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Olivia Christie

Olivia Christie, News Reporter

Olivia Christie joined Daily Mail in September 2023 on the graduate scheme and has worked on the Home News and Foreign desks. She previously was a reporter at the Oxford Mail and did a placement at the Scottish Daily Mail in Glasgow. Olivia speaks Spanish and enjoys playing tennis.

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Furious Surrey residents say Labour are trying to create a rich versus poor class divide with plan to split county into two

02/11/25 04:09

Locals in Surrey are furious at the news that the county will be split into two, creating a 'posh and poor' divide. They believed it would only increase apparent unfairness and a social divide in the county, which would make their lives harder. The authority, founded in 1889, will be divided into East Surrey and West Surrey and the 11 district councils in the area will be abolished under Angela Rayner's proposals to shake up local government....read

Teenage nursery worker is convicted of raping and sexually abusing children as young as three
01/11/25 03:57
Thomas Waller, 18, who was newly-qualified to work with children, preyed on his young victims in the toilets.
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Sarah Ferguson is 'more on edge' than Andrew and 'may flee UK': Ex-Duchess 'blaming herself' as she and disgraced royal hunker down in Royal Lodge 'surrounded by Amazon deliveries'
01/11/25 01:49
Sarah's latest children's book, which was due to be published on October 9 according to a press release in Bookseller, is now showing as only available from November 28 on Amazon.
Canned Theft Auto: GTA game developers Rockstar Games 'sacked more than 30 British staff for trying to start a union'
01/11/25 12:14
The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) said it appears that the staff at the company's base in Edinburgh were dismissed for 'trade union activity'.
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Model, 20, says sex-obsessed Andrew 'wanted me to engage in kinky sexual activity' and female staff 'were warned to stay away from him'
01/11/25 09:40
The model said Andrew, who was stripped of his Prince title on Thursday, had 'no boundaries' and slept with her twice, claiming he had an open relationship with his wife.
Report: Andrew could get £500K payout and stay in Royal Lodge 'for months'
31/10/25 02:48
It is understood that the delay will allow the Royal Family to avoid a potentially awkward encounter during their traditional Christmas celebrations at Sandringham.
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Andrew could get £500k payout and stay in Royal Lodge 'for months' to avoid awkward Christmas run-in at Sandringham- as disgraced royal keeps place in line to throne despite losing Prince title
31/10/25 11:58
It is understood that the delay will allow the Royal Family to avoid a potentially awkward encounter during their traditional Christmas celebrations at Sandringham.
The moment the world saw future king William was truly done with Andrew - as it's revealed he and Kate 'fully support' the decision to strip the former prince of all his titles and evict him from Royal Lodge
31/10/25 09:10
Prince William seemingly shunned his uncle on the steps of Westminster Cathedral last month, where a service had been held for the Duchess of Kent.
Man, 70, dies after helicopter crashes into field in Doncaster: Police investigation launched into incident that also injured male pilot, a woman and a 10-year-old boy
30/10/25 03:39
Police say the man was treated for 'serious injuries' by medics but was pronounced dead at the scene. His family is being supported by officers.
Huge police response as helicopter crashes into field in Doncaster as cops tell people to 'avoid the area'
30/10/25 12:45
Police, fire and ambulance crews are on site in Bentley near the South Yorkshire city after the chopper took off from Gamston Airport, Retford at around 10am.
Crowd 'boos' Meghan and Harry at Dodgers stadium appearance
30/10/25 11:31
The Sussexes had been enjoying a 'date night' at the Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday night when they featured on the big screen from their front row seats.
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Meghan and Harry 'are booed' by crowd at Dodger Stadium as angry sports fans hit out at couple's front row treatment
30/10/25 09:23
The Sussexes had been enjoying a 'date night' at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday night when they featured on the big screen from their front row seats.
Residents in King Charles' model town hit out at 'arrogant' Duchy of Cornwall for planting trees that is spoiling their 'uninterrupted countryside views'
30/10/25 09:19
Homeowners on the edge of Poundbury, Dorset, paid a premium for their 'uninterrupted countryside views' of Thomas Hardy's Wessex.
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Female prison officer, 23, told inmate lover she 'would take a bullet' for him in handwritten letter found in his cell, court hears
30/10/25 07:18
Isabelle Dale, 23, allegedly slept with convicted robber Shahid Sharif in a prayer room at HMP Coldingley in Surrey while two inmates acted as lookouts.
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Sex assault migrant released from prison by mistake was PAID £500 in taxpayers' cash to leave Britain
29/10/25 11:53
Hadush Kebatu was given a 'discretionary' payment of £500 by the Home Office, it is understood.
Care home bosses who stole 85-year-old's £175,000 by faking her will with different handwriting and coloured pens face jail in one of Britain's biggest ever elderly fraud cases
29/10/25 11:20
Graham Walker, 74, his wife Lyn, 71, and ex-manager Jamiel Slaney-Summers, 65, plotted to scam frail 85-year-old Rita Barnsley.
Afghan asylum seeker sexually assaulted two women as he delivered takeaways to their homes despite ruling he had overstayed in UK
29/10/25 11:13
Shafiullah Rasooli, 29, was working illegally when he used his friend's registration details to deliver food to people in and around the town of Maidstone, Kent.
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Meghan and Harry upset US sports fans by getting best seats in the house for World Series baseball game as they sit in front of LA legends
29/10/25 08:35
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were seated in the front row at the LA Dodgers World Series game last night in front of a number of local sporting legends.
Sex assault migrant released from prison by mistake has been deported to Ethiopia
29/10/25 06:03
Hadush Kebatu, 38, was freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre.
Prolific shoplifter who stole £16k worth of goods from petrol station he targeted more than 100 times is jailed
27/10/25 04:04
Mark Stavrou, 33, was caught on CCTV strolling around the store in north-east London and brazenly helping himself to an array of goods.
Moment axe-wielding gang ram cyclist with motorbike before brazenly robbing him in broad daylight
27/10/25 01:59
Dashcam footage shows the two thugs speeding up behind the victim on a country road and crashing into the back of him.
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Romanian grooming gang led by 'smirking pimp' are jailed for grooming vulnerable women and forcing them to take part in 'sex games'
27/10/25 01:06
Ringleader Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, and four associates drugged their victims - aged between 16 and 30 - at flats across Dundee between 2021 and 2022.
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Serial child killer Lucy Letby 'is hooked on Come Dine With Me and binge watches C4 cookery show as part of her cell Freeview TV package
27/10/25 10:43
Lucy Letby is reportedly known as a massive 'foodie' at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, where she is currently serving a full-life term.
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Tony Hudgell's adoptive mother opens up about her terminal cancer ordeal: 'It hit me that I won't be at his wedding'
26/10/25 01:39
Paula Hudgell, 58, has revealed that doctors missed her cancer 14 times as she opened up about her devastating stage four diagnosis.
On-the-run sex attack migrant freed by mistake was last seen in north London on Friday night - as new images show him with 'avocado' bag
25/10/25 09:14
Hadush Kebatu was spotted shortly before 8pm on Friday in the Dalston area of Hackney, east London, police said.
Furious crowds take to the streets demanding resignations on first anniversary of floods which killed hundreds in one of Europe's deadliest natural disasters
25/10/25 08:04
Demonstrators, many carrying photos of the victims, denounced the handling of last October's disaster and called on regional leader Carlos Mazon to resign.
Sex attack migrant still at large as he criss-crosses London after police confirm he has access to cash but Government officials deny he was given handout when blundering prison staff freed him and guided him to train station
25/10/25 01:55
Sim saw Kebatu going in and out of the prison 'four or five times' and said Kebatu was 'very confused' and 'kept scratching his head and saying, 'Where do I go, where do I go?''
Celebrity 'stunt casting' on London's West End stages comes under new spotlight after series of high-profile flops - with warnings the trend could 'kill' the industry
25/10/25 01:08
In the past few years, theatre performances starring Catherine Tate , David Threlfall and Hollywood veteran Sigourney Weaver have all struggled to wow critics.
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Met Police launches massive new grooming gangs inquiry with 9,000 cases probed again after criticism of Sadiq Khan and UK's biggest force
24/10/25 11:58
The Mayor of London has repeatedly denied that his city was blighted by the kinds of child abuse seen in towns such as Rochdale and Rotherham.
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Runway problem forces closure of major UK airport with flights scrapped and passengers warned
24/10/25 10:31
Passengers have been told to check with their airlines, with the airport's online arrival board listing cancellations to some incoming flights.
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'A level of incompetence that beggars belief': Kemi rips into PM as manhunt continues after Epping asylum hotel sex attacker is freed by mistake
24/10/25 09:10
A police manhunt was sparked for sex offender Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu after he was accidentally released back into the community rather than to an immigration centre.
