For our first meeting this term I thought we should go through some of the things that happened while we were having a summer break.  

1.  Riots

Community in mourning after three girls killed in knife attack

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd194zkw4d9o

Thugs hijacked Southport and families' grief, MP says

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2gyv882nvo

‘My Southport shop was looted by rioters, then saved by strangers’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-e885e189-aee4-4250-bbfc-c7f3c52f4d48

Priti Patel’s ‘laughable’ claims of two-tier policing putting officers at risks

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/10/former-uk-counter-terror-lead-criticises-priti-patel-divisive-comments

Labour donor calls for review as Southport rioter is jailed for less time than Just Stop Oil protester

https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/aug/10/labour-donor-calls-for-review-as-southport-rioter-is-jailed-for-less-time-than-just-stop-oil-protester

Musk hits back after PM criticises UK 'civil war' post

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo

Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov 'ridiculous', says lawyer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg2kz9kn93o

2. American Election.

What we know about the Trump attacker

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gw58wv4e9o

In maps: Donald Trump assassination attempt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevwngjrwzno

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump

Kamala Harris officially becomes the Democratic candidate for US president

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cjdk10r15llo

Democrats are riding high but victory is far from certain

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl21j2py8xo

RFK Jr just endorsed Trump. Will it matter in November?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d9rj33x1no

3. Two Child Benefit Cap.

Labour’s two-child benefit cap row – explained

https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-labours-two-child-benefit-cap-row-explained

4. Winter Fuel Allowance.

I have been a Labour loyalist for 45 years, but cutting the winter fuel allowance is short-sighted folly

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/23/labour-cutting-winter-fuel-allowance-

5. The new government is settling pay disputes.

Train drivers to vote on new deal to end strikes, says Aslef

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9rxdrj713o

6. Andrew Malkinson. Wrongful conviction finally overturned.

Britain’s system for tackling wrongful convictions failed me spectacularly. Overhaul the CCRC now

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/18/britain-wrongful-convictions-ccrc-criminal-cases-review-commission-andrew-malkinson

Other prisoners could be freed by case review - Malkinson

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c250gnxd287o

7. Major IT outage are we in a good enough position to overcome major IT failures.

Is the UK resilient enough to withstand a major cyber-attack?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/19/uk-resilient-enough-withstand-cyber-attack

From trains to retail, how CrowdStrike outage caused havoc across industries

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/19/from-trains-to-retail-how-crowdstrike-outage-caused-havoc-across-industries