The Southport inquiry should consider giving Axel Rudakubana a whole-life sentence, the Children’s Commissioner has said.

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza, who spoke to some of the youngsters who were charged during the riots, said ...

John Rasburn, 47, was captured on CCTV spitting and throwing cones at police officers during the Southport riots - he later handed himself into police and has now been jailed ...

A new report concluded that youngsters got involved because it 'looked fun', not because they had racist views ...

The unrest was triggered by the murder of three young girls at the hands of Lancashire teenager Axel Rudakubana in Southport, as false information ... that of the over 100 children arrested during the ...

The office for the Children's Commissioner spoke to around a fifth of the children charged over the trouble which broke out ...

The riots were sparked by the murder of the three young girls by Axel Rudakubana in Southport as misinformation spread, largely online, and led to hotels housing asylum seekers being targeted. READ ...

She made the comments as she published a report that found that children who took part in last year’s Southport riots were not racist but joined in the disorder because they “thought it looked ...

It comes after a new report concluded that young people took part in the riots because they ‘looked fun’ - not because they held anti-migrant or racist views ...

Dame Rachel de Souza's office spoke to around a fifth of the children charged over the trouble which broke out in the ...

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The riots were sparked by the murder of the three young girls by Axel Rudakubana in Southport as misinformation spread, largely online, and led to hotels housing asylum seekers being targeted.