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[ad_1] Landmark buildings across north-west England will light up pink over the weekend in memory of the young girls killed in the Southport knife attack.Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were killed when a knifeman attacked them during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on Monday.Eight other children were injured along with two adults - yoga instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.Sefton Council said

[ad_1] BBCArtist Steve Jenkins has painted over a mural he made of former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards A mural of former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has been removed after he admitted having indecent images of children.The artwork, unveiled in 2023, was part of a bigger mural in the presenter's home village of Llangennech, Carmarthenshire.Artist Steve Jenkins, 50, painted over the portrait on Tuesday after it was announced Edwards had been

[ad_1] Serial killer Levi Bellfield has been blocked from having a civil partnership under a new law that stops the most serious offenders getting married in prison. Bellfield is serving two whole-life sentences for the murders of Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell and Amélie Delagrange, as well as the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.He had previously applied to marry his girlfriend and made a bid for legal aid to challenge a

[ad_1] BBCPhil Emmett made a 46-mile round trip for his last prescriptionA patient whose life-changing medication is in critically short supply says he drives hundreds of miles in order to find it.Phil Emmett, 80, from Bardney in Lincolnshire, needs Creon to be able to digest food. Without it, he has excruciating bowel pain and feels too sick to eat."Getting medication when you're in a rural area is extremely difficult," he

[ad_1] Sarah Tunnicliffe Sarah Tunnicliffe decided she would never get married after she lost the ability to walk, before she met her fiance, Jamie ClarkA woman has said being unable to have her dream wedding as a result of her disability is "really upsetting". Due to transport issues, Sarah Tunnicliffe, 41, may have to travel 40 minutes in her wheelchair to her big day, wearing her dress, or use a

[ad_1] Nico Georgiou/StravaNico Georgiou's bike ride created a piece of "GPS-tracked drawing" dedicated to the OlympicsA fashion designer has cycled 264 miles (425km) across London and Surrey to create a "GPS-drawn" artwork to mark the Olympic Games.Nico Georgiou created a Strava tracking model of the original Greek discus thrower inspired by the image used for the 1948 London Olympics.He said the feat took him 40 hours to complete, "cycling through

[ad_1] BBCCandles and flowers left outside the premises of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, in Hessle Road, Hull, after police recovered 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes in March this yearAn above-ground vault could be built to hold ashes discovered at the premises of a Hull funeral directors, officials have said.It would form the centrepiece of a permanent memorial for families affected by the investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors

[ad_1] Seven men have been charged after disorder broke out in Hartlepool on Wednesday.All seven men were charged with violent disorder, while one was also charged with assault by beating of an emergency worker and another was charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, Cleveland Police said. The men, aged 28 to 54, have been remanded in custody and are due to appear at Teesside Magistrates

[ad_1] BBCIt had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute - responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and appointments.And then, suddenly, word came on Monday that the British Medical Association was recommending that its 50,000 junior doctor members accept a fresh offer from the new government.It sounded almost too good to be true. And now some are wondering if it might be.What’s the deal?Last Friday, just three

[ad_1] BBCThe Southport attacks have once again dominated the front pages, after the 17-year-old charged with murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class was named as Axel Muganwa Rudakubana. Friday's Metro has the headline "teenage 'killer' unmasked" and reports that the teenager smiled as he entered court before he pulled up his tracksuit to cover his face in the dock.The Daily Express has a similar headline alongside a