The Latest Breaking News from Southport

When news broke that a 17-year-old male had stabbed a number of young girls in Southport, misinformation swiftly followed. First, that the perpetrator was an asylum seeker or refugee who had come to the UK on a boat. This was discredited and information emerged that the individual was British-born. But…

More rioters are being sentenced in Leeds today (9 August), following days of unrest across the UK, off the back of a knife attack on three young girls in Southport.

The Reform UK leader is facing protest outside his office at the weekend after claims he ‘peddled conspiracies’ over Southport tragedies

Derek Drummond, 58, was part of a riot in Southport and has been handed one of the longest jail sentences handed down so far over the recent disorder

‘Just because we purchased a YouTube channel from a Russian seller doesn’t mean we have any affiliations,’ an apparent staff member at Channel3 Now says

Judge Menary has sentenced five men to prison terms for violent disorder

‘It was a spur-of-the-moment ridiculous thing to do, which has literally destroyed me,’ Bernadette Spofforth says

William Morgan, who has been jailed for more than two years, needed three officers to detain him

Watch from Liverpool Crown Court where two rioters were sentenced on Thursday, 8 August, for violent disorder.