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good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the public inquiry into the manchester arena bombing will publish its first report in the next hour, focusing on security at the venue. 22 people died and hundreds were injured when salman abedi blew up a bomb in his rucksack in the arena s foyer, four years ago. there will be two more reports to come, on the emergency response and what happened to each of those who died, and also whether the atrocity could have been prevented. relatives of the victims are hoping the inquiry will recommend a change in the law to make it mandatory for all venues to have counter terrorism measures in place. here s our north of england correspondentjudith moritz. i don t know how close i was to death on the night. maybe it s good i ve got no memories of it. 0k. paul price was at manchester arena when the bomb went off. keep pushing. push, push for us. he just survived. hand up. but it s notjust his own injuries that paul has had to cope wi ....
women 21 years apart. the uk has seen its biggest daily rise in covid 19 cases in over 11 months. this week on bbc news, - reporting from right across the uk looking at life through the pandemic and asking how your community- and your business has been affected. today, i m in beautiful somerset talking to the local wedding - industry and asking how they ve been coping. i and a bid to break a 36 year record for the fastest rail journey between london and glasgow fails by 21 seconds. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. fewer people would have been killed in the manchester arena bombing if there hadn t been a series of security failings. that s the damning conclusion of the inquiry s first report into the attack. the report says salman abedi should have been identified as a threat. it highlights a series of missed opportunities to spot the threat and intervene before he carried out the suicide attack in may 2017 which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more. the operator ....
this week we are reporting from across the uk asking about life through the pandemic and asking how your community and your business has been affected. today i am in somerset. let us go straight to manchester. as everyone knows, a suicide bomber evaded the security outside the arena and detonated his bombjust as the concert was coming to an end, killing 22 people and injuring many more. it should not be necessary to have security to protect us from murderers but while the terror threat remains and shows no sign of going away we do need to have in place protective measures which provides security against threats but do not prevent as enjoying the freedoms that are part of our way of life. the enquiry has examined in detail the security provision against terrorist attacks at the manchester arena on 22nd may 2017. i heard evidence from a 53 witnesses over a period of 32 days, lasting 154 hours, and considered over 1000 documents. for many of those witnesses, giving evidenc ....
the manchester arena inquiry, security in the spotlight the bbc s judith moore it s a look at the failings that enabled abedi to carry out his of the attack abedi. for the security industry, may 2017 was a watershed moment. manchester arena broke the mould, really. it was an attack on children. it was an attack on people out socialising. a suicide bomber slipped through the nets of police and security. i did not want to feel let down, and i was really let down by them. we live in times where terrorism happens. it needs to be in the forefront of people s minds. now, past weaknesses have been exposed. everybody concerned with security at the arena should have been - doing theirjob in the knowledge that a terrorist attack might - occur on that night. they were not. this inquiry has rightly found that we were failed on every level. but do those weaknesses still exist? to be a steward, you canjust turn up and get a jacket and stand up at the event. they badge themselves a ....
the bombing, salman abedi should have been identified as a threat, the report blames british transport police, the operators of the arena and also a security firm. also the newest daily rise of covid cases in months. nearly 11,000 if actions were reported yesterday. a lot in cornwall, was it the g7 summit or holiday makers? and in full voice, the big game between england and scotland tomorrow, but police say that only those with tickets should be travelling. now as we ve been hearing, the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has criticised security, and said actions could have been taken which would probably have meant that fewer people died. in a special programme the manchester arena inquiry: security in the spotlight the bbc sjudith moritz looks at the failings that enabled salman abedi to carry out his attack. a warning you may find some of the details in her documentary upsetting. for the security industry, may 2017 was a watershed moment. the manchester ....