Inside the arena described a stampede as panic spread. We have been treating this as a Terrorist Incident and we believe at this stage the attack last night was conducted by one man. Right now the Prime Minister is chairing a meeting of the governments Emergency Committee, cobrament her Home Secretary, amber rudd described it as a barbaric attack. Screaming, shouting, just people mad, chaotic rush to the nearest exit. Suddenly something really hot just flew over us and landed behind me and my mum and my sister and then we all like dropped to the floor. This morning we are live In Manchester and we will be talking to people who were at that concert. Those young people, those teenagers, who were targeted by a Suicide Bomber. A lone man at this stage, as far as the police know, who exploded a device in the foyer of the Manchester Arena just after Ariana Grande finished her concert. Well get reaction from the police and from local politicians and from people who live and work In Manchester
Made desperate appeals to try to find her. Good morning. French Interior Minister said that the Manchester Bomber Salman Abedi is believed to have been travelled to syria and had proven links with so called Islamic State. This from the French Interior minister. He said that the manchester bomber, salman abedi, is believed to have travelled to syria and had, proven links with the Islamic State terror group. Good morning from manchester. Its a cool good morning from manchester. Its a cool, grey morning and this is a city thats still grieving, clearly. A city thats still in shock. So many people have said to me, they still cannot believe it happened. Let me tell you where were broadcasting from this morning. Were in Albert Square. It is in the centre of manchester, the heart of the city. Were in front of the town halland in the city. Were in front of the town hall and in this square which is where the vigil was held last night, collections of flowers have sprung up. This is at the bottom
And matt has the weather. Good morning, a night of severe storms across South East England but could there be further rumbles of thunder elsewhere for Bank Holiday Monday . The forecast in 15 minutes. First, our main story. The Intelligence Service mi5 is to review the way it deals with information from the public, in the light of the manchester suicide bombing. It will look in particular at its response to warnings that the man who carried out the attack, salman abedi, was a threat. Police are this morning Searching Properties in chester and Greater Manchester and have arrested a man in west sussex. Tom symonds now reports. Its been nearly a week and the pace of this massive Counterterrorism Operation is not letting up. Last night, it was rush home and gorton, more armed police and controlled explosions. A 19 year old man was arrested, taking to 13 the total in custody. Earlier yesterday, there was anger in the moss side area of South Manchester after heavily armed officers blew the d
We want action. The labour mayor of Greater Manchester andy burnham says he will stand firm but it has to be the right action. Against plans to put the area in the very high the latest test and trace figures coronavirus alert category. For england show the highest number of positive cases since the system they are asking us to gamble our was launched in may. Residentssjobs, homes the pub chain marstons is to cut they are asking us to gamble our more than 2,000 jobs, residentss jobs, homes and saying its been badly hit businesses, and a large chunk of our by the coronavirus restrictions economy, on a strategy that their own experts tell them might not and the queen carries work. Out her first engagement outside millions of people in england a royal residence for seven months. Face tougher coronavirus good afternoon. Twenty eight Million People across england will be living under the two highest covid alert levels from this weekend, as the government announces increased restrictions acro
That it never happens again. Labour highlighted the failure to follow up contacts. Thousands of people, blissfully unaware they have been exposed to covid, potentially spreading this deadly virus at a time when hospital admissions are increasing and we are in the second wave. This isntjust a shambles, its so much worse than that. Here is what we were told at the time about the number of daily reported cases up until friday. Reaching around 7,000 by the end of the week. But now the extra cases have been added in, heres what it looks like now, above 11,000. All the new data relates to england, with striking increases in some regions. In the north west of england for example, there were more than 8,000 extra cases reported an increase of 93 . In the yorkshire and humber region it was more than 4,000 extra cases an increase of 113 on what we were originally told. Civic leaders affected by restrictions in the north west say policy must be reconsidered. Somebody should be checking this. This