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Assistant Chief Constable Chris Sykes, wearing his black Greater Manchester Police cap and a large black jacket

Hundreds of extra police on streets after synagogue attack

Other forces are boosting Greater Manchester Police numbers following Thursday's synagogue attack.

10 mins ago
Manchester
Marcus Fakana is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and tie stands indoors against a beige wall. He is facing the camera with his hands clasped in front of him. A door and light switch are visible on either side.

Teen jailed in Dubai dies after London police chase

Marcus Fakana, who was jailed for having sex with a 17-year-old girl, dies after a pursuit in Tottenham.

2 hrs ago
London
Six pylons standing against a gloomy, grey sky.

Storm Amy sees more than 1,000 homes without power

Most of the properties affected are in the Penrith area, according to SP Electricity North West.

5 hrs ago
Cumbria

Rail firm fined £1m over train passenger's death

Bethan Roper was killed in 2018 when she leaned out of a droplight window on a moving train.

4 hrs ago
Somerset

Mascot dreams come true for boy with leukemia

Mason, who was diagnosed with cancer in May, had only returned home after chemotherapy two days before the game.

8 hrs ago
Liverpool
Marcus Fakana is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and tie stands indoors against a beige wall. He is facing the camera with his hands clasped in front of him. A door and light switch are visible on either side.

Teen jailed in Dubai dies after London police chase

Marcus Fakana, who was jailed for having sex with a 17-year-old girl, dies after a pursuit in Tottenham.

2 hrs ago
London
A brother and sister sat in a park and smiling. There are trees and grass in the background.

'I don't want others to die after ignoring doctors'

Paloma Shemirani, the daughter of a high-profile conspiracy theorist, rejected chemotherapy.

8 hrs ago
England
Adam Lopez in the back of an ambulance wearing an oxygen mask. He has short black hair and is wearing a black top.

Health scare gives £1m winner a massive wake-up call

After "partying for months" Adam Lopez was diagnosed with a bilateral pulmonary embolism.

9 hrs ago
Norfolk
Six pylons standing against a gloomy, grey sky.

Storm Amy sees more than 1,000 homes without power

Most of the properties affected are in the Penrith area, according to SP Electricity North West.

5 hrs ago
Cumbria

Manchester synagogue attack

A composite image of Melvin Cravitz, who has glasses and a goatee and is wearing a black blazer and white shirt, and Adrian Daulby, who is wearing a blue t-shirt and is smiling while stood outdoors.

Tributes to 'caring' and 'courageous' men who died

Tributes are being paid to Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, who were both killed in the attack.

A selfie of a man who is sitting down in a hospital. He is looking directly at the camera. He is wearing a beige polo shirt and wearing a black and is wearing what appears to be a white knitted kufi hat.

What we know about synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie

At the time of the deadly attack, Jihad Al-Shamie was on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape.

Rabbi David Walker talking to the BBC

I saw evil as he tried to barge into synagogue, rabbi tells BBC

Rabbi Daniel Walker tells the BBC how he held the doors of his synagogue shut as the attacker "body charged" them as he tried to get inside.

Mark Goldstone, who has white hair, glasses, a yarmulke skullcap and a black jacket, looks into the camera. He is drenched with rain water and people can be seen in the background holding umbrellas.

'Fate stopped my son-in-law attending synagogue'

Mark Goldstone says his son-in-law's near miss on Thursday "really brought it home" to him.

A man stands looking into the camera. He is balding and is wearing glasses and a white fleece top with a zip. Behind him is a beige wall and window with blinds.

'Shocked but not surprised': Manchester's Jewish community reacts

Jewish people in Manchester say the attack was not unexpected after a rise in antisemitism.


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CCTV still image of traffic jams on one side of a motorway and four empty lanes on the other side. It appears to be raining.

Man dies in crash during M62 police chase

A man in his 30s has died after police pursued a black Mercedes that failed to stop on the M62.

