35 h. ago Hainault sword attack police officers honoured with bravery award at Pride of Britain

Three Metropolitan Police officers who confronted the Hainault sword attacker have been honoured for their extraordinary courage at the Pride of Britain Awards on Thursday, October 23.

Events

47 h. ago Reeves 'coming for middle Britain's private healthcare': Chancellor's £2bn Budget tax attack on partnerships 'will push up costs outside the NHS'

Rachel Reeves is understood to be looking at targeting so-called 'Limited Liability Partnerships' as she desperately tries to bring in more cash.

Economics

8 d. ago MI5 thwarted Chinese plot to attack Britain's national security last week as spy chief says UK 'needs to up its game' against outside threats

Sir Ken McCallum vowed that he would 'never back off from confronting threats to the UK' after a critical espionage case collapsed when Government refused to describe Beijing as Britain's enemy.

Events

2 w. ago Rabbi says: 'Response to Manchester terror attack shows Britain is a decent society'

Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, Rabbi at Bromley Reform Synagogue, reflects on the terror attack and why she believes the way people responded shows we are the one of the least antisemitic countries in the world

Events

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

Events

2 w. ago Terror attack victim who has been hailed a hero after barricading synagogue door 'no longer feels safe in Britain

Yoni Finlay, 39, was left injured when police shot at Islamic terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, who attacked Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, in Manchester, last Thursday.

Events

2 w. ago Scots Miss Great Britain Ava Morgan pays emotional visit to India to support acid attack survivors

Ava was on the trip with UK-based A-Sisterhood to support victims of horrendous attacks.

Events

2 w. ago Voices: Britain’s closest neighbour, the European Union, is under attack

Moldova fended off bot farms and social media trolls fed in by Russia to influence its recent election – but, writes former minister of defence Nick Harvey, other countries may not be as resilient

Events

3 w. ago Manchester's Jewish community feels let down by Britain after deadly synagogue attack

Hundreds of mourners gathered in wind and rain for a vigil that combined grief and defiance in the remembrance of two men who were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in the English city of Manchester

Events

3 w. ago Good Morning Britain guest breaks down in tears discussing 'heartbreaking' Manchester attack

Emotions were running high as the presenter were joined by a panel of guests to discuss the latest news stories, including the attack that happened on Thursday.

Events

3 w. ago Good Morning Britain guest breaks down in tears over Manchester attack 'I feel so upset'

On Friday's instalment of Good Morning Britain, ITV viewers saw Kate Garraway and Adil Ray detail the latest news on the Manchester synagogue.

Events

3 w. ago Faith leaders have urgent message for Britain after Manchester synagogue attack

British Jews described the Manchester Synagogue terror attack as their “worst nightmare” and told of how they’ve been suffering a ‘tsunami of hatred’ since October 7th

Politics

3 w. ago The Manchester synagogue attack is a test of Britain’s traditional tolerance

Editorial: The car and knife attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, was an explicitly antisemitic attack – but now is a time to come together and not sow division

Events

3 w. ago The Guardian view on the Manchester synagogue attack: a tragic wake

An assault of this kind was widely feared. Now that it has happened, Britain faces a choice between deeper division and greater toleranceThe attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester was outrageous. It took two innocent lives, and several others were injured. Yet it could have happened almost anywhere. It is an event with wider national meaning and lessons. On Thursday morning, Britain looked over the edge into one of the dark places to which modern public life has been heading. Having looked and seen, Britain now needs to learn and step back.The violence began around 9.30am, just as morning prayers were being held on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s most solemn and sacred day. The synagogue was inevitably well attended. Yet within a short period of time, two Jewish victims lay dead from stabbing, with four others injured, outside what ought to be a place of prayer and community. The attacker was then himself shot and killed, possibly as he attempted to get inside t...

Events

3 w. ago Synagogue attacker who killed two was a ‘terrorist targeting Jews because they are Jews’, says Starmer – latest updates

Britain must defeat rising antisemitism, says PM, following attack in Manchester on Yom Kippur Full 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 “serious incident”.Burnham has told BBC Radio Mancheste...

Events

3 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: I walked those Manchester streets with a worried Rabbi 20 years ago. This may have been a long time coming, but two years of hate

Shocked but not surprised. That was the resigned reaction of Britain's Jewish community to the appalling terrorist attack at the Manchester synagogue. It's a sentiment I share.

Politics

3 w. ago Israel warns Labour must end 'toxic wave of antisemitism' in Britain after Manchester synagogue attack

Gideon Sa'ar condemned the 'murderous attack' which took place earlier this morning outside the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester and claimed the lives of two Jewish people.

Events

3 w. ago Rob Rinder says Britain MUST stand with Jewish people after Manchester synagogue 'atrocity'

The broadcaster and barrister, 47, has said that 'many Jews cannot imagine a future here and history tells us what follows when that happens'.

Politics

3 w. ago Jaguar Land Rover parts makers asked by banks to put up homes as loan security after hack

Lobby group says urgent government intervention required as small suppliers on brink of collapse during shutdownSmall companies who supply parts used in Jaguar Land Rover cars have been asked by banks to put up their family homes as personal guarantees in order to access emergency loans, with no direct UK government support on offer for parts makers a month after the carmaker was hit by a crippling cyber-attack.JLR, Britain’s biggest automotive employer, is considering making advance payments to top-tier suppliers as it tries to restart production after the hack, but smaller parts makers warn they are on the brink of collapse without urgent cash injections. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Jaguar Land Rover suppliers asked to put up homes as loan security after hack

Lobby group says urgent government intervention required as small suppliers on brink of collapse during shutdownSmall suppliers to Jaguar Land Rover have been asked to put up their family homes as personal guarantees in order to access emergency loans, with no direct UK government support on offer for parts makers a month after the carmaker was hit by a crippling cyber-attack.JLR, Britain’s biggest automotive employer, is considering making advance payments to top-tier suppliers as it tries to restart production after the hack, but smaller parts makers warn they are on the brink of collapse without urgent cash injections. Continue reading...

Events