Posters of Israeli flags with swastikas replacing the Star of David have been found on Royal Holloway campus in the last few days.

Churches and other places of worship have a vital role to play in the post pandemic recovery, expanding their contribution as important community hubs, new research shows.

There has been a “deeply disturbing” upsurge in anti-Semitism in recent years, the communities secretary says.

A spokesperson from the BBC said on Saturday: “At no point did anyone on the programme mock religious beliefs.”

Four men have been arrested by officers investigating a video which appeared to show antisemitic abuse being shouted from a car in north London, police have said.

Police have launched an investigation after a rabbi was attacked outside his synagogue.

People have been filmed driving through London in a convoy of cars shouting antisemitic obscenities.

“In normal times, the violence & vandalism, & the vile anti Catholic prejudice that was on display, would have been utterly unacceptable.”