Number of prisoners released by mistake more than DOUBLED in a year, figures show - as police continue manhunt for sex offender migrant accidentally freed early
24/10/25 09:07
A report by the prison service said 262 inmates were freed by mistake in the 12 months until March, compared to just 115 in the previous year.
Epping hotel sex attacker is 'at large in London', David Lammy says - as migrant offender was 'seen in the street' hours after being accidentally FREED from prison
24/10/25 03:52
Hadush Kebatu, 41, was supposed to be sent to an immigration detention centre to be deported but was instead accidentally let loose.
Britain's highest-ranking female police officer is hit with ANOTHER bullying claim
22/10/25 07:29
EXC: A source close to the investigation said the allegations have been made by The Thin Blue Paw Foundation - a national charity that supports serving and retired police dogs.
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'Firearm' suspect who saw Bognor Regis school locked down and 'left children sobbing' was a 14-year-old boy in fancy dress
22/10/25 06:50
Pupils at a secondary school in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, were kept inside following reports that a man had been seen with a firearm.
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Masked thugs 'threaten to BEHEAD' Israeli professor after storming his lecture at London university - branding him a 'terrorist' because he did military service in the 1980s
22/10/25 06:19
Michael Ben-Gad, an economics lecturer at City University in London , has been branded a 'terrorist' and has faced calls to be sacked because he served in the Israel Defence Forces from 1982 to 1985.
Moment Irish police van is set alight as riots break out near Dublin asylum seeker hotel
21/10/25 11:33
Police officers were also attacked with missiles and fireworks as protesters gathered at the Citywest Hotel last night following the alleged assault of a 10-year-old girl.
Man, 47, is mown down and killed by sister's boyfriend during their mother's 70th birthday party - after meeting him for the first time, court hears
21/10/25 08:45
Stephen Bates, 42, appeared in court today accused of murdering Martin O'Donovan, 47, (pictured) in Woolton, Liverpool, on April 18 this year.
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Railway trade union bosses 'spent £1,000s on all-expenses-paid Las Vegas trip', leaked dossier claims
21/10/25 07:41
The Las Vegas visit took place while Manuel Cortes (left) was general secretary of the union, which has 17,000 members paying £25 a month each.
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Report: Trump's meeting with Putin called off 'after bad phone call'
21/10/25 05:41
The decision to call the meeting off was made following discussions between US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
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Trump's meeting with Putin in Hungary is called off 'after bad phone call between US and Russian negotiators'
21/10/25 05:20
The decision to call the meeting off was made following discussions between US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
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Giant 65ft Christmas tree sparks outrage after it springs up in city centre in October
21/10/25 04:50
The massive fir was erected in Birmingham city centre's Victoria Square over the weekend in preparation for its annual German Market.
Virginia Giuffre's ghostwriter comments on Prince Andrew losing titles
21/10/25 01:15
In an interview with Newsnight on Monday, Amy Wallace, the co-author of Nobody's Girl, welcomed the news that Prince Andrew was starting to see his 'life eroded'.
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UK's Covid rules around going outside during lockdown were too strict and should have been 'more liberal', Chris Whitty admits
21/10/25 12:44
Professor Sir Chris Whitty told the Covid-19 Inquiry that the approach to the first lockdown should have been 'more liberal', as the evidence showed that being outdoors was safer than being indoors.
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'She would view it as a victory': Virginia Giuffre's ghostwriter speaks out on shamed Prince Andrew losing his titles hours before memoir is released
21/10/25 12:10
In an interview with Newsnight on Monday, Amy Wallace, the co-author of Nobody's Girl, welcomed the news that Prince Andrew was starting to see his 'life eroded'.
Migrants baptised in hotel bathtubs by Christian charity amid claims conversions are being 'abused' to support asylum claims
20/10/25 08:00
Carelinks Ministries, a registered charity linked to the minority Christadelphian sect, is understood to have visited migrant hotels to carry out the baptisms.
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Andrew 'gagged' Virginia Giuffre to avoid ruining Queen's jubilee, book claims
18/10/25 03:35
Virginia Giuffre's book will heap more bad news on the disgraced royal, who was last night forced to relinquish his Dukedom to avoid inflicting further damage on the Royal Family .
