the near drawing in airfrom the near co nsta nt. drawing in airfrom the near constant. through friday, we get the sunnier skies and for many of us, that continues into saturday and the warmth really develops. 30 degrees is quite likely. towards the west, the chance of thundery showers. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a vigil is taking place in the centre of manchester to commemorate the victims of last night's terrorist attack at a concert hall in which 22 people were killed. some of them were children, one as young as eight. these are live pictures of the vigil taking place, lots of people gathered to commemorate victims of

the attack last night. nearly 60 more people were wounded in the atrocity at the manchester arena, several with life—threatening injuries. tonight police said they suspect 22 year old salman abedi carried out the suicide bombing. the bbc understands he was manchester—born and from a family of libyan origin. the attack happened just as thousands of fans were leaving a performance by the american singer ariana grande. there, more pictures from this evening's vigil at albert square, in central manchester. the vigil began with a show of appreciation for the emergency services from the thousands gathered in albert square. speaking at a vigil outside the town hall in city's albert square this

evening, the bishop of manchester, david walker, said: inaudible whatever our beliefs, whatever our politics, we will stand together, to say that this city is greater than the force of self against it, we are sending a signal notjust to manchester but across the world. you cannot defeat us, love, in the end, is stronger than hate. of

of defiance from the city of manchester. hard times again. on the streets of the city. but we won't ta ke streets of the city. but we won't take defeat, and we don't want your pity, because this is the place where we stand strong together, with a smile on our face, mancunians for ever, because this is the place, in our hearts, in our homes, this is the place that is a part of our bones, manchester gives us such strength from the facts, this... this is the place we should give something back. always remember never forget, for ever manchester. choose love, manchester. scenes from

the vigil earlier. correspondent danny savage was there. the whole city coming together to remember those that died. it had been unusually quiet in manchester city centre today and for a while i wondered how many would turn up outside the town hall, for the vigil to ta ke outside the town hall, for the vigil to take place, came from everywhere and came from out of nowhere, thousands of people listening to speeches from city leaders, we build this city on england's green and pleasa nt this city on england's green and pleasant land, they said, message of defiance, but where everyone is going to struggle is the age of the victims from this terrorist attack,

we know only three of them so far, the teenager, a man in his late 20s and a little girl aged only eight yea rs and a little girl aged only eight years old. that was the thing, this was an attack on children. if you look at what people were saying on social media today, it felt like there was a lot of young people there last night, there with christmas presents, that they present, tickets to go to concept, parents there waiting to pick them up at the end. there was not any teenager who did not have a friend or a friend of a friend who was at the concert, they all knew about it and were affected. long journey for these families and all of these young people. representatives of the families that have been left buried, they are

behind closed doors and closed curtains, suddenly having to deal with this enormity of their lives being shattered by sending their children to what they thought was a safe concert, a safe venue, a safe place, to have a great time, look what happened. so many at the vigil remembering those who lost lives, the worst side of humanity but also remembering, the better parts of humanity as well, the work of the emergency services, taxi drivers, stopping, giving people lifts. local hotels taking people in. that's generosity of spirit that we saw after this awful event. some huge a cts after this awful event. some huge acts of basic human kindness in the early hours of the morning in manchester, where the emergency services got mentioned at the beginning of the vigil here this evening, there was a huge cheer, a huge roar of support for what they did, and they have done a tremendous

effort, and you have to feel for the members of the emergency services first on the scene. you can only imagine the horrors of what they we re imagine the horrors of what they were confronted with, enormous warmth and support for what they did, you also had taxi drivers offering people lifts home, taxi drivers coming into this city to pick up people on book fairs in the concert, realised they could not park anywhere near here, left their cars, got out on foot and went and found their fares and found those young people and brought them back home safely. lots of parents are hugely indebted to the acts of individual drivers and people in this city. —— fares. 0ffering cups of tea, somewhere to shelter, hotels taking in children and young people to look after them, yes, we saw the best of humanity last night but blimey, look what went before it, and atrocity that we will take a long time to get our heads around. indeed, danny, thank you very much,

from albert square in manchester. let's speak to our health editor hugh pym who's outside manchester royal infirmary. a lot of people injured in that attack, many would still life—threatening injuries. injured in that attack, many would still life-threatening injuries. 59 patients, at eight hospitals in greater manchester area, including nine here at manchester royal infirmary, we do not know how of that total are seriously injured, with life—threatening conditions, we know that some of them are, some are in intensive care, some may well be in hospitalfor quite in intensive care, some may well be in hospital for quite some time, we don't know how many children or adults there are but we know there is 12 patients at the royal and to children's hospital, for the under 16 ‘s, at least one other child in hospital at another of the hospitals in this area. the sense i get from the emergency services, from

north—west ambulance service and from the local nhs, is that they have made it clear that nothing can prepare you for the shock and horror and sadness at something like this, that there is a quiet sense of relief, i think, that there is a quiet sense of relief, ithink, that that there is a quiet sense of relief, i think, that the disaster plan they have drawn up, and they work very carefully on, they could put into practice, they had planned foran put into practice, they had planned for an incidentjust like this and that meant individual hospitals like this one very quickly called in staff overnight, lots of staff came in as part of the plan and lots more did who were off duty, some of whom we re did who were off duty, some of whom were told they were not needed. the ambulance service made clear there was 300 of its staff in the control room who were involved, had support from other ambulance services, at one point, —— one point staff are looking to make, they have been overwhelmed by the gratitude of local people, they really want to

thank local people for coming in with cakes and drinks, a stream of people coming in, one elderly patient, a woman in a wheelchair, with bottles of water, local catering firms with boxes of food, there is a room in theirfull of these gifts, wanting to distribute them, they feel very touched by that, for them, that symbolises what we have heard earlier, the spirit of most of today. thank you very much for that. nick smart from bury was near the explosion at the ariana grande concert last night. he joins explosion at the ariana grande concert last night. hejoins me via webcam. thank you very much for joining us, take us through the evening, as events unfolded for you, you had been at the concert with your girlfriend, and you were just on your way out, what happened? we left early, to get out the traffic.

