Good night. Households have paid tribute to the three youngsters killed within the Southport stabbings whereas 5 others and two adults stay in a vital situation in hospital.
Elsewhere, Angela Rayner has vowed to impose housebuilding plans on councils that refuse to satisfy new targets.
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Households pay tribute to a few women killed in knife assault
The youngsters killed have been named by police as six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar. The three youngsters have been amongst 11 stabbed throughout a sustained knife assault whereas attending a Taylor Swift themed yoga and dance workshop in Southport on Monday lunchtime – observe the most recent right here.