Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim, 49, of St James Road, Higher Broughton, is accused of failing to disclose information about terrorist activity.

Two people were killed in the 2 October attack.

Jihad al Shamie, 35, a Syrian-born British citizen, drove into the gates of the synagogue, hitting a security guard, before attacking worshipper Melvin Cravitz with a knife.

Mr Cravitz was killed, as was Adrian Daulby - hit by a single police bullet as he held the doors closed to stop the terrorist getting inside.

Al Shamie, who was wearing a fake suicide vest, was shot dead as he charged at officers with the knife.

Police said today that Hakim, an Iraqi national, had been remanded to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court tomorrow (21 August).

Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts, head of counter-terrorism policing in the North West, called it a "significant development".

The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day for Jewish people.

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Three others were also seriously hurt in the attack, including security guard Bernard Agyemang who suffered multiple broken bones and a suspected brain injury.

A man who plotted with the Manchester attacker to target the UK Defence Academy near Swindon was convicted in July of preparing acts of terror.

Sky News has obtained a letter sent on Thursday by UK Finance, the influential trade body whose members include Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group, in which Mr Healey was told that imposing further tax rises on the banking sector would risk "damaging the UK's international competitiveness".

The letter was sent days after Jamie Dimon, the JPMorgan Chase chief, reportedly told Mr Healey in a telephone call that additional levies on banks would be unwelcome.

Bank lobbying against tax hikes has become a well-trodden path for executives in recent years as higher interest rates and declining provisions for misconduct have helped fuel industry profits.

In recent weeks, trade unions have urged the government to impose a windfall tax on the sector after lenders' half-year results showed strong growth in their profitability.

On Thursday, the Green Party urged Mr Healey to impose a 38% windfall tax in order to fund tax cuts for smaller businesses.

Britain has retained a number of bank-specific taxes - including the bank levy and surcharge - since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis which the sector has argued makes the country less competitive than those based in rival financial centres around the world.

Unlike other countries, the UK also retains a ring-fencing regime separating retail and investment banks which imposes significant costs on the big five lenders.

Under Rachel Reeves, Mr Healey's predecessor, the Treasury began to reform ring-fencing rules, although the new chancellor has yet to express a view about whether that overhaul will proceed.

In UK Finance's letter to Mr Healey, David Postings, its chief executive, said the banking sector shared Andy Burnham's administration's desire "to deliver growth in every postcode".

"Banking reaches every part of the economy and every region of the country, providing credit to households and SMEs, supporting investment, and acting as the UK's gateway to global markets," he wrote.

"A strong banking system and a growing economy reinforce each other.

"By working together we can help ensure that the benefits of growth and prosperity are felt by households and businesses up and down the country."

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Mr Postings, whose members also include major international banks, said the industry was "a major source of high-value employment, with more than half of total jobs based outside London, including in Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, and Manchester".

He warned: "In response to recent bank financial reporting there have been calls for an increase in the bank corporation tax surcharge, or some form of windfall tax.

"I should like to put on record the sector's opposition to any such increases.

"I am concerned that increasing taxes on banks would ultimately risk undermining the very tax base the government seeks to protect and grow, as well as damaging the UK's international competitiveness."

The trade association chief pointed out that the total UK tax rate for banks was "already materially higher than our international competitors" at 46.6%, having surged ahead of Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt and New York.

"Moreover, the UK stacks a permanent, non-deductible, balance sheet levy on top of a bank profit surcharge, an internationally uncompetitive double tax on banking capacity," Mr Postings said.

"The direction of travel elsewhere is also important," he added, pointing to recent pledges by the German government to enhance its banking industry's competitiveness.

"Just as the cost of investing and the potential return can influence where investors choose to allocate funds and where companies choose to list, the headline rates and the overall structure of the tax regime play a meaningful role in decisions about where individual banks invest, deploy capital and allocate jobs.

"This is a point that has been made by various chief executives of major international banks.

"The debate needs to recognise both the significant tax contribution already made and the wider economic importance of sustainable profitability."

The banking industry paid more than £43bn in taxes last year, Mr Postings wrote, equivalent to 4.3% of total tax receipts.

He added: "The government's 2025 Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy rightly set the ambition for the UK to be the global location of choice for financial services firms to invest, innovate and grow.

"While fully recognising the fiscal pressures facing the government, raising what are already high sector-specific taxes would run counter to the wider growth agenda.

"At a time when peer jurisdictions are seeking to improve their competitiveness, it is vital that the UK's approach to both tax and regulation pull in the same direction, supporting investment and the sector's capacity to finance growth across the economy."

The pass rate among girls was lower this year than in any year since 2008, while boys improved upon last year and recorded their best results since 2015.

The lines have been going in opposite directions since the pandemic.

Jon Andrews, head of analysis at the Education Policy Institute, told Sky News that this could be lasting effects of the pandemic coming through.

This year's cohort of GCSE pupils would have been in the second half of Year 5 when the first COVID restrictions came into effect, with much of their final year of primary school and first year of secondary school also disrupted.

