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King Charles also speaks to Shabir Randeree, chair of International and British Muslim Trust, and Sajjad Amin, trustee of Khizra Mosque. @MENnewsdesk
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The King is now speaking to faith leaders. They include Rabbi Daniel Walker and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. GMP Chaplain Fr Barry Lomax is here too. @MENnewsdesk
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King Charles is also meeting police dog Jimmy, who worked to sniff out explosives at the scene. @MENnewsdesk
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Chf Con Stephen Watson is now introducing the King to GMP officers who responded to the attack. @MENnewsdesk
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The King is now speaking to members of North West Ambulance Service who responded to the synagogue attack. @MENnewsdesk
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King Charles is in conversation with firefighters who attended the attack, asking about their roles. @MENnewsdesk
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The King is now meeting first responders, starting with firefighters who attended the attack scene. @MENnewsdesk
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King Charles is now inside GMP's HQ, where he has spoken to a member of staff at the entrance. He will be speaking with Chf Con Watson for a while before meeting first responders from the synagogue attack. @MENnewsdesk
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The King has spoken with GMP's chief constable on his way into the force's headquarters in north Manchester. @MENnewsdesk
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King Charles has arrived at GMP HQ, where he will meet first responders who attended the synagogue attack. He is greeted outside by Chief Constable Stephen Watsom, mayor Andy Burnham and Lord-Lieutenant Dianne Hawkins. @MENnewsdesk
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Tape is now coming down from the Nicky and it appears the evacuation is coming to an end. @MENnewsdesk
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There is a smaller police presence at the Nicky than before. Two GMP cars remain outside the day centre, with a forensics van still inside the cordon. A number of CST officers are stood with police on the cordon. @MENnewsdesk
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Two officers, one wearing blue gloves, have just come out of the Nicky and are now leaving the cordon. @MENnewsdesk
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Stephen Lewis, 71, was at the Heaton Park synagogue on Yom Kippur. He stopped to asked what had happened at the Nicky. “I looked out the window this morning, saw more emergency vehicles. I just wondered, what the heck is going on, and where it’s going to end?” @MENnewsdesk
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Police and CST remain outside the Nicky, almost four hours police first attended. @MENnewsdesk
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The Nicky is directly opposite the Heaton Park synagogue, where the recent terror attack took place. There has been a heightened police presence in the surrounding area since the attack. GMP says the Nicky was evacuated today as a precaution. @MENnewsdesk
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Kaleem Amin, manager of the Sadaat Carpets store next door to the Nicky, says it became ‘quite busy’ with police outside at 10am. He says police didn’t say much about what was going on, but his shop was not evacuated. The cordon is solely around the Nicky. @MENnewsdesk
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An ambulance response car and a Hatzola ambulance have now left the cordon. A fire service officer and a hazardous materials officer have also left on foot in the last few minutes. @MENnewsdesk
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The forensics van has entered the cordon. The entrance to the Nicky remains sealed off. @MENnewsdesk
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A forensics van has just arrived on the scene. There are still at least five GMP vehicles here, plus two Hatzola ambulance vehicles, the fire service and CST. @MENnewsdesk
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