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1. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Ben Haslam

   Southport falls silent on second anniversary of dance class attack (opens the original)

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   Today marks two years since the murders of three young girls at a dance class in Southport. Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar attended the Hart Space alongside 23 other children on the morning of July 29, 2024, for what was meant to be a fun-filled Taylor Swift-themed workshop. Yet the actions of one individual, compounded by a catalogue of failings in the preceding years, resulted in the deaths of all three girls, along with physical injuries su

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2. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Ben Haslam

   Tragedy as boy, 3, dies after falling into pond (opens the original)

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   A three-year-old boy has died after falling into a pond on Saturday evening. Emergency services were called to a property on Brownmoor Lane in Crosby following reports that the young boy had fallen into a pond, reports the Liverpool Echo. Both Merseyside Police and North West Ambulance Service responded to the incident, and the child was subsequently transported to hospital, where he tragically died. The death is not thought to be suspicious. Officers are continuing to provide support to the boy

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