4 d. ago King Charles says Britain needs to 'deradicalise' people from the 'ghastliness of social media' as he visits Manchester synagogue after terror attack

Charles joined police officers, fire officers and ambulance staff at the Greater Manchester Police headquarters to thank them for their response to the October 2 stabbings and hear about their work.

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2 w. ago South Circular crash LIVE as two rushed to hospital with air ambulance at scene

South Circular crash LIVE as two rushed to hospital with air ambulance at scene  My London

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2 w. ago Pensioner is rushed to hospital after swallowing EIGHT live frogs to try to ease her back pain

The 82-year-old woman, who was only identified by her surname Zhang, asked her family to catch the frogs, all of them smaller than the palm of her hand, without telling them what they were for.

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2 w. ago Manchester synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State group, police say

Counter terrorism police in Britain say that the assailant in last week's attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester that left two people dead had claimed allegiance to Islamic State

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2 w. ago Counter terror police issue Manchester synagogue attack update as two people released

The Counter Terrorism Unit have released an update this evening

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2 w. ago After Manchester, progressives should know this: Jewish people feel very alone. We need you to stand with us | Dave Rich

There’ll be sympathy and heightened security, but in the 1960s when Jewish communities faced attack, there was also solidarity. We need that backYom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish year, a day of repentance, prayer, fasting; and now – for two Jewish families in Manchester – also a day of mourning. It is also, increasingly, a day when terrorists visit their local synagogue to murder the Jews inside.Six years ago, that terrorist was Stephan Balliet, a German neo-Nazi, and the synagogue was in Halle, Germany. Yesterday it was Jihad Al-Shamie, at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester. Both attacks left two people dead; both were thwarted from further atrocities by the simple act of closing the front door.Dave Rich is director of policy at the Community Security Trust and the author of Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism is Built into Our World – and How You Can Change it Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Sacha Baron Cohen says synagogue attack is 'part of the biggest surge in hatred of Jews since the Nazis'

Sacha Baron Cohen has condemned the terrorist attack on Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on Thursday, as police revealed six people are now in custody.

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2 w. ago UK antisemitism ‘allowed to grow’ by politicians and wider society, Jewish security group says

Head of policy at Community Security Trust calls Saturday’s planned protest against ban on Palestine Action ‘self absorbed and insensitive’Antisemitism has been “allowed to grow” by politicians and across wider society, the main Jewish security group has said in the aftermath of the attack on a Manchester synagogue, which left three people dead.Speaking before planned pro-Palestine marches on Saturday, Dave Rich, head of policy at the Community Security Trust, said it was “remarkably self absorbed and insensitive” for people to attend a silent vigil for Gaza after Thursday’s attack. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue attack police make three more arrests as six held in total

One man and two women, aged between 18 and mid-40s, have been arrested following the Manchester synagogue attack, bringing the number of people held to six

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3 w. ago Almost £10,000 raised for Jewish community following Manchester synagogue terror attack

'After the horrific, murderous attack on a synagogue in Manchester, it is more important than ever that good people show their support and solidarity with the Jewish community', says the fundraiser

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3 w. ago Stacey Solomon's heartbreaking post after synagogue attack 'none of this is ok'

On Thursday a horrific attack unfolded at a synagogue in Manchester which resulted in two people being killed.

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue attack UPDATES: First picture of one of two men killed

Two people killed at a synagogue in north Manchester have been named as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66 - police have confirmed they are treating the incident as an act of terror

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3 w. ago Major Palestine Action protest to go ahead as planned despite Manchester attack

Organisers have ignored pleas to call off a pro-Palestine Action demonstration on Saturday just hours after a terrorist killed two people and injured others outside a synagogue in north Manchester

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue terrorist who killed two people on Yom Kippur is named by police as Jihad Al

Sir Keir Starmer condemned the ‘vile’ terrorist attack which targeted ‘Jews because they are Jews’ as police name attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue attack suspect named by police after two people killed and three injured – latest updates

Greater Manchester police name Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen, and say three people are in custody on charges of preparing acts of terrorismFull story: two killed and suspect shot deadPolice have shot a suspect after several people were stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public at the Heaton Park Hebrew congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Police said.The force posted on X saying police were called to the synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and one man had been stabbed.Police said four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester.A cordon has been set up after the incident, and a major road had been closed while officers attended. Paramedics are at the scene.Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said the “immediate danger appears to be over” after reports of a “s...

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3 w. ago Islamist terrorist who killed two people at synagogue before being gunned down by police is named

Two people have died after an attack at a synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, police have confirmed.

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3 w. ago Laura Loomer wastes no time politicizing antisemitic murders in UK: ‘President Trump warned you, Keir Starmer’

British prime minister has said the man who killed two people at a synagogue in Manchester targeted ‘Jews because they are Jews’

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3 w. ago Yom Kippur comes to an end: Jewish people to hear of Manchester synagogue horror for the first time

Two people have died after an attack at a synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, police have confirmed.

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3 w. ago Manchester synagogue attack: Everything we know as police 'identify suspect'

Police say the attack at a synagogue in north Manchester was a terrorist incident and that two people died and four others were rushed to hospital for treatment

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3 w. ago Prince William and Kate Middleton issue statement on 'terrible' synagogue attack

Prince William and Kate William have issued a joint statement, sending their thoughts to those impacted by the synagogue stabbing in Manchester, which has claimed the lives of two people

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