Metro – ‘Dance to heaven little Princess’
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of Southport for Alice da Silva Aguiar – described as a princess by her heartbroken family – as the first funeral took place of the three little girls stabbed at a Taylor Swift dance class, Metro reports.
Funeral for Southport victim is told ‘rioters should hang their heads in shame’
Rioters who smashed up towns across the UK following the Southport stabbings should ‘hang their heads in shame’, a police chief told mourners at a victim’s funeral.
Alice da Silva Aguiar was laid to rest yesterday in an emotional ceremony at a church in the Merseyside town.
Addressing Alice’s mother and father, Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said: ‘I hope that anyone who has taken part in the violent disorder on our streets over the past 13 days is hanging their head in shame at the pain that they have caused you, a grieving family.’
The nine-year-old died in hospital the day after the two other victims – Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven – were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 12 August 2024.
Monday’s front pages cover various stories. Most of the papers feature striking images from last night’s Paris Olympics closing ceremony as the Games ended in ‘spectacular style.’
The funeral of Alice da Silva Aguiar is also pictured on the front pages – and is the lead story for many of the tabloids. The nine-year-old was stabbed to death, along with two other little girls, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
Several broadsheets continue their coverage around the riots that followed the murder of the three little girls with the worst of the violence appearing to be behind us now. The aftermath of the rioting – and what comes next – is covered by the papers, with each offering up their analysis and opinions about the future.