enter the foyer, —— came to the foyer, there was a huge explosion. we heard it. i took my girlfriend's hand, and we went back to safety, and then obviously, we went to the paramedic. use all these blows in itself? yes, to my right side, when itself? yes, to my right side, when it happened, i could see fire, i could see fire. what did you see after the explosion itself? people screaming. stewards told us to run to the exit. try to get to safety. the explosion. trying to help people. people were crying. they did

not know what to do. so there was a lot of panic and hysteria, obviously, people worried for their lives, desperately trying to get out. yes. did you see, how soon was it after the emergency services were there? got out very quickly. inaudible what are your thoughts now, some 2a hours later. still in shock. we had to think, you see this sort of thing on tv but you never think you would be involved yourself in such an incident. we will leave it there,

thank you forjoining us, i can tell that you are still a little bit shocked by everything that has happened, nick was at the manchester arena last night. we have the vigil in manchester earlier this evening, a vigil in birmingham for the victims of the manchester arena attack has been interrupted after a man apparently armed with a large knife and a baseball bat was detained nearby. this has just baseball bat was detained nearby. this hasjust come into baseball bat was detained nearby. this has just come into last in the last few minutes. at a vigil in memory of those that died at the manchester arena last night, a vigil in birmingham, was wrapped interrupted after a man armed with a large knife and a baseball bat was detained, we assume by the police, was detained. —— was interrupted.

i would like to start by offering my sincere condolences to those who have lost loved ones. we now have a tea m have lost loved ones. we now have a team of specifically trained family liaison officers working with families and supporting them, there has been speculation in the media and social media as to the names of some of the victims. let's get the latest on the investigation into the attack now — we'll go over to our correspondent daniel sandford at greater manchester police headquarters shortly — but first let's hear from the force's chief co nsta ble let's hear from the force's chief constable ian hopkins who gave this briefing a couple of hours ago. this is an inevitability to an extent but ido is an inevitability to an extent but i do ask that people let us work with the coroners and the families and make sure they are properly supported before we release the names of those that have sadly lost their lives. as you would expect, their lives. as you would expect, the police response across greater manchester has been significant today as we help people about their daily business amid their lives in greater manchester. part of this

response has seen us arrest a 23—year—old man, in connection with the attack, we have also carried out two wa rre nts, the attack, we have also carried out two warrents, including one in fallowfield. the one in fallowfield saw us fallowfield. the one in fallowfield saw us undertaken a controlled explosion to gain entry, and i want to reassure the community that was something we were doing. it is nothing to be concerned about. this afternoon, as you saw, we were visited by the home secretary, and the prime minister, amber rudd and theresa may, both were given a briefing about ongoing operations and the investigation over today and the next three days. i can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's atrocity is 22—year—old salman abedi, however, he has not yet been formally named by the coroner, and i would not wish to therefore comment any further about him at this stage. priority,

along with police counterterrorism network and security partners, is to continue to establish whether he was acting alone, all working as part of acting alone, all working as part of a wider network. chief constable of greater manchester police, ian hopkins, we can speak with daniel sandford, home affairs correspondent. we heard the chief co nsta ble, correspondent. we heard the chief constable, late this afternoon, put out there the name of the man allegedly responsible, salman abedi, 22 years old, what more do we know about him? they have made quite a lot of progress in less than 2a hours, very quickly they identified salman abedi, he had a form of id on him so first it was a question of checking out whether the id that he was carrying was in fact his, that seems to have worked, and early this morning, police were at a couple of addresses linked to salman abedi, and started to use that as their way

out, into their investigation. 22—year—old man, born in manchester, the son of parents who originally we re the son of parents who originally were refugees from libya, who have been here for many years. he has got an older brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister, and we believe, we have not had this confirm, we believe his parents and sister are now back living in libya, so we sister are now back living in libya, so we do not think that they are in the country at the moment. his father and brother were involved in one of the local mosques, so they are very much part of the community. a lot of today has been about trying to work out whether salman abedi had himself built this bomb, and then taking it into the manchester arena and killed 22 people, or whether someone and killed 22 people, or whether someone else had helped him, police are trying to work out where the bomb was built, who else might have been involved in building it. they have arrested a 23—year—old man as pa rt have arrested a 23—year—old man as part of those investigations, trying

to work out if there was this wider support network to the atrocity last night. as part of that there is also this awful question of why, why is it that a 22—year—old man, a manchester united supporter, as a young boy, who spent all of his life here in britain, really, suddenly decided that age 22 he was going to walk into a concert, as young people, really young people in some cases, an eight—year—old among those who died, and detonate a bomb killing himself and 22 others. in a country that had given his parents refuge. indeed, why? daniel sandford, thank you very much. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is 0ur correspondent danjohnson is in fallowfield, where earlier today police carried out a controlled explosion to enter the family home of the suspected suicide bomber salman abedi. say cost through what

