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Metro
12-05-2025
- Metro
'Fire' breaks out at Keir Starmer's north London home
A fire reportedly broke out this morning at Sir Keir Starmer's £2million home in north London. The fire erupted just after 1.30am. The door to the prime minister's property was damaged. No one was injured. Police have launched an investigation. Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: Entire London Underground network down after major power outage hits Tube MORE: Four charged after mum killed by falling bricks on her way to son's nursery MORE: Southport killer 'to get same treatment in prison as Hannibal Lecter'
Metro
12-05-2025
- Metro
Southport killer 'to be fed through hatch' like Hannibal after prison attack
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana will reportedly be fed through a hatch and get a five-guard escort following his attack on a prison guard. The 18-year-old, who killed three young girls in July last year, allegedly used a kettle to throw boiling water on a prison officer on Thursday. His freedom within HMP Belmarsh, in South East London, will now be severely restricted in ways that echo the treatment of Hannibal Lecter, according to The Sun. A source told the newspaper: 'They will treat Rudakubana much more severely. It will not be far off Hannibal Lecter because they will take no chances.' Fictional serial killer Lector, who was played by Anthony Hopkins in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, was held in a maximum security jail. The source added: 'Rudakubana will only be able to open the latch on his side once the officers have shut the box and closed it on their side. 'This is a huge deal in UK jails as it is considered it dehumanises inmates. 'He will be let out of his cell only after being searched and escorted by at least five officers, who will be in PPE and could use a dog.' They said the unit would be locked down each time he is moved. In a video posted on X, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick compared the hot water incident to the recent attack on prison guards by the Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi. He said: 'We must never put the rights of criminals and terrorists above the safety of prison officers. 'Labour's Justice Secretary needs to get a grip or else I fear it is only a matter of time before a prison officer loses their life.' Abedi threw hot cooking oil on officers and stabbed them with 'home made weapons,' the Prison Officers' Association alleged. It's thought Rudakubana could now be moved to another prison. More Trending Rudakubana will spend a minimum of 52 years in prison for the murder spree at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. He killed Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and tried to murder eight other children, the class instructor Leanne Lucas, and businessman John Hayes. On the alleged hot water attack, a Prison Services spokesperson from the Ministry of Justice told the Metro: 'Police are investigating an attack on a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh on Thursday. 'Violence in prison will not be tolerated and we will always push for the strongest possible punishment for attacks on our hardworking staff.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: 'Bare beating' is tormenting commuters on the London tube network MORE: Metro launches London Grassroots Music Tube Map to spotlight city's top venues MORE: Man charged with rapes after girls 'attacked close to a train station'
West Australian
12-05-2025
- West Australian
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana: Teen gets Hannibal Lecter-style security after attack on guard
A teenage murderer serving a 52 year jail term for the sadistic stabbing deaths of three young girls has been locked down with Hannibal Lecter-style security after allegedly attacking a prison guard. Southport triple murderer Axel Rudakubana, 18, is behind bars in Belmarsh Prison, one of the UK's toughest and home to the worst of the worst criminals. He was jailed in January over the murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, as well as the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 last year. Rudakubana is now accused of hurling boiling water over a prison guard in a terrifying pre-planned attack last Thursday that had chilling similarities to an attack carried out by another high-profile prisoner the previous month. Other guards raced to the prison guard's aid after hearing his screams. He was taken to hospital for his injuries and discharged the same day. The latest violence has triggered a security upgrade for Rudakubana, so severe it is considered unusual in UK prisons. 'They will treat Rudakubana much more severely. It will not be far off Hannibal Lecter because they will take no chances,' a source told The Sun . His meals will be delivered through a feeding hatch, similar to that featured in the film Silence of the Lambs that starred Anthony Hopkins as serial-killer cannibal Hannibal Lecter. 'Rudakubana will only be able to open the latch on his side once the officers have shut the box and closed it on their side.' 'This is a huge deal in UK jails as it is considered it dehumanises inmates. 'He will be let out of his cell only after being searched and escorted by at least five officers, who will be in PPE and could use a dog. 'The unit will be locked down each time he is moved.' Rudakubana's alleged attack on the prison guard had chilling echoes of another attack on guards a month ago in which Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi threw boiling water at four guards at Frankland prison. Abedi had recently been moved to Belmarsh and authorities fear he could have inspired Rudakubana's boiling water attack. Mr Justice Goose, the judge who sentenced Rudakubana for the Southport murders said he believed the then 17-year-old — armed with an eight-inch kitchen knife he bought for £3.40 ($6.70) from Amazon – would have killed all 26 children at the dance class had some youngsters not managed to escape and raise the alarm. Footage of the attack showed screaming children running for their lives, some collapsing in the car park. In one graphic scene, an eight-year-old girl escaping the building was shown being dragged back inside. She suffered horrendous injuries but survived. Dance teacher Leanne Lucas, who was also stabbed, said she believed Rudakubana 'targeted us because we were women and girls, vulnerable and easy prey'. Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC said Rudakubana's warped interest in genocide and mass murder had driven him to kill. 'Having researched atrocities committed by others, the evidence suggests that he set out to emulate them on July 29,' the prosecutor said. 'Three children were killed, two of whom suffered particularly horrific injuries which are difficult to explain as anything other than sadistic. 'His only purpose was to kill, and he targeted the youngest, most vulnerable in order to spread the greatest level of fear and outrage, which he succeeded in doing.'
