Heaton Park synagogue was packed with worshippers taking part in a series of long and solemn services for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, when it was attacked.

The attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester comes as Jewish people observe the holiday of Yom Kippur.

Two Jewish people died in a car and stabbing attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.