happens today. large police team arrived in this residential street ona arrived in this residential street on a council estate, south of manchester city centre this morning, large team heavily armed, quite a shocking scene for local people, and they used tools to blow the door off to get access to the house as quick as they could to secure evidence that might be inside. at the same time, another two searching another property. —— another team. time, another two searching another property. —— anotherteam. forensics officers have been taking items in and out of the house, detectives working here as well, trying to understand any evidence that might be in the property, that might be giving us a sense of what salman abedi's life was like and why he decided to make this bomb and take it to manchester arena late last night, detonating it to such devastating effect, police trying to build a picture of who he was and with whom he was involved and who else may have been part of his

network in planning this attack. a 23—year—old man was also arrested in the south of manchester this morning, still being questioned, police trying to work out exactly what he knows, they have not said anything about that man and what is association with salman abedi maybe, but they are working out what he can tell them, and about any wider network and how that may have been involved in providing the tools and necessary equipment and ingredients of this bomb which was so devastatingly detonated late last night. thank you very much for joining us. manchester cathedral, which is located close to manchester arena, was cordoned off today and remained closed to the public, but it didn't stop people getting together outside to remember those caught up in the attack. a book of remembrance was opened for the community to sign and pay their respects. reverend marcia wall, cannon pastor of manchester cathedral spoke to our correspondent, fiona trott.

i think people are very upset, anxious, they are angry, how could this happen in their city. an attack on such... such young children, really, because it was a p0p children, really, because it was a pop concert, for young girls. the families are upset, still families trying to locate loved ones. it has turned a whole city into a state of shock, and sadness. and upset. you have a book of condolence, please pick something from there that resonates with you and tell us why you opened the book?|j resonates with you and tell us why you opened the book? i will read you one of the prayers, there is so many, but this one caught my attention. thoughts and prayers for all affected, we stand together for peace and unity, and i think that says a lot about manchester. the

next one says, thoughts and prayers to all of manchester. the manchester spirit is very strong. we stand together in peace and unity and we are strong, the people of manchester, wonderfully diverse city, standing together in solidarity, comforting each other, supporting each other, praying for each other, showing the world that something like this will not destroy us. something like this will not destroy us. in fact, the opposite, it will bring us together as a community and we stand together as a community and we stand together as a community and we are unafraid. the prime minister's expected to chair a second cobra emergency meeting at downing street this evening. alex forsyth is in westminster. there is the suggestion that the threat level that the country has been underfor a threat level that the country has been under for a number of threat level that the country has been underfor a number of years could well be looked at. that's

exactly what these meetings are there to determine, one this morning convened, a meeting of the emergency cobra committee and as you say, we expect the prime minister imminently to chair another one in the building behind me, we have already seen the defence secretary and the transport sector is terry arrived as well as a number of officials and the point of the meetings is to keep senior officials in government as well as the prime minister and members of her cabinet, abreast of the latest development, notjust with the investigation taking place in manchester, we know the prime minister and the home secretary, meeting greater manchester police earlier today to get an update on the investigation but as you say, to look at the bigger national picture and the threat level. the prime minister speaking in downing street earlier today, she addressed that and said, the threat level remains at severe but they will continue to assess that in the coming days and weeks in light of the intelligence they receive from police and other

agencies and that's no doubt will form part of this discussion is that ta ke form part of this discussion is that take place in the office behind me when ministers gather there to meet any time now. the prime minister having come back from manchester where she met police, signed the book of condolence to chair the meeting that has taken place now. that cobra committee meeting should begin very soon, should be getting underway in the next few minutes. time for a look at the weather. temperatures set to climb even higher, quite warm today, if you had the sunshine, beautiful blue skies, like in north wales here in rhyl. muqqy like in north wales here in rhyl. muggy in the cloud, at walton on thames, in surrey, some of that cloud in the south—east, melting away overnight, more cloud coming into northern ireland and scotland, a little rain and drizzle, possibly

extending into the northwest, and not only do we have low cloud thereabout low cloud coming back toward wales and the south—west of england, there are skies for the east of england, what a warm night, temperatures 13, 14 in towns and cities. wednesday morning, quite cloudy across a good part of wales and the south—west of england, through the english channel, misty over the hills. some early sunshine across the south—east, east anglia, into the northwest. cloudy away from coastal areas, the thickest cloud is going to be across the north west of scotland, some pockets of rain and drizzle, that will tend to peter out, conditions improve and we are left with one or two showers. generally, dry story, areas that start off sunny, eastern side of england, seeing more cloud developing, and those that start cloudy will see sunshine developing. sunshine at times, dry conditions everywhere, quite warm even with cloud around, into the low 20s or

so. cloud around, into the low 20s or so. later on in the week not only does it stay dry but we get more sunshine, helping to lift the temperatures, could be seeing some hot weather arriving by friday and then into saturday. thursday, with then into saturday. thursday, with the high—pressure sitting over the uk, that will tend to break up the cloud and allow more sunshine to develop, temperatures rising pretty much across—the—board, getting into the mid—20s at least. high—pressure, the mid—20s at least. high—pressure, the position of it will be crucial, centre of the high drifts to the east, allowing weather fronts to approach from the south—west but also, drawing in airfrom the near continent, so through friday, sunny skies, for many, that will continue into saturday and the warmth will develop. 30 degrees likely, touch higher than that, out towards the west, the chance of some thundery showers. this is bbc news. i'm christian fraser in manchester. the headlines at 8pm: thousands of people have taken part in a vigil in the city centre —

to mourn the victims of last night's suicide bomb attack at a pop concert in the city. this is the scene right now at albert square — 18—year—old student georgina callander was the first victim to be named. the youngest so far is saffie roussos, just eight years old. police say they know who carried out the attack — i can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's atrocity is 22—year—old salman abedi. the big question for investigators — was he working alone? earlier today, police arrested a 23—year—old man in south manchester. at downing street, flags are flying at half mast. general election campaigning has been suspended.

all acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out, for its appalling sickening cowardice, deliberately targeting innocent, defenseless young children. good evening from manchester, we are in albert square where people have been packed in to witness a vigil, andy burnham and amber rudd among them, the biggest applause of the

evening was for the emergency services, some very evening was for the emergency services, some very brave people last night who ran towards danger when many people were running away. to bring you up to speed, we now know the death toll is 22, 59 people currently being treated in hospital. 60 walking wounded. in the past few hours the police have named the man they believed responsible, 22—year—old salman abedi, uk born but of libyan descent. we now last night as people were coming out of the concert hall excited and full of high spirits after seeing ariana grande perform he exploded his improvised home—made device in an area he would cause maximum death and casualties. our first report tonight on the attack and its aftermath is from our chief correspondent gavin hewitt. ariana grande's concert was coming to an end when from the foyer

the sound of an explosion came. there were screams, then running. a crowd of children, teenagers, parents heading for whatever exit they could find. 22 people were killed near the entrance. nearly 60 were injured. suddenly a massive flash and bang. smoke. my wife, i laid her down on the floor. she's got bruising. she had won that slide it under her chin, and bruised. she's probably broken a femur in her left leg. something really hot flew over and landed behind me and my sister. we dropped to the floor. i thought they were behind me, so i ran out. then i realised they weren't, so i tried to run back in because i was worried. i shouted for my mum but i couldn't hear anything.

my ear is all blocked. it was really scary. all i could hear was screaming, shouting. everyone was running everywhere. it was complete madness. before the night was over, the police knew they were dealing with an attack by a suicide bomber with a home—made explosive device packed with metal fragments. it was a deliberate attack on children and young people, timed just at the moment when parents were waiting to pick up their sons and daughters. during the night, specialist teams were brought in. 400 police officers were deployed, along with forensic teams. early on, police appeared to know the identity of the bomber. then within the last hour, an update. i can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's atrocity is 22—year—old salman abedi. however, he has not been formally named by the coroner, and i wouldn't wish to therefore comment any further about him at this stage.

and on the street, survivors reliving a concert that ended in fear and murder. this is helen and isabella. we hit the corridor, when we saw masses of people running in absolute terror and panic to get out of the place. young teenage children, 14, 15. there were mothers with children, carrying them over their shoulder. there were people with even wheelchairs panicking to get out. laura and isabella's concert ended in a chaotic search for an exit. we just ran. i don't really know which entrance we came out of. we just ran, but we also found two girls that had lost their parents, or had to get home on their own. so they were in tow.

they were very scared because they were on their own. manchester has been a city on edge today, shaken by alerts and rumours. and a shopping centre evacuated. it is now beyond doubt that the people of manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack. an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation. this was amongst the worst terrorist incidents we have ever experienced in the united kingdom. during the day, police raided a number of houses. a 23—year—old man was arrested in connection with yesterday's bomb attack. an attack on an event like what happened last night has long been feared. preventing a determined suicide bomber is incredibly difficult. the priority now for the police will be to discover everything they can about this man — whether he is part of a wider network and whether there is a risk of further attacks. dozens of people are still trying

to trace loved ones after last night's bombing. among the missing, 0livia campbell, aged 15. and some of the first victims of the attack have been named. georgina callander was aged 18, seen here with ariana grande at a previous event. and eight—year—old saffie roussos was amongst those killed. it was an attack directed at young people, at innocence. we saw the worst of humanity last night but we have seen the best of it today here in manchester, the spirit of resilience is alive and well. in the past few hours hundreds of people here in albert square showing solidarity. lots of people coming together, i am sure there will be more tears over the next few days and weeks as we start to learn

the identities of those killed, many children of course among them. the lord mayor of manchester, eddy newman, said tonight's event was a chance to "express solidarity" with the victims. a lot of people broke into applause for emergency services who ran into the building last night knowing full well there could have been a secondary explosion but still went into the arena to help who they could and that was very much appreciated by the hundreds of people crammed into albert square just an hour ago. the performance poet, tony walsh, also known as longfella, read out his poem this is the place at the vigil — a message of defiance from the city of manchester. this is an unbelievable turnout tonight, it shows that they are the very few that we are the many, we are manchester. applause

asa as a small boy i passed this town hall as a small boy i passed this town ha ll every as a small boy i passed this town hall every school day on my way from home to my education and it symbolised all that was great about this city, it symbolises the unity we have had it ever since we first wear a city. a unity that has been strengthened by our diversity, we are the successful world city we are because people have come from all parts of the world and we have welcomed them and they have made their homes here and they have become manchester to. applause we will pull through the events of last night because we will stand together, stand together whatever

our background, whatever religion, whatever our beliefs or our politics, we will stand together to say that this city is greater than the forces that align itself against it and as we say that we are sending a signal not just it and as we say that we are sending a signal notjust to manchester but across the world, that you cannot defeat us because love in the end is a lwa ys defeat us because love in the end is always stronger than hate. cheering applause that was doctor david walker the bishop of manchester who has been very visible today, doing lots of interviews around the city and helping people wherever he can. i was talking about the performance poet tony walsh who has also been on the stage behind me, he read out a pawn this is the place. we will not

