Inquests to begin into deaths of three girls stabbed to death in Southport

Their inquests will be formally opened at Bootle Town Hall in Merseyside.

Flowers and tributes outside the Atkinson Art Centre Southport (James Speakman/PA)

Inquests are to be opened into the deaths of three girls who were fatally stabbed in Southport.

Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died after a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class at the Hart Space on Monday July 29.