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Jul 31, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ewan Gawne |Gemma Sherlock |Chris Long

Police have been granted more time to question a boy over the deaths of three children in a knife attack at a dance class as officers arrested four men in connection with a night of violent disturbance. The 17-year-old has been in custody since he was arrested in Southport on Monday. Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar died and eight other children were injured in the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed event.

Jul 30, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Ewan Gawne |Laura O'Neill |Chris Long |Monica Rimmer

By Ewan Gawne, Laura O'Neill, Chris Long, Monica Rimmer and Angela Ferguson, BBC NewsThe three girls who were killed in a "ferocious" knife attack at a children's dance workshop in Britain have been named by police. Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, died after the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed event on Hart Street, Southport, on Monday. Five children and two adults who were also injured remain in a critical condition.

Jul 30, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Stewart Whittingham |Laura O'Neill |Chris Long

By Stewart Whittingham, Laura O'Neill and Chris Long, BBC NewsSinger Taylor Swift has said the knife attack at a dance workshop themed around her music which left three children dead and nine more injured has left her "completely in shock". Children and adults were attacked at the event on Hart Street, Southport, on Monday. Posting on Instagram, the star said she was "at a complete loss" for how to convey her sympathies.

Jul 22, 2024 | bbc.com | Chris Long

Creamfields in three-year clean-up planGeoffrey Hubbel/CreamfieldsThe festival welcomes about 70,000 attendees to its site every yearA festival has drawn up plans to massively reduce its impact on the environment. Creamfields said its comprehensive three-year "Cleanfields" plan will help to preserve its 600-acre (240-hectare) site in Daresbury, Cheshire.

Jun 24, 2024 | bbc.com | Chris Long

Off-road biker dies after losing control on trackBBCPolice said they were keen to speak to "anyone who may have witnessed the incident"A biker has died after he "lost control" of his motorcycle while out "enjoying himself" on an off-road track, police have said. Greater Manchester Police said the 19-year-old man was fatally injured in a crash at an off-road motorcycle track on Morley’s Lane in Tyldesley, Wigan, at about 13:55 BST on Saturday.