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Prince Andrew 'gagged' Virginia Giuffre for a year so the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations wouldn't be tarnished, book claims
18/10/25 02:52
Virginia Giuffre's book will heap more bad news on the disgraced royal, who was last night forced to relinquish his Dukedom to avoid inflicting further damage on the Royal Family .
The hidden message in Prince Andrew's statement - and what it says about Prince William's involvement, according to royal expert
18/10/25 10:30
Royal expert Jennie Bond explained that she was 'struck' by the use of the pronoun 'we' rather than 'I' throughout Prince Andrew's statement.
'These monsters can't escape' say Virginia Giuffre's 'vindicated' family as Prince Andrew gives up royal titles and more evidence emerges of his flights on paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's 'Lolita Express' jet
18/10/25 09:32
After yet another week of scandal with more details revealed about flights he took on convicted paedophile's Epstein's private jet, Andrew relinquished all his remaining titles.
Civil servant wins £1million in Omaze draw and vows to replace his rusty old camper van to go travelling
18/10/25 07:31
Mark Crawford, 49, who walks five miles to work and back every day, came home to discover he had won the life-changing sum in the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw.
Revealed: The online group run by 'sacred chanting and drumming' fan who supported mother who died with her baby after choosing a homebirth against medical advice
17/10/25 02:42
An inquest into Jennifer Cahill's death this week heard that she was a member of Home Birth Support Group UK - a Facebook group with more than 14,000 members.
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Ofcom sanctions BBC for breaching broadcasting code by not revealing Gaza documentary narrator's Hamas links
17/10/25 09:53
Ofcom has sanctioned the BBC for breaching the broadcasting code in its 'Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone' documentary after the corporation failed to disclose a narrator's links to Hamas.
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'Beautiful' mother-of-three is found dead on rail tracks as 'heartbroken' family thank wellwishers
17/10/25 09:13
Adele Silcock's body was found at Patricroft railway station, in Eccles, Greater Manchester, last Saturday.
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Pictured: Egyptian asylum seekers living at migrant hotel who are accused of raping woman, 33, on Brighton beach at 5am after she left nightclub
17/10/25 07:20
Karin Al-Danasurt, 20, (pictured) and Ibrahim Alshafe, 35, who both live in the same migrant hotel in West Sussex, appeared at Crawley magistrates' court on Thursday.
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Liam Payne's sister Nicola shares her 'unbearable' pain one year on from his death as fans pay tribute at Argentina shrine to One Direction star
17/10/25 06:11
Nicola Payne shared several intimate photos in her tribute and touchingly revealed how the family have kept his memory alive for his son Bear, eight, so he could 'know all about his amazing daddy'.
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Watch moment pro-Palestine protester chants 'horrifying' anti-Israeli lyrics to crowds in London
13/10/25 05:11
The vile chant, made during a pro-Palestinian rally at the weekend, included the phrase 'put the Zios in the ground' - an offensive reference to Zionists.
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How Trump brought about Israel's 'beautiful day': Since setting foot in the White House, the president set out to end Gaza war - and through sheer force of will achieved what no other world leader could
13/10/25 02:12
Donald Trump has been described by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the 'greatest friend' his country's has ever had in the White House .
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What has Hamas done to the bodies of the dead Israeli hostages? Relatives face anguish after terrorists claim they don't know where some are
13/10/25 11:33
While Hamas has been instructed to hand over 28 bodies as part of the peace deal, it is expected to only hand over four this afternoon. Picture shows Hamas handing over bodies in February.
Moooove out the way! Cows spark travel mayhem after invading train platform
13/10/25 10:35
Hilarious footage shows staff trying to round up the 12 stray cattle and guide them out of Neath station in south Wales yesterday.
Hostages embrace as they are released from Gaza
13/10/25 09:45
The historic exchange is part of a Donald Trump-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas that aims to bring an end to the devastating two-year war.
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Jewish TV anchor Sharri Markson breaks down on Australian TV as the first seven Israeli hostages are released by Hamas to the Red Cross
13/10/25 05:33
A Jewish TV news anchor has broken down after receiving confirmation the first Israeli hostages had been released by Hamas .
Trump is 'showered in praise' after peace deal success - as US President announces it's now time to end the war in Ukraine: RECAP
13/10/25 05:03
RECAP: The US President was joined by world leaders in Egypt as he declared the talks over the next phase of his peace plan for Gaza underway.
