Merseyside Police have cautioned people against speculating over the Taylor Swift-themed dance class, in which Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were killed. According to police, for the attack to be classed as terrorism motivation would need to be established.

Axel Rudakubana, the suspect in the deadly Southport knife attack, has been charged with a terror offence and the production of the lethal poison ricin.