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An inquiry into the Southport stabbings has been announced by the government.

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana was referred to the government's anti-extremism Prevent scheme three times before the murders.

Almost half of the 40 hospitals promised by the previous Conservative government have been delayed, the health secretary has said.

It was a small signifier - one which could be over-interpreted - but nevertheless provoked angst among some in government at a time when there isn't universally huge confidence that UK-US political relations are as robust as they should be.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will travel to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week to court potential investors in UK growth projects, joining hundreds of political and economic leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps in the shadow of Donald Trump's inauguration.

Police are investigating new information in the case of a seven-year-old boy who died after being struck by an HGV more than 35 years ago.

The family of a charity cyclist who was killed by a hit-and-run drink-driver and secretly buried in a shallow grave have received a six-figure compensation payout.

A new case of the Clade Ib strain of mpox has been detected in England, the UK Health Security Agency has said.

Police have issued a mugshot of Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana after he admitted murdering three girls last July.

A teenager has admitted murdering three young girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July last year.