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Free at last! Israeli hostages hug one another in joy as all 20 living captives are finally handed over by Hamas following 738 days in Gaza hell as part of Trump's historic peace deal
13/10/25 04:32
'This is my great honour. A great and beautiful day, a new beginning,' Trump wrote in the guestbook, standing next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The million pound mansion bin wars: Neighbour who waged £125K legal battle over 'unsightly' bin is exposed as a 'vandal'
12/10/25 07:51
Stuart Hunt has been accused of 'bulldozing' down a lamppost outside his £2.3million house in Goring, Oxfordshire, and obstructing the contractors who tried to install a replacement.
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'In a liberal democracy such as ours, the right to offend is precious': Judge spells out importance of free speech as he overturns conviction of man who burnt the Koran
10/10/25 09:31
Hamit Coskun, 51, shouted 'f*** Islam' as he set fire to the text outside the Turkish consulate in London in February.
Koran-burning protester wins appeal against conviction for a religiously aggravated public order offence after arguing his actions are protected under free speech
10/10/25 12:01
Hamit Coskun, 51, was found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence after he set fire to the book outside the Turkish consulate in London.
Heart-warming moment Educating Yorkshire student Musharaf Asghar returns to school where he overcame stammer 12 years ago - as head teacher who helped him reveals why the series has come back
10/10/25 08:52
In the latest episode of the Educating Yorkshire, Musharaf Asghar, now 29, spoke to the current Year 11s at Thornhill Community Academy about his journey through school.
Hamas insists 'all factions reject' plans for Tony Blair to run Gaza despite agreeing to Trump-brokered peace deal
10/10/25 06:21
Donald Trump had proposed a transitional 'Board of Peace' headed up by himself and former prime minister Sir Tony Blair to oversee an interim governing authority in Gaza.
Trump tells Israeli hostage families: 'They're all coming home Monday'
09/10/25 09:45
Donald Trump spoke to the families of Israeli hostages on Wednesday night just hours after he announced a peace deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.
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Keir Starmer hails Trump's Gaza peace deal and expresses 'profound relief' as Hamas agrees to handover remaining hostages as early as Monday
09/10/25 05:53
Donald Trump announced late last night the two sides have agreed to the first stage of his plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages.
Trump tells families of Israeli hostages 'they're all coming home Monday' in heartwarming video as he celebrates 'peace in the Middle East'
09/10/25 02:55
Donald Trump spoke to the families of Israeli hostages on Wednesday night just hours after he announced a peace deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.
BBC bosses want to use the defence budget to pay for the World Service because it 'counts towards Britain's security' - as cuts to radio loom
04/10/25 01:01
Senior executives at the broadcaster are said to be in discussions over whether parts of the radio network's service, such as its anti-disinformation work, should be paid for by the defence budget.
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Prince Harry's former charity Sentebale drops 'high cost' polo matches from its fundraising activities after Duke of Sussex walked away from charity over 'racism' claims
04/10/25 12:00
Prince Harry resigned as patron of Sentebale in March after the new chair, Dr Sophie Chandauka, made a series of incendiary allegations about his behaviour.
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Manchester synagogue attacker 'may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology', police say - as three more arrested on suspicion of terror offences following knife rampage
03/10/25 07:46
A total of six people are now in police custody after two people died in the horrific assault on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue yesterday.
Oasis legend Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs is diagnosed with prostate cancer and says he will take a break from the band's worldwide reunion tour
03/10/25 06:13
The legendary guitarist, 60, shared the devastating news with fans in a post on X this evening.
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Synagogue hero accidentally shot by police is pictured as family pay tribute to 'a down to earth man whose final act was to save others'
03/10/25 03:34
Adrian Daulby, 53, was killed outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, yesterday morning alongside 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz.
Killer in Yom Kippur attack revealed as 35-year-old Islamist terrorist
03/10/25 07:30
British-Syrian Jihad Al-Shamie is understood to have been granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was a teenager aged around 16.
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Revealed: Islamist terrorist, 35, in Yom Kippur horror grew up in house around the corner from Manchester synagogue
03/10/25 01:41
British-Syrian Jihad Al-Shamie is understood to have been granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was a teenager aged around 16.
British-Syrian man, 35, who arrived in the UK as a child is named as the Islamist terrorist who killed two innocent men at Manchester synagogue: Trio remain in custody after Yom Kippur horror
02/10/25 08:19
Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent, was shot dead by armed officers minutes after he targeted Heaton Park Synagogue on Thursday morning.

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