State failing to learn lessons of Southport attack, say victims’ lawyers

Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests young people who pose ‘catastrophic’ threat still slipping through system Ministers are “failing to learn the lessons” from the Southport attack and allowing violence-obsessed teenagers to remain a “catastrophic” threat to society, lawyers for victims of the atrocity have said ahead of the findings of an official inquiry. A report on the July 2024 attack by the judge Sir Adrian Fulford, to be released on Monday, is expected to strongly criticise failings ...

By Josh Halliday North of England editor