Revisiting the riots: are we still a nation divided?
May 23, 2025•16 min
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more
Episode description
On 29 July last year, three young girls were stabbed to death while attending a Taylor Swift dance class.
Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, were killed by Axel Rudakubana, who was jailed for a minimum of 52 years.
A day after the attack, riots broke out on the streets of Southport and over the coming days spread right across the nation.
The protests were fuelled by false claims on social media that the perpetrator of the Southport attack was a Muslim and an asylum seeker.
ITV West Country presenter, Sabet Choudhury has explored the factors behind last summer's anti-immigration riots by hearing from those who took part and those who have been left in fear. He tells Daniel Hewitt, what you need to know.
Watch Sabet Choudhury's film Disunited Kingdom Are we a nation divided?: https://www.itv.com/watch/news/disunited-kingdom-are-we-a-nation-divided/cf4321c
Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, were killed by Axel Rudakubana, who was jailed for a minimum of 52 years.
A day after the attack, riots broke out on the streets of Southport and over the coming days spread right across the nation.
The protests were fuelled by false claims on social media that the perpetrator of the Southport attack was a Muslim and an asylum seeker.
ITV West Country presenter, Sabet Choudhury has explored the factors behind last summer's anti-immigration riots by hearing from those who took part and those who have been left in fear. He tells Daniel Hewitt, what you need to know.
Watch Sabet Choudhury's film Disunited Kingdom Are we a nation divided?: https://www.itv.com/watch/news/disunited-kingdom-are-we-a-nation-divided/cf4321c
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android
Open in Metacast