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The IndependentTuesday, 14 April 2026
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Southport killer’s parents and police to blame for rampage
Bombshell report finds atrocity ‘could have been – and should have been – prevented’ as ‘catastrophic’ failings allowed teenage knifeman to ‘fall through the cracks’ and authorities dismissed his behaviour as symptoms of his autism spectrum disorder
The paper focuses on institutional and familial accountability following an official inquiry, highlighting missed opportunities to prevent the attack.
An official inquiry into the 2024 Southport stabbing attack, which sparked nationwide riots, has concluded that authorities and the attacker's family missed warning signs. The report attributes blame to systemic failures in handling the perpetrator's escalating behaviour.
“catastrophic failings”
“Critical of institutional failure”
Pope hits back after Trump calls him ‘weak’ and shares Jesus meme
The pontiff cited the gospel’s message of peace after the president taunted him online for criticising the Iran war
Frames the interaction as an unseemly digital spat, contrasting the Pope's message of peace with the US President's online provocations.
Pink-pilling, tradwives and anti-feminism: it’s time to talk about the ‘womanosphere’
Introduces an analytical feature on emerging online subcultures affecting women.
OIL PRICES LEAP AS TRUMP LAUNCHES BLOCKADE OF IRAN’S PORTS
Links geopolitical military action directly to global economic consequences.
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