Knife attacks

  • The government has no plans to expand the definition of extremism, a Home Office minister has said after a leaked review suggested the UK should focus on concerning behaviours and activity rather than ideologies. Dan Jarvis told the Commons: “This work did not recommend an expansion in the definition of extremism, and they are not,…

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  • Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, has agreed that people should lose their jobs if there were “individual failings” after the Southport killer was referred to an anti-terrorism scheme three times. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to a minumum of 52 years in prison after admitting the murder of three young girls at a dance class…

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  • Germany holds regional elections on Sunday

    Voters will head to the polls in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia on Sunday in an election likely to be closely watched as an indicator of public sentiment towards the country’s government. Regional elections for the German states of Saxony and Thuringia will take place on Sunday, with many warning against the possible…

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  • The family of a student stabbed to death in Nottingham say she was a “hero” who tried to save the life of her friend, who also died in the same attack. Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19, was killed in the knife attacks in June, alongside Barnaby Webber. They had been returning from a night out celebrating the…

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