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Members of the Jewish community comfort each other following a deadly terror attack during Yom Kippur services at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, northern England, October 2, 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
October 13, 2026, 1:03 am
Anti-Jewish hate crimes rise 10% in England and Wales, according to government data
Home Office figures show Jews and Muslims most targeted in religiously motivated hate crimes, with 3,162 incidents targeting Jewish community between March 2025 and March 2026
By Lianne Kolirin
(L to R) Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) leader John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth of Plaid Cymru in Wales, Mary Lou McDonald, president of Irish Republicans Sinn Fein and Michelle O’Neill, vice president of Irish Republicans Sinn Fein pose together with a memorandum of understanding as they attend a meeting in Cardiff, Wales on September 14, 2026, to press for self-determination votes in their territories. (Adrian DENNIS/AFP)
September 14, 2026, 5:28 pm
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish parties sign agreement asserting right to leave UK
SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein sign memorandum of understanding declaring ‘Westminster’s time is coming to an end,’ days after Trump backed a united Ireland
By Kimberley Mannion
(L-R) First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill; First Minister of Scotland John Swinney; First Minister of Wales Rhun ap Iorwerth. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, Andy Buchanan/AFP, Mark Naftalin/AFP) (L-R) First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill; First Minister of Scotland John Swinney; First Minister of Wales Rhun ap Iorwerth. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, Andy Buchanan/AFP, Mark Naftalin/AFP)
September 13, 2026, 11:47 pm
Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh leaders said planning effort to dissolve the UK
Declaration on right to hold independence referendums expected to be signed in Cardiff Monday, days after Trump endorsed Irish reunification in visit to Dublin
By ToI Staff and Agencies
FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media at Downing Street, in London, March 16, 2026. (Brook Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
May 6, 2026, 12:11 pm
Local elections in UK could hasten end of embattled PM Keir Starmer’s tenure
Amid Epstein-Mandelson scandal and economic struggles worsened by Iran war, the center-left leader faces a party crisis as expert says his ouster is matter of ‘when rather than if’
By Jill Lawless
Itay Kashti (YouTube screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 15, 2025, 6:45 am
UK jails 3 for kidnapping Israeli music producer: ‘Felt like my own personal Oct. 7’
Judge says the trio were ‘motivated by events taking place elsewhere in the world’ and chose victim Itay Kashti based on their ‘understanding of his wealth and his Jewish heritage’
By AFP
Pro-Palestinian activists vandalize the Teledyne Labtech factory in Wales on December 9, 2022. (Vladimir Morozov/Palestine Action)
December 15, 2022, 10:48 am
Wales holds 4 pro-Palestinian vandals without bail for targeting defense facility
Activists to be in jail through Christmas and New Year’s after allegedly causing £500,000 in damage to Teledyne factory, which they claim aids ‘Israel’s targeting of Palestinians’
By ToI Staff
Archbishop of York Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell, left, and The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby walk in central London, Sept. 14, 2022 ahead of the ceremonial procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP)
November 29, 2022, 4:27 pm
UK census: Under 50% of population identify as Christian; Buddhists overtake Jews
Those identifying as Muslim and those with no religion increase since 2011 census; archbishop of York says it is ‘no great surprise’ the Christian proportion is declining over time
By AFP
Iran's players celebrate the team's victory during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group B football match between Wales and Iran at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on November 25, 2022. (Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
November 25, 2022, 3:12 pm
Iran beats Wales 2-0 in World Cup game that began with its players singing anthem
Iranian team scores 2 goals deep into added time, keeping World Cup campaign alive; Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey becomes 1st player to be sent off in the Qatar tournament
By jed court
The Merthyr Tydfil synagogue, which opened in 1877, has been out of use since 2006. (Chris Andrews/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
July 8, 2022, 3:50 am
UK grants $600,000 lifeline to turn old Welsh synagogue into Jewish cultural hub
Foundation for Jewish Heritage, which bought Merthyr Tydfil synagogue building in 2019, plans to transform it into first museum dedicated to the history of Welsh Jews
By MADELINE FIXLER
Britain's Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, meets refugees as he visits HTB to learn more about Holy Trinity Brompton's (HTB) work to support refugees and asylum seekers at St Luke's Church, in London, on March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
April 14, 2022, 1:45 pm
UK criticized for planning to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
The plan, referred to by the British government as an ‘economic development partnership,’ would see refugees arriving in UK flown to Rwanda while their asylum claims are processed
By Jill Lawless
LS Lowry's 1960 painting of the Merthyr-Tydfil synagogue
March 29, 2022, 8:23 am
Lowry painting of historic Welsh synagogue goes for £277,000
Guide price for work of LS Lowry of Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue was £180,000; Jewish Heritage Foundation hopes to contact purchaser about plans for building
By ToI Staff and JTA
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg poses at the 2019 'An Unforgettable Evening' benefiting the Women's Cancer Research Fund in Beverly Hills, Calif. on February 28, 2019. (Chris Pizzello/ Invision/ AP)
January 2, 2022, 9:22 pm
Spielberg’s rescue of Welsh town movie theater hits big screen
‘Save the Cinema’ tells true story of how a social activist kept Lyric Cinema in Carmarthen open by arranging 1993 premier of Jurassic Park, with a little help from the director
By Stuart Winer
Les Rowe sits amid panels from a Cardiff synagogue in his 'Tranquility Base' shed. (Cuprinol via JTA)
August 15, 2021, 11:46 pm
Wales synagogue’s stained glass windows turn up in award-winning chicken coop
Winner of best budget shed of 2021 competition says he bought the panels — taken from Cathedral Road Synagogue in Cardiff — on eBay
By PHILISSA CRAMER
From left: Manfred Gans (Courtesy of USHMM); Peter Masters (Courtesy of Anson family); Colin Anson (Courtesy of Anson family)
June 17, 2021, 3:24 am
Secret WWII Jewish British military commandos finally come out of the shadows
Declassifying records, author Leah Garrett uncovers amazing story of X Troop, a unit of German-speaking refugee volunteers determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis at all costs
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Volunteers from the Hatzola ambulance service, wearing gloves and masks to protect against the coronavirus, wheel a patient into Royal London Hospital in London on March 29, 2020. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
July 1, 2020, 2:49 pm
British Jewish deaths more than double same period last year, amid pandemic
Board of Deputies of British Jews says 811 buried from March to May, compared to 358 in 2019; figures show Jews suffered 2.5 times the COVID-19 death rate of non-Jews
By ToI Staff
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