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A dance teacher injured in the Southport knife attack that left three girls dead has given her first interview since the stabbing. Leanne Lucas was overseeing a Taylor Swift-themed dance class and suffered serious wounds trying to protect the children in the attack. Axel Rudakubana, 18, of Banks, Lancashire, has appeared in court accused of murdering three children in the attack. He appeared via video link for a plea and trial preparation hearing at Liverpool Crown Court last Wednesday but was not asked to enter any pleas to the 16 charges he faces. The defendant is charged with three counts of murder, 10 of attempted murder and possession of a knife over the 29 July attack.

A voter who started a petition calling for another general election has conceded that Labour should be given more time to win the electorate over. Michael Westwood launched the petition last week after growing “fed up” with Sir Keir Starmer just four months after Labour won the general election in a landslide. When Sky News host Kay Burley declared: "I think we should give them a bit more time," the pub landlord agreed. "But what they promised and what they're delivering is a different thing altogether," he added.

A survivor of the Egypt tourist yacht that sank in the Red Sea off Egypt on Monday (26 November) thanked his rescuers in an emotional exchange on Tuesday.

Gunshots were heard in Beirut Lebanon , in the early hours of Wednesday (27 November) in an apparent celebration at the start of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

A survivor of the Egypt tourist yacht that sank in the Red Sea off Egypt on Monday (26 November) thanked his rescuers in an emotional exchange on Tuesday. The Belgian tourist told officials "It's very nice to be back" as five people were rescued alive, bringing the total number of survivors to 33. Two British passengers remain among seven missing people as the search enters a critical third day. German and Polish nationals are believed to make up the others who are unaccounted for.

Zayn Malik gave a touching tribute to Liam Payne during the Leeds show of his first-ever solo tour after leaving One Direction. The "Pillowtalk" hitmaker, 31, projected a message onto the stage stating: "Liam Payne 1993-2024. Love you bro" with a heart motif. His tribute came after Payne died aged 31 on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. Malik reunited with his former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson to pay their respects to Payne at his funeral last week.

Wales could introduce a “tourism tax” to overnight visitors, Senedd lawmakers have announced.

Sir Keir Starmer hit back at Kemi Badenoch's suggestion that he should resign in light of a petition calling for a general election during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 27 November. The Conservative leader told the prime minister: "There’s a petition out there, two million people asking him to go." Sir Keir referenced Labour's large majority from this year's general election as he dismissed Ms Badenoch's calls for him to step down. "She talks about a petition, we had a massive petition on the 4th of July in this country," Sir Keir replied.

Kemi Badenoch appeared to refer to Angela Rayner as "the ginger nut" during a heated Prime Minister's Questions clash with Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday, 27 November. The Conservative leader took a biscuit-themed swipe at the deputy prime minister as she referred to the boss of McVitie’s bakery products’ parent firm Pladis saying the case for investment in the UK is getting harder to see. “While the PM has been hobnobbing in Brazil, businesses have been struggling to digest his budget.” She added: “Isn’t it the case the Employment Rights Bill shows that it is not only the ginger nut that is causing him problems?”

Robbie Williams offered advice to struggling singers at the premiere of his Better Man biopic in London’s Leicester Square on Wednesday, 27 November. The film, in which Williams is portrayed by an ape, follows the singer’s life from his early days in Stoke-on-Trent to his boyband days in Take That. The musician told The Independent: “Surround yourself with good people.” Speaking candidly of his mental health, he added: “It took me nearly a couple of decades to fight through it, and now I’m at the other end and it’s beautiful.” Better Man is out in cinemas on 26 December.