ta ke d efeat pawn this is the place. we will not take defeat and we don't want pity because this is the place where we stand strong together with a smile on ourface, stand strong together with a smile on our face, mancunians forever because this is the place in our hearts, in our homes, because this is the place that a part of our bones because manchester gives us such strength the fact that this... is the place. we should give something back, always remember, never forget. forever manchester. choose love, manchester. thank you. a poignant message appreciated by the hundreds of people who were here and what is dawning on people particularly in the last few hours is that this man salman abedi who

was 22 years old himself went into an area of the arena where he knew there would be lots of children, he must have known that at a concert like this there would be lots of young people, so indiscriminately attack last night and that is what has appalled people. as the stories come out over the course of the next few days there will be heart—wrenching stories of children with parents out for an evening at the concert, an evening many of them had been looking forward to four weeks, possibly months and it ended in such tragedy. we are getting the names of some of those killed. georgina callander, an 18 —year—old who was studying health and social care at runshaw college in lancashire. you might have seen a picture of her today alongside ariana grande, she was looking forward to coming here and posted the image on her

instagram on sunday. at eight years old saffie roussos was the youngest person known to have been killed in the attack so far. they were among the thousands who had travelled to the manchester arena earlier in the evening, looking forward to a great night out. our special correspondent ed thomas has this report on the victims. the youngest life lost — eight—year—old saffie roussos, at the concert with her mother and sister from lancashire. today her headteacher said she was simply a beautiful little girl, loved by everyone. also killed, student georgina callander. she idolised ariana grande. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. this afternoon, runshaw college said... and the latest of the 22 who died to be named, john atkinson from bury. friends said the 28 year old was an amazing young man. manchester is also remembering the injured.

59 people were taken to hospital. it was thought 12 of the casualties were children under 16. clearly there are a number of individuals who have very, very serious injuries. and are requiring intensive care. and people are going to be in hospitalfor a long time. and consider the families still waiting to hearfrom loved ones. people like chloe rutherford and liam curry from south shields. laura macintyre and eilidh mcleod from the isle of barra. and courtney boyle and philip tron from gateshead. behind every face, a desperate search. you haven't seen this girl by any chance, have you? excuse me? just asking if you'd seen this young girl? have you seen this girl? she was at the concert last night. this is the uncle of 15—year—old 0livia campbell. her family asked us and other media to show her picture and publicise the search — from hotels to hospitals. we've been as close as we can to the arena, we've been in the back streets, and we've been to this

hospital, a couple more. we've got friends and family that went to other hospitals. we've got friends in blackburn who work there. they're looking at their hospital. we're just coming to an end. all we need to do is get in contact. if anybody sees her, if anybody knows where she is, all we need is a phone call and we will come and get her. i'm going to see if they've got any news. and waiting at home, cousins, grandparents and a mother who wanted to record this message to help find her daughter. i'm worried sick. if anybody has seen her, please contact the police. contact somebody, let her know you've seen her. even if you think you've seen her, just let the police know. please. in just seconds, so much has changed. young lives so cruelly taken. inaudible last night from manchester of course

but also from north wales and all around the region, 60 ambulances all told at the arena for the event and eight hospitals responding as well. 59 people are in hospital still receiving treatment, some of them receiving treatment, some of them receiving treatment, some of them receiving treatment until the early hours and through the early hours of the morning. let's hear from our health editor hugh pym who has been at manchester royal infirmary for us throughout the day. 59 patients at eight hospitals in the greater manchester area, including nine here at manchester royal infirmary. we don't know how many of that total are seriously injured, with life—threatening conditions, we know that some of them are. some are in intensive care and some we have been told may well be in hospital for quite some time. we don't know how many children or adults there are, but we do know that there are 12 patients at the royal manchester children's hospital, which is for the under 16s, and there is at least one other child in hospital at another of the hospitals in this area.

the sense i get from the emergency services, from north west ambulance service and from the local nhs, is that they have made it clear nothing can prepare you for the shock and the horror and sadness at something like this. there is a quiet sense of relief, i think, that the disaster plan they had drawn up and they had worked very carefully on, they could put into practise. they had planned for an incident just like this, and that meant that individual hospitals like this one, very quickly called in staff, overnight, lots of staff came in as part of that plan, and lots more did as well who were off duty. some of who were told they weren't actually needed. the ambulance service made clear there were 300 of its staff, including the control room, who were involved in this. they had support from other ambulance services — the west midlands and yorkshire and so on. and one point that staff are wanting to make,

some of them have come out to tell us is they have been overwhelmed by the gratitude of local people. they want to thank local people for coming in within drinks. there has been a stream of people coming in. 0ne elderly patient, a woman in a wheelchair with bottles of water. local catering firms with boxes of food. there is a room in there full of these gifts, and they are trying to distribute them widely, but they feel very touched by that, and for them, that sort of symbolises, as we have been hearing earlier, the spirit of manchester today. what has been i suppose heart—warming about the reaction today in manchester is the way eve ryo ne today in manchester is the way everyone has rallied around, the taxi drivers giving people free lifts home to get back to families, hotel is opening up rooms, lots of

children separated from their pa rents children separated from their parents in the panic and people offering a mobile phone so people could let their families offering a mobile phone so people could let theirfamilies know offering a mobile phone so people could let their families know they we re could let their families know they were all right. it happened instantaneously, nobody needed to be taught how to react, it is just how it unfolded and that's the heart—warming thing about what has happened. we have seen the worst of humanity but also the best of it. so the lawn has been looking at how the community reacted here in manchester. manchester was a city understandably on edge this morning — panic as another building in the city centre was evacuated. smashed all the windows down in the arndale to get out. some lads have just said... everyone's just ran. this time it was a false alarm and while the threat is felt acutely, people here are coming together and the human spirit, the defiance, is strong. no amount of evilness will ever, ever dampen any good thought there is about manchester.

