Afternoon briefing Friday 3rd October

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0:44The two victims of the attack have been named as Adrian Dolby, who was 53, and Melvin Kravitz, who was 66. The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, Sir Stephen Watson, confirmed one of the men was hit by police gunfire as they shot the attacker. He confirmed the news this morning as the Prime Minister visited the scene of the attack. Sakiya Starmer, accompanied by his wife Lady Victoria, spoke to police officers and local Jewish people. The Home Secretary has urged pro-Palestinian demonstrators to take a step back in the wake of the attack. Speaking to Times Radio, Shabana Mahmood said she hoped people in this country would show some humanity towards a grieving community.

1:22Those issues, unfortunately, are not likely to come to an end in the next day or two. I think a little time to give the community here the chance to grieve and the chance to come together. I think that that is the most important thing and I would call on anyone who's considering going to a protest just to take a step back. Imagine how you would feel if this had happened to someone that you love. We have freedoms, but we can choose when to use them. 40 people were arrested in pro-Palestinian protests overnight. The Home Secretary described some of the behaviour as fundamentally un-British. Speaking to Times Radio, the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said universities, charities and even the NHS need to do more to combat anti-Semitism.

2:04Anti-Semitism and extremism have been allowed to fester in our society for a very long time. This is for the whole of society. Institutions like our universities, our charities, the NHS, many, many others need to step up. And there needs to be leadership on this issue throughout our country now. The Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally, has been elected as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. The 63-year-old former nurse becomes the 106th person to hold the position. In her acceptance address, the Archbishop, with a reference to the attack in Manchester, said the Church of England cannot allow hatred to tear us apart.

2:44Mindful of the horrific violence of yesterday's attack on a synagogue in Manchester, we are witnessing hatred that rises up through fractures across our communities. We then, as a church, have a responsibility to be a people who stand with the Jewish community against anti-Semitism in all its forms. A watch worn by the first British woman to swim the channel is going to auction with an estimated selling price of almost a million pounds. The swim by Mercedes Gleitzer in 1927 was used to verify the engineering of the Rolex Oyster, which survived more than 10 hours submerged in water. And the actress Dame Patricia Routledge, best known for her role in the TV show Keeping Up Appearances, has died at the age of 96.

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