Southport's MP has endorsed a report by the children's commissioner for England that found children who rioted after the murder of three girls in the town were not motivated by far right ideologies.

A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.

Thrill-seeking and a lack of trust in police were the driving factors for young people to get involved in the 2024 summer riots, research has suggested. | ITV News Granada

A British court sentenced teen Axel Rudakubana to a record 52 years in prison, minus time served, for murdering three young girls in a frenzied stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July.

A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, will probably never be released, a judge ruled as he condemned the “extreme violence” of his knife attack on a dance class last year.

A teen has pleaded guilty to murdering three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer.

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza, who spoke to some of the youngsters who were charged during the riots, said many kids' involvement was spontaneous and opportunistic

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana’s 52-year prison sentence is set to be reviewed amid concerns it is “unduly lenient.”

After a teenager admitted murdering three girls at a dance class, Keir Starmer said people were being radicalized into violence for its own sake and terrorism laws might need to change.

A new Government knife crackdown aims to close a loophole that allowed Southport killer Axel Rudakubana to order weapons online to use in his murderous rampage

Thrill-seeking and a distrust of police were the driving factors for young people to get involved in last summer’s riots more than online misinformation, research by the Children’s Commissioner has suggested.