The chief of the Metropolitan Police has said that the Southport attack, which left three little girls dead, was not an act of terrorism.

Chief Todd Coring said his main concern moving forward is the city's side roads, which are still covered by heavy layers of slush and ice.

Starmer to be grilled at PMQs over Southport killings as Axel Rudakubana’s family go into hiding: latest - Teenage killer’s family moved to secret location for protection, father’s church reveals

Questions continue over why UK authorities did not publish key details about Axel Rudakubana earlier than they did.

Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana was referred to Prevent three times before he killed three schoolgirls but was considered unsuitable for the anti-terror programme

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is due to be sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to murder of three children and trying to kill 10 other people

Sir Keir Starmer announced a review of terror laws to address “extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms” after Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside, in July.

Axel Rudakubana’s neighbours have been selling their homes and telling of their horror at living next to the Southport murderer.

Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to a minimum 52 years in jail for the killing of three young girls in Southport in a stabbing attack in 2024. After Rudakubana pleaded guilty to the murders, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a public inquiry, saying the state “failed in its duty” to protect the girls.

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has told LBC that the Southport attack that claimed the lives of three young girls was ‘not an act of terrorism’.

Police chiefs are urging ministers to give them access to the driving licence database so they can catch more of the Southport Far-Right rioters using facial recognition. The National Police Chiefs’ Council told the Commons home affairs committee that 127 suspects involved in the summer riots had been identified using retrospective facial recognition.

A teen killer who stabbed three girls to death during the Southport knife attack has admitted to being in the possession of an "Al-Qaeda Training Manual” which was found inside his home.