Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Police in the uk say they are investigating a network of people in connection with monday nights bombing in manchester. The bomber, salman abedi, killed 22, including children, and injured more than 60 when he set off the explosion at the Ariana Grande a concert. As the investigation gathers pace a total of seven people have been arrested around manchester and other uk cities. 0ur chief correspondent gavin hewitt starts oui correspondent gavin hewitt starts our coverage. Late morning, central manchester, and a raid on a block of flats, part of a huge operation to discover the network of the manchester bomber. Police believe he stayed there as recently as 7pm on monday evening of the night of the attack. Todays operation involved armed units, some wearing military clothing. Got to the front door and was greeted by an armed Police Officer with a helmet, face mask machine gun. I asked him what was happening. Hejust said 0perations, out to gain access to the
Well, spontaneous and led the applause here in st annes square in manchester, and you mightjust have been able to tell, there was a man towards the back of the crowd in this very bright Manchester Sun here, who said well done, manchester. And then the applause broke out again. And absolutely baking hot day in st annes square, and hundreds of hundreds of people, i cant even calculate, perhaps at least a thousand people have come here to the square for that moment of silence that is marked across the country to remember those who lost their lives. Here, at the Manchester Arena, less than a mile away, people have continued to lay flowers there. Really lovely to meet you. I know you work fairly near here. Explain why you wanted to come here for this moment of silence . We live and work in the city. You dont really know what to do in this situation. If you can doa what to do in this situation. If you can do a small act by being here, it makes you feel like you can contribute. Applause just
President trump promises the culprit will face the full extent of the law. Eight people have now been arrested in the uk in a third day of raids police say the Investigation Continues to be fast moving. I want to reassure people, that the arrests that we have made are significant and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. Im Reeta Chakrabarti also in the next hour. President trump delivers a blunt message to european members of nato. He tells them they must spend more on defence to meet the threat from terrorism. Ukips paul nuttall describes the decision to launch his partys manifesto today as a message to terrorists that they will not win. And net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. Good evening from st anns square in manchester. Flowers continue to be late. They have been all day to remember the victims of mondays bomb attack. The queen has been here in the city toda
The queen visits manchesters Childrens Hospital she met some of the injured and the staff treating them. Well have the latest on the diplomatic row between america and the uk over leaks about the investigation. Also tonight heres one way to take centre stage donald trump on the charge over nato countries defence budgets. Dont you understand english . Please, please, please, please lets be respectful. A noisy return to Election Campaigning as ukip says theresa may has some responsibility for the manchester bombing. Celebrating the lisbon lions its 50 years since celtic became the first british side to win the european cup. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news after the terror attack, a trophy dedicated to the city and both manchester clubs join together with £1 million pledge to help the victims families. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. At 11 this morning, a minutes silence was observed across the uk to remember the 22 People Killed in the Mancheste
As we thought it was, so i am out with the butty van to find out why. In sport No Silva Lining For Hull relegated from the Premier League, and now they have lost their highly regarded manager, marco silva. And what is the weather going to be like this Bank Holiday Weekend . Matt is on the beach at Weston Super Mare. I certainly icertainly am. I certainly am. Good morning. I have my sunscreen i certainly am. Good morning. I have my sunscreen and sunglasses. You will all lead them today, but will you need them this Bank Holiday Weekend . There are some thunderstorms in the forecast and a full details coming up in 15 minutes. See you then. The full details. Good morning. First our main story The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is to resume his partys Election Campaign today, with a Speech Linking British Military actions abroad with Terrorist Attacks in the uk. He will say a government has a responsibility to minimise the chance of attacks and ensure that police have the resources they need