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Manchester City's manager Pep Guardiola looks on ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Manchester City at Craven Cottage, London, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
February 5, 2026, 6:47 am
Jewish community tells Man City coach to ‘focus on soccer’ after he decries ‘genocide in Palestine’
Local group say remarks by Pep Guardiola ‘especially galling given his total failure to display any solidarity with Jewish community’ after deadly Yom Kippur attack on synagogue
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Left to right: Amar Hussein, Bilel Saadaoui, and Walid Saadoui. Hussein and Bilel Saadoaui were convicted on December 23, 2025, of planning a terror attack to kill hundreds of Jews in the United Kingdom. Walid Saadoui was convicted for not alerting authorities of the plot. (Greater Manchester Police)
December 23, 2025, 5:51 pm
Three convicted for plotting ‘deadliest terror attack in UK history,’ against Jews
Manchester court finds ISIS-inspired would-be terrorists guilty of planning assault, and one more of not alerting authorities; men tried to buy weapons from undercover cop
By Sam Tobin and Andy Bruce
Members of the Armed Forces work by a bomb disposal van as they prepare a Harris T7 Multi-Mission Robot inside a police cordon at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025 (Oli SCARFF / AFP)
December 5, 2025, 1:15 pm
Man charged with terror offenses over links to Manchester synagogue attacker
Mohammad Bashir to be prosecuted for allegedly driving Heaton Park attacker Jihad al-Shamie to a British ‘defense location’ for ‘hostile reconnaissance,’ sharing terror content online
By Agencies
People gather for a commemorative event organized by the Jewish community to honor the lives lost in the Hamas massacre in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in Trafalgar Square, London on October 5, 2025. (HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
October 5, 2025, 11:38 pm
Anger, defiance in the UK as October 7 anniversary colored by Manchester attack
After a terror attack at the Heaton Park Synagogue on Yom Kippur left two dead and four seriously injured, memorial events blame government inaction as they remember the fallen
By Zev Stub
Congregants seen outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, after a deadly terrorist attack, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)
October 4, 2025, 10:13 pm
‘Shut the doors!’: Manchester survivors describe chaos of deadly Yom Kippur terror attack
Witnesses recount six-minute long ‘rampage’ in which two worshipers were killed, inflicting deep scar on local Jewish community; ‘I’m scared to go to the synagogue,’ says congregant
By ToI Staff
Jihad al-Shamie,who carried out a deadly terrorist attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, UK, on Yom Kippur, October 2, 2025. (Image circulated on social media)
October 3, 2025, 11:11 pm
UK synagogue attacker was under investigation for rape; his dad praised Hamas for Oct. 7
Jihad al-Shamie reportedly had other convictions but wasn’t on police anti-terrorism radar. Witness: He shouted, ‘This is what they get for killing our children,’ as he attacked
By ToI Staff and Agencies
(L) Melvin Cravitz and (R) Adrian Daulby, killed October 2, 2025, during a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England, in undated photos. (Greater Manchester Police)
October 3, 2025, 10:59 pm
UK synagogue terror attack victims known for their kindness, praised for their bravery
Melvin Cravitz was security guard who police said ‘courageously stopped the attacker from entering the building’; Adrian Daulby ‘lost his life in the act of courage to save others’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Adrian Daulby, who was killed October 2, 2025, during a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England, in an undated photo (Greater Manchester Police)
October 3, 2025, 8:50 pm
Family of man killed barricading UK synagogue door: ‘Final act was one of profound courage’
Police praise bravery of Adrian Daulby, accidentally shot by officers as he helped block entrance to Manchester synagogue to prevent terrorist entering during Yom Kippur attack
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Daniel Walker (3L) stands among armed police officers as they talk with members of the Jewish community outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025, following a deadly terrorist attack at the synagogue. (Paul Currie / AFP)
October 3, 2025, 4:41 am
‘An unrelenting wave of Jew hatred’: UK Jews say terror attack was only a matter of time
After Syrian-born UK citizen kills two at Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, chief rabbi and other Jewish leaders urge authorities to take more aggressive action against antisemitism
By Zev Stub
Members of the community comfort each other near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, after a deadly terrorist attack on October 2, 2025 (Oli SCARFF / AFP)
October 2, 2025, 10:36 pm
Days before Manchester attack, Herzog warned King Charles over rising antisemitism
President told UK monarch that Commonwealth nations ‘overrun with anti-Jewish hatred’; Netanyahu seems to swipe at Starmer: ‘Weakness in the face of terror only brings more terror’
By ToI Staff and AFP
Activists in orange life jackets sit aboard a Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla boat as Israeli navy soldiers sail it into the port of Ashdod, Israel, October 2, 2025, after it was intercepted while approaching the Gaza coast. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
October 2, 2025, 9:04 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 2: Day 727 – Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted in complex Yom Kippur op
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on an IDF officer wounded in a shooting in the Gaza Strip and a rare five-missile rocket barrage on Ashdod claimed by Hamas
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Jihad al-Shamie, the suspect who carried out a deadly terrorist attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, UK, on Yom Kippur, October 2, 2025. (Image circulated on social media used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 2, 2025, 5:05 pm
2 killed, 4 seriously injured in Yom Kippur attack at UK synagogue; terrorist shot dead
Assailant rams car into worshippers, then stabs them, tried to break into crowded synagogue; officer heard yelling suspect ‘has a bomb’; police presence boosted at synagogues across UK
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Members of the Jewish community celebrate Purim in Manchester, in northern England, on March 17, 2022. (OLI SCARFF / AFP)
August 18, 2022, 9:12 am
As Manchester’s Jewish community grows, a local kosher certifier shuts down
Closure highlights the wide-scale demographic and social shifts reshaping the UK Jewish community, as Haredi residents with strict kosher requirements grow in numbers
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Alta Fixsler lies in hospital in Manchester, England, in 2019. (Courtesy of the family via JTA)
June 22, 2021, 6:50 pm
Fate of hospitalized British Jewish toddler to be decided Wednesday
British court ordered 2-year-old Alta Fixsler removed from life support, pending hearing; her parents want to transfer her to Jerusalem for treatment, against hospital’s wishes
By JTA and ToI Staff
David Kross as Bert Trautmann in 'The Keeper' (Jürgen Olczyk/Menemsha Films)
October 2, 2020, 11:56 am
How an ex-Nazi found UK soccer stardom thanks to a refugee rabbi’s intervention
Docudrama ‘The Keeper’ tells the amazing true story of Bert Trautmann’s journey from German POW to Manchester City goalie. But questions remain over his wartime service in Ukraine
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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