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Children & Teens
Prevent scheme needs to ‘rapidly’ adapt to online world, review finds after failures in Southport case Lord Anderson KC was appointed as the new independent commissioner for Prevent in January and the long-awaited report into the scheme was published on Wednesday, outlining 10 recommendations to improve the anti-extremism programme.
(Sky News) The Prevent scheme needs to “rapidly” adapt to the online world “where so much radicalisation takes place,” an independent review has found. The anti-extremism programme has been under increased scrutiny after two recent terror incidents involving Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana […]
Interfaith
Manchester synagogue killer ‘pledged allegiance to Islamic State’ during attack, police say Police said Jihad al Shamie called 999, claimed responsibility for the attack, and pledged allegiance to Islamic State. They added that four individuals arrested and interviewed about the attack will be released without charge.
(Sky News) The Manchester synagogue terrorist made a call to police during the attack where he pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, police say. Jihad al Shamie, 35, carried out the attack last Thursday as he tried to get inside Heaton […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Doctor says he was overwhelmed with patients
(BBC) A doctor has told an inquiry he was “overwhelmed” at the number of casualties he had to deal with following the Manchester Arena attack. Dr Michael Daley was on-call and was one of the first medical responders at the scene of […]