David Amess is back in the news? Not directly—he was MP for Basildon (1983–97) and Southend West (1997–2021) who was murdered in 2021. This needn’t be filler.
The Mirror and Independent-led coverage reports a new national dialogue project, Britain Talks, launching in September to foster conversation across divisions following a decade of extremism and hate, with Jo Cox’s family and other bereaved parents leading the call for action.
The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has raised the UK’s national threat level to severe following antisemitic stabbing in Golders Green. MI5 and police say the threat has been rising across ideologies, with heightened risk to Jewish and Israeli targets. Authorities are boosting policing and security funding. A developing story with updates expected as investigations continue.
A 45-year-old man, Essa Suleiman, has been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London. He has also been charged over an earlier south London incident. The suspect has been remanded and the UK terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe."