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For the first time, the parents of five of the girls who were stabbed in the Southport attack have shared their stories.
Humbled and privileged to meet them. Here is their story - a difficult read but with hope at the end.
Josh Halliday
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Josh Halliday
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North of England editor, @guardian. @LUFC fan from Bradford, @sunderlanduni alumni, Paul Foot award winner 2025. DMs open.
- Goosebumps! The amazing moment Manchester crowd joins in with woman singing Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger after minutes silence
00:00 - You know it’s bad when the long room turns into millwall away #Ashes23
00:00 - “What a laugh,” says 38-year-old Christopher Rodgers as he’s remanded to custody after being charged with violent disorder at the Rotherham riot. He’s just pleaded not guilty at Sheffield magistrates’ court. Custody means Rodgers will miss a family holiday in two weeks.
- Liverpool’s Nans against Nazis are forming a human shield around the city’s immigration advice centre. Meanwhile, an elderly man is playing John Lennon’s ‘Give Peace a Chance’ on repeat on a portable speaker resting on his walking frame.
- NEW: A police van has had its windscreen smashed by bricks. Smoke bombs, bins and bottles been thrown at the police from close quarters. Some chanting “Allah. Allah. Who the **** is Allah”
00:00 - Tommy Robinson says he's had a strawberry milkshake thrown over him "by some Muslim supporter" in Bury.
- Nursery fees going up by a grand a year from January. Excellent. From £12,086/year (£63/day) when my little one started in January this year, to £13,056 (£69/day) from Jan 2023. The childcare system is beyond broken and it’s massively holding back the economy. @PregnantScrewed
- 🚨NEW: Ticketmaster may have breached consumer laws by failing to warn Oasis fans that the price of tickets might soar while they were queueing, experts say. It has also emerged that the company plans to apply “dynamic pricing” more widely.
- NEW: Confrontation between demonstrators and police at a planned far-right march in Southport. They’re now attacking a police van.
00:00 - Final result: Tommy Robinson got just 2.2% of the vote in the north-west (just 38,900 votes). He's lost his deposit. 😬
- Good morning from Liverpool crown court, where three rioters are due to receive prison terms for their roles in violent unrest in Southport and Liverpool over the past eight days.
