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Jul 2024
21m 51s

Southport stabbings: What's the help for...

SKY NEWS
About this episode
On this episode, Liz Bates talks about the impact of the stabbings in Southport which killed three children at a summer holiday dance class.  
  
We hear Sky News' interview with Joel Verite, who came face to face with the alleged attacker.  
 
Liz talks to Gary Hayes, a former police officer who now helps emergency crews who have PTSD.   
  
Plus, correspondent Ashna Hurynag is in Southport and tells Liz how the community is starting to process what happened.  
  
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Producers: Emma Rae Woodhouse and Tom Pooley  
Social media: David Chipakupaku  
Editor: Philly Beaumont  and Paul Stanworth
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