Police rap Southport taxi driver 999 delay

THE taxi driver who drove Axel Rudakubana to the scene of the Southport attack would have been expected “morally” to make an earlier emergency call, an inquiry heard.

- By Eleanor Barlow

Gary Poland, who picked Rudakubana up from his home in Banks, Lancashire, on July 29 last year, waited 50 minutes before calling 999, despite hearing children scream and seeing them flee the building, the hearing