The back of a police officer, wearing a yellow hi-vis jacket with "police" on the back, with blue and white police tape behind him.

Second conspiracy to murder charge over shooting

A man is continuing to recover from gunshot injuries he sustained in Far Gosford Street, police say.

Gemma Robinson stood in front of her cafe, Dolly's Coffee Corner, named after her two daughters.

Road diversion of 24 miles will 'devastate' trade

The diversion will be in place to allow reconstruction work to the Kirk Hill bridge for nine months.

A horse named Ruby. She is white with long hair, and is wearing a blue/purple coat. Her head is poking over a wooden enclosure wall.

Devastation at riding centre closure announcement

The Middlesbrough-based Unicorn Centre helps those with disabilities ride and groom the animals.

A skunk, with its head sticking out in a garden, with leaves around it and grass. The animals has a white stripe down its head, to its nose and white fur on its head.

On-the-run skunk found under garden decking

The mammal, thought to be an escaped pet, is captured safely in a fox trap by the RSPCA.


Stories to make you smile

A grandma with pink curly hair, a spotted dress and glasses bites into a chip butty

Artist's sketches celebrate 'the power of nans'

Pete Mckee said the drawings, shown in an exhibition, pay tribute to the beloved nans in his life.

Isla looks at the camera for a photo and is wearing a black anorak and pale blue jumper

Life-changing home revamp for eight-year-old Isla

Isla was born with a condition that makes her bones brittle and causes her to age prematurely.

Andy can be seen on a ladder trimming the top of a tree

'I turn shrubs into dragons and peacocks'

Topiary artist Andy Bourke says his career choice was inspired by a trip to Disneyland when he was younger.


Features & Analysis

A young woman with short dark hair wearing a cream cardigan leans against a wall smiling at the camera. Another young woman with short dark hair stands next to her wearing a blue cardigan with a six year old girl standing in front of her wearing a blue collared dress with pink cardigan and holding a blonde haired doll.

The secret sisters reconnected after an email

An email changed Jag Sherbourne's life, giving her two sisters she had never known about.

An aerial view of Jaguar Land Rover's engine plant in Wolverhampton.

JLR shutdown weighs heavy on local economy

Wolverhampton's engine plant is due to be the first of the Jaguar Land Rover factories to resume production.

A woman with blonde hair, a brown jacket and a black and cream chequed top in a car park with the blurred shapes of parked cars behind her

'Why does my town have so few parent-and-child parking spaces?'

Emily Hutson says she struggles to find parking spaces wide enough to get her baby out of the car.

An elderly woman with long white hair, large glasses, a blue jacket and white shirt, stands in front of some trees.

Farmer facing 'uncertainty' over land sold to HS2

Joy Fielding says she wants to buy back land she was forced to sell for the railway's northern leg.


Watch/Listen

A worker in safety gear operates a lift to clean roof truss structure of London Stadium.

'Like jet washing your driveway' - London Stadium gets first roof clean

Workers have been busy giving the roof of the venue its first clean since hosting the 2012 Olympics.

7 hrs ago
London
Georgia Couzens, in a blue Team GB bodysuit, stands on a beachfront. She is smiling and has long blonde hair

I couldn't run or swim - now I'm a GB triathlete

Georgia Couzens started running to raise money after her 17-month-old daughter died.

1 day ago
The moment a building on the site of a former power station was demolished

Watch 'triple explosive demolition' at power station

Two absorbers and a coal boom stacker were demolished at West Burton A power station on Thursday.

2 days ago
Nottinghamshire
Female golfer on a putting green

How is golf helping people living with dementia?

Heysham Golf Club has joined forces with the Fore Get Me Not Golf charity to run the dementia group.

2 days ago
Lancashire
A 19-year-old from Hartlepool says becoming a bus-spotter has improved his life

'Bus-spotting has changed my life'

Brodie, a 19-year-old bus-spotter, says joining the community has brought him confidence and joy.

