AP The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday, the culmination of a yearlong process ...

Image: Axel Rudakubana. Pic: Merseyside Police His 52-year minimum term is thought to be the longest imposed on a killer of his age. Once the minimum term is reached, he would be subjected to a ...

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The Southport child killer will likely die behind bars after murdering three girls at a dance class but his 52-year sentence has sparked calls for law changes. Axel Rudakubana received one of the ...

He was spoken to by police, who also spoke to the school, and officers made a vulnerable child referral to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (Mash). He was excluded from the school and transferred ...

Killer Axel Rudakubana had been referred to the government's anti-extremism scheme, known as Prevent, three times before the murders due to his fixation with violence. Yvette Cooper said the ...

This is what we know about his journey to becoming a killer - and whether it could have ... which he used to attack another child. He had to be restrained by staff. Uncredited From the point ...

who was accused of shooting Clarke's boyfriend in front of the child. The mother and son were ambushed as they returned home to their apartment in January 1999. Police found the boy with a bullet ...

Child-killer Axel Rudakubana has arrived at court to find out the number of years he will spend behind bars after admitting the murders of three girls at a dance class in Southport. The 18-year ...

In a statement on Monday, prime minister Keir Starmer said: “The news that the vile and sick Southport killer will be convicted is welcome. “It is also a moment of trauma for the nation ...

Child-killer Axel Rudakubana is set to find out the number of years he will spend behind bars after admitting the murders of three girls at a dance class in Southport. The 18-year-old pleaded ...