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  Rioters who attacked police and property following the fatal stabbing of three girls in Southport have been accused of promoting an “extreme agenda”. Northumbria’s police and crime commissioner described violence in Sunderland, which left four police officers hospitalised, as sickening. A clean-up operation is under way in the city after a night of violence saw missiles thrown at riot ...

The Conservatives can win the next general election but need to “confront some hard truths”, Robert Jenrick has said as he launched his campaign to replace Rishi Sunak as the party’s leader. Addressing supporters in his Newark constituency, he said the party should reject “defeatism” but also needed to be “grounded in realism”. He argued that the principle reason the ...

Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned group al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive. The extremist preacher was found guilty of directing the group, which is banned under UK terror laws, and encouraging support for it through online meetings. The sentence means he cannot seek to leave jail on licence until he is more ...

The three girls who were killed in a “ferocious” knife attack at a children’s dance workshop 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 ...

Tuesday is expected to be the UK’s hottest day of the year as a heatwave affects large parts of the UK. Parts of south-east England are forecast to reach temperatures of 32C (90F). The Met Office said some places in England and Wales are very likely to meet heatwave criteria later. But it might be short-lived – with a yellow ...

A senior judge has issued an arrest warrant for far-right campaigner Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – better known by his alias Tommy Robinson – after learning he has left the country on the eve of a major legal case against him. Yaxley-Lennon left the UK by a Eurotunnel train on Sunday night, despite having been arrested by Kent Police under counter-terrorism powers. ...

The British government has dropped plans to oppose the International Criminal Court’s application for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza, according to UK news agency PA Media.. “This was a proposal by the previous government which was not submitted before the election, and which I can confirm the Government will not ...

Dame Priti Patel has said she can unite the Tories and turn them “back into a winning machine” as she launched her bid for the party’s leadership. The former home secretary said her political experience meant she would be able to “reinvigorate” the party following its recent election defeat. “I have done this throughout my 30 plus years of service ...

Seven Labour MPs have had the whip removed for rebelling against Sir Keir Starmer over the two-child benefit cap. The rebels, including John McDonnell, the former shadow chancellor, have had the whip suspended for at least six months, The Telegraph understands. They had voted for an amendment to the King’s Speech tabled by the Scottish National Party calling on the ...

BBC racing commentator John Hunt’s wife and their two daughters were murdered at their home at Bushey in Hertfordshire of England. Police detained a suspect named Kyle Clifford, 26, near a cemetery in North London. A woman who knows the family described them as “kind, friendly and gentle” people who “always made time for others”. Police said the suspect, who ...