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
Crime

Southport attacker’s psychiatrist had not read notes on past violence – inquiry

Dr Anthony Molyneux said it would have been ‘impossible’ to review Axel Rudakubana’s complete patient record.
20 Oct 2025
UK

Brother of women’s football manager Matt Beard urges ‘be more thoughtful’

The 47-year-old coach, who died last month, was remembered at a Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral service on Friday.
17 Oct 2025
Crime

Man appears in court charged with assisting suicide by supplying chemicals

Miles Cross, 33, is accused of four counts of the offence.
16 Oct 2025
UK

Detectives re-appeal for information on baby found in field

Police said a distinctive piece of underwear was found at the scene.
15 Oct 2025
Crime

Firms ‘did not know’ machete was in parcel delivered to Southport attacker

The Southport Inquiry heard the machete was sent without age-verified delivery.
1 Oct 2025
Crime

Southport attacker contacted retailers about ordering crossbows, inquiry told

Axel Rudakubana emailed two archery retailers when he was 15, the inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall heard on Wednesday.
1 Oct 2025
Crime

Director of website that sold machete to Southport killer showed no ‘curiosity’

Joseph Wheeler, managing director of Knife Warehouse, gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry on Tuesday.
30 Sept 2025
Crime

Southport teacher was ‘let down’ by organisations, inquiry told

A summary of evidence from Leanne Lucas was read to the public inquiry into the attack.
29 Sept 2025
Crime

No one would have imagined Southport attack would happen, inquiry told

Jennifer Scholes, who owned the lease on the dance studio, gave evidence to the public inquiry.
29 Sept 2025
Crime

Taxi driver saw ‘stampede’ of children fleeing Southport attack, inquiry hears

Gary Poland told the Southport Inquiry he left the scene because he believed he heard gunshots.
25 Sept 2025
Crime

Taxi driver feared he could be ‘target of gunman’ at Southport attack

Gary Poland gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry on Thursday.
25 Sept 2025
Crime

‘Difficult’ to understand how one person caused so many injuries, inquiry hears

Chief Inspector Andrew Hughes, who was on duty in the Merseyside Police control room on the day, gave evidence at Liverpool Town Hall.
24 Sept 2025
Crime

Southport response showed ‘bad meeting good’, detective tells inquiry

Detective Chief Inspector Jason Pye praised the members of the public and off-duty professionals who stepped in to help.
22 Sept 2025
Crime

Taxi driver who dropped off Southport attacker ‘waited 50 minutes’ to call 999

Detective Chief Inspector Jason Pye told the Southport Inquiry ‘morally’ he would have expected an earlier call to have been made.
22 Sept 2025
Crime

Southport survivors experienced ‘vile abuse’ on social media, inquiry told

Pete Weatherby KC, representing Leanne Lucas, Heidi Liddle and Jonathan Hayes, addressed the Southport Inquiry on Wednesday.
17 Sept 2025
Crime

Southport killer ‘could and should have been stopped’, inquiry hears

The public inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall raises questions about role of the killer’s parents and state agencies.
17 Sept 2025
Crime

Parents of Southport killer thought he had ‘gone for a walk’, inquiry hears

Counsel to the inquiry Nicholas Moss KC said the killer’s family would be a ‘significant’ topic for the inquiry.
16 Sept 2025
Crime

‘Cowardly’ Southport killer targeted women and girls, inquiry hears

Axel Rudakubana’s attack on a class of young girls was ‘extremely cowardly’.
16 Sept 2025
Crime

Southport mother thought daughter was dead, inquiry hears

The child had hid in toilets with dance teacher Heidi Liddle as Axel Rudakubana launched a stabbing frenzy on innocent children at a dance studio.
11 Sept 2025
Crime

Two sisters showed ‘remarkable’ bravery as they ran from Southport attacker

The first phase of the inquiry is expected to run until November.
11 Sept 2025