with Prevent - a government strategy aimed at stopping people from becoming terrorists.

Evil Southport killer Axel Rudakubana cowered in his prison cell on Tuesday – as a legal technicality led a judge to resentence him again for "life" behind bars. Last month Rudakubana ...

The Southport murderer refused to leave his cell at one of Britain’s highest security jails as a judge today corrected a ‘technical error’ in his sentence. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was ...

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has refused to leave his cell for a court hearing which made a correction to his life sentence. The 18-year-old, who was sentenced last month for the knife attack ...

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been handed a new sentence today to correct a "technical error" in a judge's first ruling. But, the 18-year-old, once again refused to leave his cell to appear at ...

Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana admitted he thought the 2017 terror attack on Manchester Arena was 'a good thing' before he was first reported to the ...

Social media platforms have snubbed demands by Yvette Cooper to remove violent videos watched by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana before he murdered three young girls. The Home Secretary said she ...

Sir Keir Starmer has told LBC News there needs to be tighter laws around accessing knives as well as a cultural shift if Britain is to avoid a repeat of the Southport killings. Speaking at the ...