cab drivers who worked through the night, foregoing theirfares, were back keeping the city moving again today. mostly the teenagers, like, 8 to 16 or 1a years old, all these girls they're crying for their mothers and their parents as well they're crying. then we take to their home, take to the hotel, take to the train station. i said, "how many people? jump in the cab and i'll drop you there." when i asked people how they feel about what happened here, so many people have said to me — i have no words, and words have been difficult to find today as people just begin to get their heads around the atrocity that took place right in the heart of their city. what comes more easily to people here are actions. people queued to give their blood. 0bviously, with the tragedy that's happened, if we can help in that way, that'd be beneficial. so it'd be nice, you know, to do something to help. ijust really wanted to come down and see if i could help

at all because it's such a massive tragedy. there's just been an overwhelming response on social media, so i thought i'd come down and try and give blood. do my bit, yeah. people connected — in person, by phone. even the very young were among those responding. go find a policeman. helping to keep people going. thank you very much. thank you. i saw it on the news and i work in manchester, i do security, and it just scares you really that it's so close to home and we're sat at home, so we might as well help, which ever way we can. see you in a bit, do you want a hug? 0n the city's streets today a real sense of a community coming together. after what happened yesterday, there's a responsibility to do something and i just want to show people that they're loved. so we're just going around by hugging people because, ultimately, love's the only thing that we can do when we're facing hate. yeah. that's how manchester is responding to an inhumane, cowardly attack, with countless acts of kindness.

i don't think you can get enough of the feel—good stories on and off all day like this and there are plenty around. i'm joined by aj singh, a taxi driver here in the city and parkash singh the president of a gurdwara just down the road from the manchester arena. last night you were offering tea and coffee ? last night you were offering tea and coffee? yes, we opened our doors to the general public that needed shelter, a cup of tea, someone where they could get a taxi or a phone and these chaps are stepped in and helped wherever they could in providing the community services we are known for. you ferried home so

many people from the arena last night, which stories stick in your mind? i would say the gentleman who has lost his girlfriend. thinking about it, it makes you shudder. a child telling me she felt like she was ina child telling me she felt like she was in a war zone. those kind of stories you would not think would come from a city like manchester. the manchester family are still crying. tell me about the man who had lost his girlfriend, how did you come across him and what sort of support were you able to offer? basically i took him to the hospital and he found out his girlfriend passed away. but he didn't have a phone, he could not communicate with

his family, he didn't have any money. the problem i faced last night was i had a taxi sign and people assume if you have a taxi sign you need money. so the second journey i did i basically, i did the second journey, the third journey i got a piece of paper and literally just wrote out with a bit of sellotape, free taxi and stuck it on the back of my car. that was it. how many journeys do the back of my car. that was it. how manyjourneys do you think you did? i lost count after 14. i have not slept yet, the work is being carried on. we are delivering food to the emergency services, we are going around the hospital is ensuring they have got clothes, water, food. we are going pretty much everywhere. we have over 200 taxi is offering the

free ride service home. it does not matter where you are, we have been to birmingham today and blackpool. quickly, how many people do you think you helped last night? 80 or 90 came into the temple to get something to eat and we got them home and give them a hot drink. gentleman, very good to hearfor you, thank you for everything you did last night. you're watching bbc news here in manchester. we are in albert square at the moment, we have had hundreds of people here through the course of the evening, lots of them sharing stories, some of them at the arena last night, they have obviously got some very sorry stories to tell, a lot of people coming to terms with what they heard last night. the police have been asked people to send in photographs and videos, anything which might help piece together what happened.

judith moderates has been talking to some of the eyewitnesses and in particular two cousins who were very close to the event. i've been waiting to see her tour for about four years. so i've literally been waiting for so long, and then she finally released the tour dates and we were like "we'll save up and get good tickets, because we are going to be at the front". and we did. we got the vip package. it was just one of those things. i had to go. she just came out, and i cried when she came out. i started crying. the people behind me were crying. it's just a bit overwhelming when you meet someone you've just idolised for four or five years. the gig was nearly finished, or pretty much finished? yeah, she had done an encore and she had just finished. and she'd just left. we got up out of our seats, literally walked to the end of our aisle, and that's when we heard it happen. and what did you hear?

a really loud bang. it sounded more like a gunshot. but it was too loud to be a gunshot, and everywhere just shook and everyone screamed. and everyone was just still. everyone was just a bit like... "what was that?" and all the stewards were just a bit like "what's going on?" no one really knew what was happening. and then we just heard people screaming and shouting "run", and everyone was running, flooding back into the arena from that one exit in the corner which was leading to the train station, i think. and then it was just like a massive stampede of people. that's when we kind ofjust saw... everything. what could you see? there were a lot of huddles of people. there was someone on the floor and loads of people around them. i remember seeing a little girl. i think she was with her parents. she was sat outside the stairs

of the arena and she had, like, a big gash on her chin and blood was coming down her clothes and she was just screaming and her parents were crying. as we were walking further and further, there were blue lights everywhere. there were police and ambulances everywhere. did you realise people had died? i caught a glimpse inside the station and was just like, i don't... you just don't ever want to see things like that. there were just people lying there. the whole station and the foyer bit was just in pieces. i just didn't know what to do. it's so sad to think that people have gone and then not come back. to a happy event, a concert. and what was going to be the best night of our lives that had been building up for me for years. since we booked the tickets, it was so exciting, and it's turned out into the most traumatic things that i've personally ever been through. do you feel lucky in a way

