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With Acting Chief Constable Scott Green (right) are Assistant Chief Constable Andrew Parsons, Prof Umbach, Marc Cave and Carol Laser
April 23, 2026, 12:06 pm
West Midlands Police launches anti-Jewish racism training after Maccabi fan ban scandal
The force began the programme after three months of planning and consultation with the Jewish community
By Adam Decker
BBC Broadcasting House. The corporation initially insisted on calling a Jew liberated from Belsen a “holocaust survivor”. Photo: Wikimedia/Alexander Svensson
January 29, 2026, 7:29 pm
Senior BBC employee rants about ‘Jewish-backed’ MPs influencing police resignation
Tom Poole also defended the corporation's Holocaust Memorial Day description of "six million people" being killed, describing indignation in response as a 'Jewish pile-on'
By JN Reporter
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster making a statement to the media outside Lloyd House, the headquarters of West Midlands Police (WMP) in Birmingham. The chief constable of WMP Craig Guildford has resisted calls to resign after a highly critical preliminary review into how they handled the decision to ban Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans from a match against Aston Villa in November. Picture date: Friday January 16, 2026.
January 19, 2026, 5:23 pm
Retired chief constable referred to police watchdog over Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban
Craig Guildford has been referred to the police watchdog by West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster over the decision
By Jewish News Reporter
Former Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Craig Guildford, during a phone-in on LBC Radio
January 17, 2026, 11:46 am
Ex-West Midlands Police chief could still face conduct probe despite retirement
Independent Office for Police Conduct said: “Our interest in the actions of former chief constable Guildford does not end following his decision to step down"
By Jewish News Reporter
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster making a statement to the media outside Lloyd House, the headquarters of West Midlands Police (WMP) in Birmingham. The chief constable of WMP Craig Guildford has resisted calls to resign after a highly critical preliminary review into how they handled the decision to ban Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv's fans from a match against Aston Villa in November. Picture date: Friday January 16, 2026.
January 16, 2026, 4:21 pm
West Midlands police chief allowed to retire after Maccabi Tel Aviv match scandal
Craig Guildford to leave the force after watchdog review showed a 'failure of leadership' by local police and the Home Secretary said she had lost confidence in him
By Jewish News Reporter
Damian Egan MP with his husband Yossi Felberbaum (PIC IAN VOGLER)
January 16, 2026, 10:34 am
The quiet shame of being grateful for what should be automatic
This is not a piece about optimism. It’s about how exhausted you have to be to mistake survival - and baseline decency - for progress.
By Leo Pearlman
West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford
January 10, 2026, 8:35 pm
Mosque that advised on Israeli fan ban also sat on panel that chose police chief
Kamran Hussain, then chief executive of Green Lane mosque in Birmingham, sat on the interview panel that selected Craig Guildford as chief constable of West Midlands Police
By Jewish News Reporter
West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford
December 8, 2025, 9:33 pm
Policing minister declines to say she has ‘confidence’ in West Midlands Police chiefs
Sarah Jones told the Commons it was “clear that mistakes” were made when Birmingham’s Safety Advisory Group moved to bar Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from their side’s game against Aston Villa
By Jewish News Reporter
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