The grieving widow of a former Wigan rugby league player has paid tribute to him after his death. David Hill died surrounded ...

An inquiry into the Southport stabbings has been announced by the government. It comes after Axel Rudakubana, 18, admitted murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot ...

The family of the Southport attacker have been moved to a "secret location" by police for their own protection, leaders at the church his father attended say. Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Axel Rudakubana admitted to killing three girls at a dance class in Southport on the first day of his trial. The 18-year-old was to stand trial ...

The thoughts of the entire nation are with the families and everyone affected by the unimaginable horrors that unfolded in Southport. No words will ever be able to capture the depth of their pain.

Police were “gagged” from releasing crucial information about Rudakubana in the wake of an attack on a dance class in Southport that left three young girls dead. Officers from Merseyside police wanted ...

Earlier on Tuesday, the prime minister warned that the Southport murders are a sign that Britain faces a "new threat" of terrorism, as he vowed "nothing will be off the table" during the inquiry ...

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was able to buy knives on Amazon despite only being 17 at the time. The 18-year-old admitted murdering three girls – Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven ...

Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana admitted to carrying a knife more than 10 times - and was able to buy a blade on Amazon, the Home Secretary has said. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it ...

The video was watched by Rudakubana just before he set off from his home to murder three young girls at their Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29. Ms Cooper, the Home Secretary ...

Keir Starmer appeared to grind his teeth slightly as his line of defence on the Southport stabbings strained under pressure at a face-off with reporters in Downing Street on Tuesday morning.

“It could have been anywhere, it could have been our children, but it was Southport,” he said. “It was Bebe, six years old. Elsie, seven. Alice, nine.” And Starmer tried to challenge the status quo, ...