'When I walk into the synagogue I see their seats, where they should be'

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The first thing Rabbi Daniel Walker can now see when he walks into his synagogue is two seats.

Two seats that belonged to Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby. His congregants, members of his community, his friends.

Tragically, the seats are empty. "There's a big hole, we miss them a lot", Rabbi Walker says.

The lives of Mr Cravitz and Mr Daulby were cruelly taken in the terror attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall on October 2.

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The atrocity happened on Yom Kippur - the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

Terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, drove his car at those gathering at the place of worship before attacking others with a knife and trying to storm the synagogue. He rang 999 during his deadl