The Southport killer is being treated as a terrorist, the Government has confirmed, as a review identified a string of missed opportunities to spot his obsession with extremism.

The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme "prematurely" closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's anti-terror case should have been kept open, a review into his attacks has found.

A government review into Prevent's assessment of the dangers posed by murderer Axel Rudakubana have shown the teenager posed a 'significant risk' but the cases were 'closed prematurely'. Rudakubana was handed a life imprisonment with a minimum term of 52 years for the murders of Bebe King,