45 m. ago Postecoglou defends ‘trophy’ record; Arteta backs Gyökeres, Palmer injury blow – football live

Latest news and comment before weekend’s actionPremier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail JohnTroubling news for Chelsea: Cole Palmer, who has not played since September, faces six more weeks out with a groin injury.The latest on Maccabi Tel Aviv’s visit to Aston Villa:Senior government officials will meet on Friday as they look to reverse a decision by West Midlands police to ban fans of the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a European match at Aston Villa next month. Continue reading...

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48 m. ago 'If Tel Aviv thugs can petrify police at Aston Villa match we're all in trouble'

Police have decided to ban Tel Aviv football fans from a match in Birmingham on the grounds they cannot guarantee anyone's safety. Fleet Street Fox wonders what the point of policing is

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66 m. ago No 10 pledges action on Israeli fans ban a week after police warned of risk

Discussions are happening ‘at pace, across Government’ to overturn the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Aston Villa match, No 10 said.

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1 hour ago Arteta backs Gyökeres, Palmer injury blow, Liverpool v Manchester United news – football live

Latest news and comment before weekend’s actionPremier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail DominicTroubling news for Chelsea: Cole Palmer, who has not played since September, faces six more weeks out with a groin injury.The latest on Maccabi Tel Aviv’s visit to Aston Villa:Senior government officials will meet on Friday as they look to reverse a decision by West Midlands police to ban fans of the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a European match at Aston Villa next month. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Israeli football club whose fans have been BANNED from Aston Villa match hit back at 'unfair' police decision

A senior official from Maccabi Tel Aviv believes the spectre of antisemitism may have influenced the decision to stop the Israeli club's fans attending a football match on British soil.

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1 hour ago 'Angry' Keir Starmer working to reverse decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match

Senior Government figures are meeting to discuss the ‘completely and utterly unacceptable’ safety ban

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2 h. ago Prince William visits paramedics at London Ambulance Service's HQ amid calls for him to speak out over police banning Israeli supporters from Aston Villa match

Prince William marked the organisation's 60th anniversary by meeting paramedics in Waterloo and listening to their experiences working for the UK's largest ambulance service.

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3 h. ago Robert Rinder fears for safety of Jewish community after ban on Israeli fans attending Aston Villa game

Robert Rinder has expressed fears for the safety of the Jewish community after a ban was placed on Israeli fans attending a match against Aston Villa.

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3 h. ago Alisson out for Liverpool; Manchester United stadium latest; Palmer injury setback – football live

Latest news and comment before weekend’s actionPremier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail DominicTroubling news for Chelsea: Cole Palmer, who has not played since September, faces six more weeks out with a groin injury.The latest on Maccabi Tel Aviv’s visit to Aston Villa:Senior government officials will meet on Friday as they look to reverse a decision by West Midlands police to ban fans of the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a European match at Aston Villa next month. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The Birmingham preacher who urged 'no mercy' for Israeli fans amid fury at city's ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters attending Aston Villa match

Muslim influencer Asrar Rashid told a lecture in Amsterdam that 'mercy has its time and place' - but not when the Europa League match takes place at Villa Park in Birmingham on November 6.

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3 h. ago West Midlands police pressed over ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa tie

Area’s crime commissioner demands review and culture secretary to speak to Home Office over decisionUK politics live – latest updatesPressure is mounting on West Midlands police over their ban on fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a match at Aston Villa next month, as the area’s crime commissioner demanded a review of the decision.Senior cabinet ministers, including Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, and Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, are due to meet on Friday to “find a way through”, after the ban was criticised by politicians across the spectrum including the prime minister. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Police under rising pressure over ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa tie

West Midlands crime commissioner demands review as ministers meet to ‘find a way through’UK politics live – latest updatesPressure is mounting on West Midlands police over their ban on fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a match at Aston Villa next month, as the area’s crime commissioner demanded a review of the decision.Senior cabinet ministers, including Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, and Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, are due to meet on Friday to “find a way through”, after the ban was criticised by politicians across the spectrum, including the prime minister. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban: Freed hostage Emily Damari 'shocked to core' by move to bar Israelis from Aston Villa match

Senior Government figures meeting on Friday to discuss the ‘completely and utterly unacceptable’ safety ban

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4 h. ago Ministers attempt to reverse ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa match: Live updates

West Midlands Police have said they had classified the Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv fixture next month as high risk

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5 h. ago Alisson out for Liverpool; Manchester United stadium latest; Palmer out for six weeks – football live

Latest news and comment before weekend’s actionPremier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail TahaTroubling news for Chelsea: Cole Palmer, who has not played since September, faces six more weeks out with a groin injury.The latest on Maccabi Tel Aviv’s visit to Aston Villa:Senior government officials will meet on Friday as they look to reverse a decision by West Midlands police to ban fans of the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a European match at Aston Villa next month. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban branded 'utterly unacceptable' as ministers bid to resolve Aston Villa match row

Senior Government figures are set to meet on Friday to discuss the ‘completely and utterly unacceptable’ safety ban

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5 h. ago Government officials seek to lift ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa tie

Culture secretary to speak to Home Office as minister says barring Israeli supporters is ‘utterly unacceptable’UK politics live – latest updatesSenior government officials will meet on Friday as they look to reverse a decision by West Midlands police to ban fans of the Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a European match at Aston Villa next month.Ian Murray, a minister in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, said on Friday the decision to ban travelling supporters was “completely and utterly unacceptable” and that the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, would meet officials from the Home Office and elsewhere to discuss it. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 'National disgrace': Government to meet to discuss row over ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa match

Senior Government figures are set to meet on Friday to discuss the ‘completely and utterly unacceptable’ safety ban

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6 h. ago 'You can't ban Israelis from Britain': Fury grows at police for banning Israeli supporters from Aston Villa match amid clamour for Prince William to speak out

Birmingham's Safety Advisory Group - the body responsible for issuing safety certificates for every match at Villa Park - informed the club that no away fans will be permitted to attend.

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6 h. ago 'National disgrace': Ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending Aston Villa match sparks massive row

PM says ‘we will not tolerate antisemitism on our streets’ after fans of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv were barred from the club’s Europa League visit to Aston Villa

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