Eleanor Barlow
Crime
Driver and passenger sentenced over fatal crash after car topped 130mph
Uways Hussain was driving a VW Golf GTI belonging to his friend when he ran a red light and crashed into another car, killing Sylvester Abayomi.
29 May 2026
Politics21 Jan 2025
Starmer says Britain faces new terror threat from ‘misfits’
The prime minister says UK faces new threat of extreme violence from attackers ‘fixated on extreme violence, seemingly for its own sake’
Crime
State failure in Southport child-killer case ‘frankly leaps off page’ – Starmer
The Prime Minister delivered an address to the nation on Tuesday morning.
21 Jan 2025
Crime
Southport knife attacker had material showing ‘obsession with violence’
Sources said there was no evidence that Axel Rudakubana subscribed to any political or religious ideology or was ‘fighting for a cause’.
21 Jan 2025
Crime20 Jan 2025
Who is Axel Rudakubana?
Eighteen-year-old Axel Rudakubana was born in Cardiff after his parents came to the UK from Rwanda, but later moved to Banks in Lancashire.
Crime
Home Secretary announces inquiry into how Rudakubana ‘came to be so dangerous’
The 18-year-old killer will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.
20 Jan 2025
Crime
Southport killer Rudakubana referred to anti-extremism programme before attack
Rudakubana was referred to the anti-extremism scheme Prevent three times before the murders, amid concerns over his fixation with violence.
20 Jan 2025
Crime
Southport killer spoke in court for first time to enter guilty pleas
The 18-year-old had not put forward a defence case statement and lawyers were not planning to advance a positive case on his behalf at trial.
20 Jan 2025
Crime
How the Southport stabbings sparked violence across the country
Within hours of his attack, posts spread on the internet which claimed the suspect was a 17-year-old asylum seeker.
20 Jan 2025
Crime
Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana showed violent behaviour in school
He was excluded from his secondary school for an incident involving a hockey stick, the PA news agency understands.
20 Jan 2025
Crime
Whole country thinking of Southport families as trial begins – Home Secretary
Axel Rudakubana, 18, is due to go on trial accused of three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.
20 Jan 2025
Crime
Teenager accused of Southport knife attack to go on trial
Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, will stand trial charged with the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July.
20 Jan 2025
Crime
Warning issued about commenting on trial of alleged Southport attacker
The Attorney General issued the warning for editors, publishers and social media users.
16 Jan 2025
Crime
Joey Barton in court charged with sending offensive messages
The former football star is alleged to have sent messages to ex-footballer Lucy Ward and TV presenter Jeremy Vine.
16 Jan 2025
Politics
Ex-Labour MP Mike Amesbury says sorry as he could be jailed for street punch
The Runcorn and Helsby MP pleaded guilty to assault on Thursday.
16 Jan 2025
Crime16 Jan 2025
Mike Amesbury told man ‘you won’t threaten your MP again’ after street punch
The Runcorn and Helsby MP admitted a charge of assault on Thursday.
Crime
Helen Flanagan banned from driving despite claiming hardship
The 34-year-old said her boyfriend Robbie Talbot was driving her Audi when it was caught speeding twice in Merseyside in June last year.
15 Jan 2025
Crime
Schoolgirl took overdose after making sexual assault allegation, inquest hears
Semina Halliwell, who was 12, died on June 12 2021, three days after she took her mother’s prescription medicine.
13 Jan 2025
Crime
Harry Maguire banned from driving for 56 days after admitting speeding
The Manchester United player pleaded guilty to the offence on October 2, the court heard.
8 Jan 2025
Showbiz7 Jan 2025
Man charged with stalking Strictly judge Shirley Ballas
Kyle Shaw did not enter any pleas and was given conditional bail.
Crime
Taxi-driver jailed for social media posts which encouraged violent disorder
Andrew McIntyre, 39, set up a Telegram channel in the aftermath of the Southport knife attack in which three young girls were killed.
6 Jan 2025