to have come back 0k? oh, yeah. it's horrible to think, you know, what the families are going through. we could hear people crying and screaming. it's horrific. it's awful. thousands of people have taken part in a vigil in manchester to remember the victims of last night's suicide bomb attack at a pop concert, that killed 22 people. 18—year—old student georgina callander was the first victim to be named. the youngest so far is saffie roussos, who was just eight years old. police have named the bomber as salman abedi, who was 22

and from the city and is believed to be of libyan descent. police are still trying to find out if he was acting alone — or part of a larger group. at downing street, flags have been flying at half mast. general election campaigning has also been suspended. this afternoon, the queen led a minute's silence at buckingham palace. they have been working in cahoots with m15 they have been working in cahoots with mi5 you would think. there is a north—west counter terrorism unit based up here the north. they will be working alongside the police, there will also be a lot of forensic

work going on, alongside the forensic explosive laboratory in kent. they have pieced together all bomb materials in recent terror attacks so there will be a lot of information that comes from that. of course there will be pulling in information from foreign intelligence agencies is and of course mi6. but a it'll earlier we have been hearing from the chief co nsta ble of have been hearing from the chief constable of greater manchester police. he was on the stage just over an hour ago, he has been under pressure of course in the last 4 hours but his police officer have acted commendably and he was talking to our reporters. we have a team of specifically trained family liaison officers working with those families and supporting them. there has been much speculation if the media and on social media as to the names of some of the victims, while i accept that some of this is an inevitability i

would ask that people do allow us to work with a coroner and work with those families, and ensure they are properly supported before we release the names of those that have sadly lost their lives. as you would expect. the police response across greater manchester has been significant today, as we help people to continue to go about their daily business and lead their lives here in greater manchester. part of this response has seen us arrest a 23—year—old man in connection with the attack, and we have carried out two warrants, one in whalley range and one in fallowfield. the one if fallowfield saw us take a controlled explosion to gain entry. i wish to reassure those communities that is something we were doing to gain safe access,itis something we were doing to gain safe access, it is nothing to be concerned about. this afternoon as you saw concerned about. this afternoon as you saw we were concerned about. this afternoon as you saw we were visited by the home secretary theresa may, and the home secretary theresa may, and the home secretary amber rudd, both of whom we re secretary amber rudd, both of whom were given a briefing about our

ongoing operation, and the investigation overtoday and the next few days. ican few days. i can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's atrocity is 22—year—old salman abedi. however, he has not yet been formally named by the coroner, and i wouldn't wish to therefore comment any further about him at this stage. 0ur priority, along with the police counter tourist network and our security partner, is to continue to establish where whether he was accusing alone or working as part of accusing alone or working as part of a wider network. that is very much part of the investigation, was he working alone or part of a wired network? it is a different attack to the one that we had on westminster bridge, that of course a crude attack using a car as a weapon. this one an explosive device and we are not had a terrorist attack like this since the

terrorist attack like this since the terror attack in london onjuly 7th 2005. it is more more sophisticated. not overly sophisticated because it was a home—made device but the question the police will be asking is whether he learned the skills, salman abedi, to build the bomb himself or did someone teach him. the worse case scenario is that someone the worse case scenario is that someone provided him with the bomb and in that case you would have a bomb maker that is still at large and perhaps still supplying bombs to other potential terrorist attackers so that is very much the heart of the investigation boar the police at this moment. daniel sandford has been keeping across the investigation. he has been taking a look at salman abedi. he told us what they know about him so far. they have made a lot of progress in less tha n they have made a lot of progress in less than 24 hours, they identified salman abedi quickly. he had a form of id on him so it was a question of checking out whether theism d he was carrying was in fact his, that seems

to have worked and early this morning, police were at a couple of addresses by linked to salman abedi, and starting to use that as the kind of way out, into their investigation, he is is a 22—year—old man, born in manchester, the son of parents who originally refugees from libya, who have been here for many year, he has got an elder brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister, and we belief that we haven't had this completely confirmed his parents and sister are actually now back living in libya, so, we don't think they are in the country at the moment. his father, and brother were involved in one of the local mosque, so they are very much part of the community. and of course, a lot of today has been about trying to work out whether salman abedi had himself built this bomb, and then taken it into the manchester arena and killed 22 people, or whether someone else helped him, so police are trying to

work out where the bomb was built, who else might have been involved, in building it. they have arrested a 23—year—old man as part of those investigations, trying to work out if there was this wider support network, to the atrocity last night. then, as parts of that, there is alsos this awful question of why? why is it that a 22—year—old man, a manchester united supporter as a young boy, who spent all of his life here, in britain, really, suddenly decided that age 22 he was going to walk into a concert, as young people, really young people in some case, an eight—year—old among those who died, and to detonate a bomb, killing himself and 22 others. in a country that had given his parents refuge. there have been a number of police operations round manchester as you would expect. there one in whalley

range and chorlton in the south of the city. there was also, we are told a controlled explosion in fallowfield, at the family home of the attacker, and danjohnson went there to find out more. this is fallowfield, just south of manchester city centre, and this is the housing estate where a heavily armed team of undercover police officers came this morning, to blow the door off that house, to gain access the door off that house, to gain a ccess as the door off that house, to gain access as quickly as possible. because this property is linked to salman abedi. the man who police have now said they believe was the man who went into manchester arena late last night and detonated that bomb to such devastating effect. it has been linked to other properties in manchester at the same time. a police team was searching another house just a few miles from here, and a 23—year—old man was arrested at the same time, he is still being questioned. as you can see, police still at work here, this evening, we have seen detectives and forensic teams, in and out of the house all