"When we measured learning loss during the pandemic, the effects tended to be bigger for girls," Mr Andrews explained.

"Mental health, wellbeing, happiness and engagement with school appears to be getting worse across the board, but for young girls in particular," he added.

This is reflected in the number of girls regularly missing school, which has risen significantly since the pandemic.

Prior to 2020, girls and boys used to record absences at roughly the same rates. Now, girls are 10% more likely to miss school, and 20% more likely to be "severely absent" (missing more than half of their school sessions).

While the gap in terms of results has narrowed, there is still a significant gap between the number of boys and girls who pass their GCSEs or get top grades.

This is particularly pronounced when we look across the different UK nations. Girls in Northern Ireland were more than twice as likely to get an A or A* than boys in Wales, for example, albeit with a different exam and education system.

Regional divide: London v the rest

In England, the gap between London and the rest of the country grew wider.

In London, about 29 out of every 100 GCSEs resulted in a grade of 7 or higher. In the North East, just 18 out of 100 got top grades.

Chris Zarraga, director of Schools North East, told Sky News there are multiple reasons for this, including school funding, access to learning opportunities, and attitudes towards education that have filtered through generations.

The number of pupils per teacher is lower in inner London than any other part of the country.

Mr Zarraga says the difficulty recruiting teachers is particularly acute with subject specialists, for example mathematicians or language experts, with pupils outside of London being more likely to be taught by a generalist.

There are also more specialist schools in London, either academically selective or single gender schools. Mr Zarraga says this sort of education system would be difficult to make viable in places like the North East where population density is lower.

Another thing mentioned by both Mr Zarraga and Mr Andrews, in explaining London's overperformance, is demographics.

White pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to perform worse than Asian pupils from a similar background. As there are more Asian pupils in London than other parts of the country, that helps to raise overall results there.

Mr Zarraga says "because there's a stronger labour market in London, families can better see the value of education, and more clearly map out the route to see how it can take you from one place economically to a different one".

"In the North East you have generations of families with very poor histories of education and how it relates to the labour market. There is a lack of visibility as to how it can get you where you need to be."

He added that it can be difficult for prospective students in the North East to physically get where they need to be to access education opportunities as well, if transport links aren't as easily available as they are in the capital.

On this point, Mr Zarraga welcomes the way the government and new prime minister Andy Burnham have been talking about devolution, but awaits more detail about the approach.

"In the past it has tended to be a 'one-size-fits-all' model, usually based on what has worked well in London. If power is devolved, local areas can look at their own local priorities, and how things like local transport and local labour markets relate to one another.

"No real concrete plans have been released yet though, so we don't know if things will go far enough."

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Masum Miah, 42, was found by officers at around 3am on Tuesday morning on St Bartholomew's Road, East Ham, after they responded to reports of gunshots.

He was found with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said. No arrests have yet been made.

Detective Chief Inspector Dan Whitten said: "Our thoughts remain with Masum's family as they come to terms with his tragic death.

"We are continuing to appeal to anyone with information that could assist our enquiries to come forward."

Police have cordoned off the road and set up an evidence tent behind a white Toyota Prius, which had crashed into a black Range Rover.

Abdul Qadir, director of the nearby estate agent ARQ Homes, said the white Prius had collided with his Range Rover.

He said: "Just past 3am my car alarm went off. My daughter heard the car alarm go off and she heard the shots, like a bomb. She heard the impact of two vehicles. And I heard people running off.

"It's the third time my car's been collided with - so I thought 'It's 3am, I'm not going out to investigate'.

"I just went back to sleep, because I know this happens around here.

"Then up to 10 minutes after, I heard people gathering. They said someone had been shot."

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Any witnesses or those with information have been asked to contact police.

DCI Whitten added: "If you were in the area at the time of the shooting, witnessed anything suspicious or have any dashcam, CCTV or doorbell footage that could support our investigation, we urge you to get in touch.

"No matter how big or small the information you have is, it could prove vital in helping us piece together the full circumstances."

The teenager died after the incident on The Hard, Portsmouth, on Sunday.

Hampshire Constabulary said the driver, a 39-year-old man, has since been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

The man, from Portsmouth, has been released on bail.

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A spokesman said: "We are appealing for information and witnesses as a young boy has died following a bus crash in Portsmouth.

"At about 4.25pm on Monday 17 August, police were called to The Hard after reports of a serious collision involving a pedestrian and a bus.

"The pedestrian, a 14-year-old boy from Portsmouth, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and has since sadly passed away.

"His family are being supported by specialist officers."

He added: "The driver of the bus, a 39-year-old man from Portsmouth, was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and then released on bail until 17 November while further inquiries are carried out."

A note attached to flowers left at the scene, close to a bus transport hub, read: "RIP Fly High. I will never forget our memories. We had such a good time in science.

"Can't believe what happened. We will all miss u lots. Forever 14."