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Southport MP says government ‘must do more’ to support riot towns year on from attack

‘It will always be a part of the town’s story and history,’ Patrick Hurley said

The Independent UK

Country ‘stands together in grief’ with families of Southport victims on anniversary

A three-minute silence will be held in the Merseyside town at 3pm on Tuesday to mark a year since the attack

The Independent UK

Country stands with families of Southport victims, Prime Minister says

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were murdered last year.

Evening Standard

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Southport MP says town won’t be defined by atrocity one year on from attack

Police monitor social media for attempts to stir up disorder as town pays tribute to three girls murdered last year

The Guardian - UK

Evil 'will not define Southport' as town marks anniversary of killing of three girls at dance class

Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe were killed in the attack on July 29, 2024, that shocked the nation

Evening Standard

Evil will not define Southport a year on from attack, deputy council leader says

Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe were killed in the attack.

The Independent UK

Closure of community spaces fuelled ‘tinderbox’ for far right to spark Southport riots, says report

New report says loss of shared community spaces – from youth clubs to high street pubs – is leaving communities more vulnerable to far-right influence

The Independent UK

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Bold proposal to fund community upgrades with so-called Amazon tax

A new report made the suggestion a year on from the summer riots

The Independent UK

Call for Amazon tax to rebuild local communities year on from Southport riots

A tax on companies with revenues over £1 million could help generate ‘larger, more sustained resource for communities than current regeneration’.

The Independent UK

Southport, one year on: A community still in mourning – but united by grief

The quiet seaside town found itself at the centre of the nation’s attention last summer after a horrific attack took the lives of three young girls

The Independent UK

Merseyside officers called in to help police Epping asylum hotel protests amid fears of widespread riots

Officers who dealt with last summer’s Southport riots were called in as protesters clashed in Essex

The Independent UK

Energy of Southport victims will ‘continue to shimmer’ a year on from attack

The families of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King posted on social media about work being done in the girls’ memories.

Evening Standard

Domestic abuse and public violence: will the state now accept the two go hand in hand?

Many men arrested in disorder after the Southport murders had themselves been accused of attacking women. It’s high time police acted on these red flags, says author Joan Smith

The Guardian - UK

Bebe’s ‘light, care and spark’ live on a year after Southport attack, family say

Bebe King, six, died last July after a knife attack at a dance class.

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The Guardian - UK

Community leaders can help curb false claims online after attacks in UK, say researchers

Analysis finds swift release of information helps to debunk inflammatory falsehoods on social media

The Guardian - UK

‘I shouldn’t have to fight for answers’: David Amess’s daughter on the MP’s murder and her fury at his friends and colleagues

Almost four years on, Katie Amess thinks she will never recover from losing her father. And she isn’t convinced anything has been done to prevent future tragedies

The Guardian - UK

Police unit in England to monitor online signs of anti-migrant disorder

Intelligence team could track social media and flag early signs of civil unrest in response to renewed demonstrations

The Guardian - UK

Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse

Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

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International Business Times

UK Fears New Summer Of Unrest, Year After Southport Riots

Concern is mounting that recent violent anti-immigrant protests could herald a new summer of unrest, a year after the UK was rocked by its worst riots in decades.

The Guardian - UK

One Day in Southport review – a sombre portrait of how a tragedy was hijacked

You could spend a lifetime trying to unpack last summer’s unrest following the murder of three young girls. This documentary chooses to be more of a mood piece

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a film about the Southport attack and the riots that followed

A family whose daughter survived that devastating day tell their story. Plus, Jimmy McGovern’s difficult drama about abuse. Here’s what to watch this evening

Euronews

UK police arrest six people after asylum seeker hotel protest turns violent

Chanting "Save our kids" and "Send them home," more than 100 demonstrators, some waving England flags, gathered outside the Bell Hotel on Sunday evening. The protests escalated as night fell, with flares and projectiles thrown toward police vans blocking the entrance.

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper to create new offence to cover non-terrorist planning of attacks

Home secretary says criminal offence needs to be introduced to increase police powers after Southport attack

Evening Standard

Prevent programme should continue referrals for no ideology – review

The review looking at lessons learned from the cases of MP Sir David Amess’s murderer Ali Harbi Ali and Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana.

The Independent UK

Prevent programme missed chances to intervene with Southport killer, review told

Chances to intervene in Axel Rudakubana’s life were lost because referrals to other agencies were not followed up

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