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The BBC has removed a video of a teenager accused of murdering three girls in Southport after it emerged he starred in a Children in Need advert. A spokesman for BBC Children in Need said the clip was removed across all platforms “out of respect” for the victims. “Our deepest sympathies go out to everyone

A police station was set on fire and objects thrown at officers as a protest in Sunderland escalated into a night of “criminal thuggery”. Eight people were arrested for a range of offences – including violent disorder and burglary – after riots broke out apparently in response to the Southport stabbings. Three police officers were

Fireworks and flares are now being advertised for sale on a Telegram messenger group that was used to call for a street presence in Southport in advance of this week’s riot. Sky News has identified the individual responsible. Follow latest:Updates as police deal with protests and disorder ‘If this is the wrong channel join ours’

Police have released images of eight people they are looking to identify after “criminal activity” at a protest outside a hotel housing migrants in Aldershot. Hampshire Police said one of their officers suffered a minor injury in the disruption outside the Potters International Hotel on Wednesday evening. They say a minority of the 200 people

A police unit will be set up to tackle violent disorder across the country after rioting by far-right groups in the wake of the Southport stabbings, the prime minister has announced. Sir Keir Starmer said he would not allow a “breakdown of law and order on our streets” following violent scenes in Southport, Hartlepool and

Former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards was arrested after officers seized the phone of a paedophile and found the two men had participated in a WhatsApp exchange, police have said. Edwards, who was the BBC’s highest-paid newsreader before he resigned in April, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children at Westminster Magistrates’

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder and attempted murder after a mass stabbing in Southport. Three children, six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar, died as a result of the attack at The Hart Space community centre. A “Taylor Swift Yoga and Dance Workshop” aimed at children aged

A man who stopped to help at the scene of the Southport stabbings described “locking eyes” with the attacker and says seeing the injured children will “probably stay with me for the rest of my life”. Speaking for the first time since it happened, Joel Verite detailed Monday’s tragedy moment by moment, first being met

A third child has died after Monday’s knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, police have said. The nine-year-old girl died in hospital on Tuesday morning, Merseyside Police said. The first two deaths – of girls aged six and seven – were confirmed by the force on Monday evening. Five other children

Two children have died and nine others are injured after a stabbing in Southport, north of Liverpool, this morning. All of the nine children who were injured were stabbed and six are in a critical condition. Two adults are also in a critical condition. Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said: “We believe that the

A man whose business is next door to where two children were stabbed to death in Southport has told Sky News the attack was “definitely intentional”. Warning: the following article contains graphic descriptions of injured children. Read latest: Two children killed and others critically injured Colin Parry, who owns Masters Vehicle Body Repairs on Hart

A woman has died after she was attacked while walking her dog in Suffolk. Anita Rose, 57, was found unconscious by a member of the public lying on a track near Rectory Lane, Brantham, at around 6.25am on Wednesday. Ms Rose had left her house at around 5am to take her springer spaniel, called Bruce,

Two men in their 20s have been killed after a light aircraft crashed in a field in North Yorkshire. Emergency services were called to a rural location in Thorganby, near Selby, on Sunday morning, police said. The victims are thought to be the pilot and his passenger. Their next of kin have been informed. Image:

New footage has emerged showing the alleged assault of three police officers at Manchester Airport before a man was kicked in the head. The video, obtained by the Manchester Evening News, shows the chaotic scenes which led to an officer kick and stamp on the head of a man who was lying face down on

Two men were arrested at Tommy Robinson’s London rally on Saturday after an anti-racism campaigner was attacked, police said. The Stand Up To Racism activist was taking part in a counter-demonstration when he “sustained a head injury” at the Victoria Embankment Gardens, according to the Metropolitan Police. Both men were arrested on suspicion of “grievous

A criminal investigation has been launched into the police officer filmed kicking and stamping on a man at Manchester Airport. The police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), said it was investigating the officer caught on camera earlier this week. A decision will then be made on whether to refer the matter to