The Sun
11-05-2025
- The Sun
Evil Southport killer will be fed through a hatch like Hannibal Lecter after prison officer attack
SOUTHPORT killer Axel Rudakubana will get Hannibal Lecter-style security including a five-guard escort and feeding hatch following his attack on a prison officer. The 18-year-old — serving 52 years for killing three girls in July — will be allowed out only briefly to shower or to exercise on the yard. 1 He could be moved today from HMP Belmarsh, South East London, where Thursday's scalding attack took place. A source said: 'They will treat Rudakubana much more severely. It will not be far off Hannibal Lecter because they will take no chances.' Serial killer Lecter, played by Anthony Hopkins, was kept in a maximum- security cell in 1991 film The Silence Of The Lambs. The source said: 'Rudakubana will only be able to open the latch on his side once the officers have shut the box and closed it on their side. "This is a huge deal in UK jails as it is considered it dehumanises inmates. 'He will be let out of his cell only after being searched and escorted by at least five officers, who will be in PPE and could use a dog. "The unit will be locked down each time he is moved.' Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi, who scalded four staff at HMP Frankland, Co Durham, weeks earlier. The source said: 'Abedi has just been moved to Belmarsh. The timing is no coincidence.' Rudakubana could now be moved to a prison in the North or to HMP Whitemoor, Cambs. Yesterday Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said of staff attacks: 'It's a disgrace. There's a crisis in prisons.' The Ministry of Justice said: 'We take attacks on staff incredibly seriously.'
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The White House's ‘Star Wars' misstep adds to Trump's pop culture woes
For 'Star Wars' fans, May 4 is an unofficial holiday of sorts, and as Variety noted, the White House apparently wanted to get in on the fun — in the most Trumpian way possible. The official White House X and Instagram accounts on Sunday posted an AI-generated image of Donald Trump as a beefed-up Jedi in celebration of 'Star Wars' day. The post read, 'Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, & well known MS-13 Gang Members, back into our Galaxy. You're not the Rebellion — you're the Empire. May the 4th be with you.' (In case this isn't obvious, characters in the film franchise say, 'May The Force be with you.' With this in mind, 'May the Fourth be with you' is a pun.) The fact that Team Trump used the opportunity to lash out at 'Radical Left Lunatics' was not surprising: Two weeks earlier, the president also wrote online, 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics.' But in this case, what stood out was not the predictable palaver, but rather, the seemingly AI-generated image of the Republican wielding a red lightsaber — and as fans of the 'Star Wars' franchise know, it's the Sith villains who use red lightsabers, not the Jedi heroes. (New York magazine's Chas Danner took an even deeper dive into all of the nerdy missteps in the White House-backed image.) With this in mind, actor Mark Hamill, best known for playing Luke Skywalker, turned to Bluesky to have a little fun at Trump's expense. Stepping back, I can appreciate why Trump and his team want to try to exploit pop culture to advance their message, but it's hard not to notice just how frequently they flub these efforts. In 2019, for example, the Republican White House tried to use 'Game of Thrones' as part of a clumsy argument about the president's border-wall project, and the whole thing fell apart rather quickly. A year later, Trump talked about the Captain William Bligh character from 'Mutiny on the Bounty,' though it wasn't altogether clear whether the president realized that Bligh was the villain of the story. After his defeat in 2020, Trump talked obsessively about Hannibal Lecter, a fictional character, including a weird instance in which he referred to the infamous cannibal from 'The Silence of the Lambs,' as 'the late, great Hannibal Lecter' and 'a wonderful man.' Soon after, Trump's 2024 running mate, future Vice President JD Vance, pointed to Martin Scorsese's 'Gangs of New York' as an example of immigration leading to higher crime rates — which was wrong on the policy details as well as the artistic narrative. It fell to The Washington Post's Philip Bump to note, '[T]he most brutal, vicious killer in that movie is the nativist who loathes immigrants.' Maybe these guys should just steer clear of making pop culture references? They're clearly not good at it. This article was originally published on
