Manchester Arena inquiry LIVE updates as senior transport officers give evidence
The inquiry will begin to hear evidence from those responsible for command and control aspects of the emergency services response on the night.
The Arena inquiry continues (Image: Daily Mirror)
Senior British Transport Police officers at the time of the Manchester Arena bombing were giving evidence today (Monday) at the ongoing public inquiry into the 2017 terror attack.
The inquiry will begin to hear evidence from those responsible for command and control aspects of the emergency services response on the night.
Today the inquiry was hearing evidence from Chief Inspector Tony Lodge and Chief Superintendent Allan Gregory, both from British Transport Police.
Police chief got taxi from Blackpool to Manchester Arena after bombing, inquiry hears
The Manchester Arena bombing inquiry continues
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British Transport Police (Image: Manchester Evening News)
A police chief got a taxi from his home in Blackpool to Manchester Arena to assume a key role on the night of the bombing - and his Blackberry device ran out of power on the way, the public inquiry into the terror attack heard.
Chief Superintendent Allan Gregory, who was British Transport Police s silver tactical commander, said he tried to contact a superintendent who lived 25 minutes away to send him to the scene as a bronze ground commander, but couldn t make the call connect and got his answerphone.