Liverpool (England)

Anti-Immigrant Rioters Set a UK Library on Fire. The Community Rallied.

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Anti-Immigrant Rioters Set a UK Library on Fire. The Community Rallied.

When the rioters came for Spellow Library, they used the nonfiction section as kindling. Deborah Moore, then the library’s manager, arrived the next morning to find that the shelves and couches recently purchased as part of a refurbishment project had been stacked up to build a pyre on the ground floor. The books that had … Read more

Southport Killer Had ‘Sickening and Sustained Interest’ in Violence, U.K. Officials Say

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Southport Killer Had ‘Sickening and Sustained Interest’ in Violence, U.K. Officials Say

After his expulsion, Mr. Rudakubana was enrolled at the Acorns School in Lancashire, which caters to children with special needs, and at Presfield High School and Specialist College. But he struggled to integrate, the safeguarding agency said, a situation that worsened after the pandemic began in 2020 and schools closed. Despite professionals’ efforts to engage … Read more