3 days ago
Tees
Georgia Couzens, in a blue Team GB bodysuit, stands on a beachfront. She is smiling and has long blonde hair

I couldn't run or swim - now I'm a GB triathlete

Georgia Couzens started running to raise money after her 17-month-old daughter died.

1 day ago
A 19-year-old from Hartlepool says becoming a bus-spotter has improved his life

'Bus-spotting has changed my life'

Brodie, a 19-year-old bus-spotter, says joining the community has brought him confidence and joy.

3 days ago
Tees

Sport

Mason Mount celebrates
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Premier League: Mount gives Man Utd lead, Arsenal and West Ham level

Follow live text coverage and radio commentary of Saturday's Premier League games, after Spurs win at Leeds.

Brandon Thomas-Asante of Coventry City celebrates a goal 0-2
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Championship: Southampton & Leicester lead early after Coventry go top & Sheff U lose again

Follow build-up, live text and score updates as it happens from across 10 matches from the Championship.

Tottenham's Pedro Porro and Mohammed Kudus celebrate goal

Kudus shines to give Spurs win over Leeds

Mohammed Kudus scored one and assisted another as Tottenham inflicted a first league defeat on Leeds United at Elland Road for more than a year.

Brandon Thomas-Asante

Coventry put five past Sheff Wed to go top of table

Coventry City go top of the Championship after thumping Sheffield Wednesday in a game that is briefly held up by protesting home fans.


Latest updates

10 mins ago
The West Yorkshireman service, hauled by a steam locomotive, travels on the Settle to Carlisle line over the Ribblehead Viaduct. The charter is pulling several brown carriages. The views span over the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Pennines.

Steam train celebrates 150 years of line

The West Yorkshireman service, hauled by a steam locomotive built in 1947, travels to Cumbria.

10 mins ago
31 mins ago
An aerial map of the proposed site highlighted by a red boundary. The boundary is surrounded by green fields with a small settlement to the right. To the left there is a major road.

Housing plan refused over impact on village

Planners believe the harm to the landscape outweighs the benefits of the plan.

31 mins ago
1 hr ago
A sign in black with white writing which says "due to the dangerous high wind speeds we are experiencing today, in the interest of visitor safety, the gardens are closed today. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Thank you for your understanding.

Closures and cancellations as storm hits Midlands

Storm Amy brings strong winds and disruption to the West Midlands, forcing events to close.

1 hr ago
2 hrs ago
An athlete in a white vest top with Great Britain written on it in red is pouring a sponge full of water over his head. He has dark hair and black sunglasses on top of his head. There are other athletes just visible behind him

'My ambulance job puts athletics into perspective'

Racewalker Cameron Corbishley balances world athletics with a job at Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

2 hrs ago
3 hrs ago
An aerial image of Queen's Park in Lougborough

Attractions and markets shut as storm hits region

Historic houses, gardens and countryside sites announce they are closing due to Storm Amy.

3 hrs ago
3 hrs ago
Threee police officers stand behind a taped off area in a car park of a trading estate, there is a police van and two cars also bhind the tape along with a white van, a black car and a white lorry

Two arrested over gun shot at trading estate

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and a woman for assisting an offender.

3 hrs ago
4 hrs ago
A plane lands on a runway.

Gatwick Airport facing delays amid high winds

A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for southern England.

4 hrs ago
6 hrs ago
A young woman with her back turned to the camera. She is standing next to an open door and is wearing a black coat.

Grooming inquiry needs region-wide focus, says PCC

Deputy Mayor Alison Lowe says she wants all survivors in West Yorkshire to "have a voice".

6 hrs ago
6 hrs ago
A woman with long blonde hair is wearing a white coat and stethoscope on the right side of the image. She's sitting behind a desk and speaking to a woman with curly hair, wearing a yellow t-shirt, who is in profile. There is office equipment including a printer, and a plant in the background

New NHS scheme to help people stay in work

The initiative, called WorkWell, focuses on mental health and musculoskeletal conditions.

6 hrs ago
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