9:52 am today

UK: Violence follows Southport stabbings

From Nine To Noon, 9:52 am today
Smoke billows from a fire started by protesters as riot police stand guard after disturbances near the Southport Islamic Society Mosque in Southport, northwest England, on July 30, 2024, a day after a deadly child knife attack. Violent clashes broke out in the northern England town where a knife attack claimed the lives of three children, with around 100 protesters lighting fires and battling police. A 17-year-old male suspect from a nearby village arrested shortly after the incident remained in custody, police added, as they warned against speculating about his identity or details of the investigation. (Photo by Roland LLOYD PARRY / AFP)

Photo: AFP / ROLAND LLOYD PARRY

UK correspondent Natasha Clark joins Kathryn for the latest on the outbreak of violence and hooliganism that followed the stabbing deaths of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

A mob of 300 people attacked officers, a mosque and set bins and cars alight.

And new Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners may have to be cut, as she accused the Tories of covering up a £22bn shortfall in public finances.

Natasha Clark is Political Editor at LBC Radio