Nottingham

Nottingham, a city in England, is currently newsworthy due to the ongoing public inquiry into the 2023 knife attacks where Valdo Calocane fatally stabbed three people: students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, and Ian Coates. The inquiry is investigating failures by police and mental health services that allowed Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, to commit the attacks. Issues being examined include why an arrest warrant for Calocane was not acted upon prior to the killings, why he wasn't sectioned despite prior violent incidents, and why he wasn't tested for drugs after the attacks while the victims were. The inquiry aims to uncover the “whole truth” and address concerns about potential systemic issues, including racial bias in mental health assessments. Separately, doctors in Nottingham have recently sounded the alarm about the health risks associated with heavy energy drink consumption.