A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting.

A protester interrupted a Sky News report this afternoon, outside Liverpool Crown Court. The news channel was reporting on the sentencing of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana when a man with a sign cut in, interrupting presenting from Sarah-Jane Mee.

Southport will 'rebuild' after shock of knife ... Niall Paterson is joined by north of England correspondent Katerina Vittozzi at Liverpool Crown Court to recount what we heard.

Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Da Silva Aguiar in the Southport stabbings. The 18-year-old, of Banks in West Lancashire, was due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court this morning, Monday ...

At Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday ... she “didn’t know how many children were hurt or where they were”. Southport killer Axel Rudakubana jailed for minimum of 52 years Footage released ...

Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering three girls, 10 attempted murders, producing ricin, possessing terrorist material, and possessing a knife.

A violence-obsessed teenager who murdered three girls at a dance class in Southport tried to take a taxi to his former school a week before his rampage - but was stopped by his father. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was reportedly excluded from secondary school over allegations he was carrying a knife and later returned to attack someone with a hockey stick.

A family-friendly jazz festival returns to Merseyside this weekend and will be located in a 'stunning' art-deco inspired building. The Southport Jazz Festival is hosted by The Grand on Lord Street and be in full flow from Friday, January 31 to Sunday, February 2.

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed class.

Lucky Star is tucked away on the residential High Park Road in a semi-detached house. A red sign above the front door is all the notice you're afforded of its whereabouts. There's no flashy or spacious storefront here.

Pink bows are still attached to the lampposts in Hart Street where Rudakubana went on his murderous rampage. A pink and white tribute, created by a local knitting group, sits on top of the postbox, making angels of the three girls who died.