day, trying to assess what evidence they have been able to find. trying to build a picture of what salman abedi's life was like, who he was connected to and what kind of network may have been working with him, in planning this attack. that is a fast—moving investigation, and we might hear more, we will binge you you more of that as and when we do get it. let us talk about ariana grande, the pop sensation on the stage last night. it was a sell—out 21,000 people packed into the arena, many of them of course bought their tickets weeks and months ago, we have heard some of stories about how much which were looking forward to it. we have seen reaction from her on social media. broken she said, from the bottom of my heart i am so sorry, no words. a lot of those people who were injured we re lot of those people who were injured were of course young people, who had been there, with their family, in fa ct been there, with their family, in fact 12 of the people that were admitted to hospital of those 59

casualties were under the age of 16. 0ur correspondent seema kotecha has been hearing from some of the young fans. your logic is flawless. ariana grande, once a child star, now a global pop icon. the 23—year—old rose to fame after starring in a tv series on nickelodeon called victorious. she then turned to music and topped the charts with her songs. 0n social media, she is one of only six people in the world who have more than 100 million followers on instagram. 0n snapchat, she's one of the most viewed. and her trademark bunny ears popular with millions. she's the best thing ever. she's nice and she's kind, and she's really pretty. she is just amazing. nine—year—old summer describes herself as the pop

star's number one fan. she went to the concert last night after getting a ticket for christmas. if i saw ariana grande, just that right there, i would cry! with joy. and i would hug her, and i'd do anything to meet ariana grande. tens of thousands of fans packed manchester arena to see ariana grande. many of them were children. the singer responded to the attack on twitter by saying... other celebrities with young fans have taken to social media to pay tribute to those who died, and to express their shock. i think that the greatest thing we can do isjust unite, and love each other. no barriers, no borders. we all need to just coexist. and i think of manchester,

the place that i know, i think of the spirit of the people there. and i'm telling you, a more tight—knit group of people you would be hard—pressed to find. we will go to bed holding our little ones even tighter this evening. summer and her father are spending time together. they're talking about what happened — something child psychologists say young people who might be affected by the attack should do. you can see it is still busy here, lots of people millling round. you won't be able to see the makeshift candle and flowers that is springing up to the left of doors of the town hall, but there are people laying flowers over there, you might be able to see it through the sea of legs there, you will see behind me there are people from the muslim

community who want to send a strong message of solidarity with people in manchester. plenty of posters like this round this evening. and there have been vigils. not all passing off peacefully. there was a vigil in birmingham for the victim, and in and round birmingham's victoria square, police made an arrest of a man who came towards that area, with a large knife and a baseball bat. we have seen dramatic footage of that. it was taken by tom, who is a midlands today correspondent based in birmingham. good friday to you. ass we look at this footage, what can you tell us about what unfolded? we were at one of these vigils, it was held outside the town hall, and a vigil which would be similar to all of the vigil, i imagine, that is being held up and down the country. there was a loud scream about 7.00, iran there was a loud scream about 7.00, i ran away from the vigil, round the side of the town hall, and when i

got there, i saw a bag being searched by officers initially and asi searched by officers initially and as i walked further round the corner, i saw a as i walked further round the corner, i saw a man as i walked further round the corner, i saw a man being arrested. he was being handcuffed, hands behind his back. two officers is we re behind his back. two officers is were struggling, i suppose to restrain him but they were successful, and as they walked away with him, that i were dragging him by his arm, one officer on each arm and they were dragging him towards the road. the sort of significance of all of this really, happened just a few moments later when another police officer came round the corner and in his hand was one black bag, a small baseball style bat is the only way to describe it, it was an axe, no noa way to describe it, it was an axe, no no a knife, a small axe you might use for chopping kindling wood. they whisked the man into a police van, the front of the town hall, which is where the vigil was taking place was cleared by armed officer, who announced there was a security incident. do we know anything about the

identity of that man and his intent? i have been passed a piece of paper in the last couple of minutes and we have had a police statement saying a man has been arrested, following a disturbance near a vigil in birmingham city centre, they go on to say he was a 39—year—old man, he is isa to say he was a 39—year—old man, he is is a 39—year—old man who is known to police, and it is thought to have a history of mental ill health. quite what he intended to do with this small baseball bat and his axe, i don't know. it is not clear, but clearly the police intervened potentially in the nick of time. and made the arrest. but as say i, the vigil itself passed away peacefully, this is all happened round back of the town hall and it was right at the town hall and it was right at the end of the vigil, where the armed police, intervened and cleared every body away to secure the area. thank you very much tom to that

update. dramatic pictures from birmingham, glad to say it did pass off peacefully. lots of security here in manchester, 400 armed police we re here in manchester, 400 armed police were in and round the city last night, to reassure people, and many of those will be around, of course, today and up through the weekend as well. in fact we have heard today, they are going to be stepping up security at two of the big football games the europa cup final on wednesday between manchester united and ajax and the fa cup final which is coming up at the weekend. you would imagine that security will be very tight at those two events. perhaps that in fact was the focus of the cobra meeting this evening at downing street. there was one this morning, there has been another this evening, the prime minister theresa may has been attending, so let us have a listen to what she has to say after that meeting. it is been an horrific attack, given that the victims were young people and children, among others, it is an absolutely callous act that has taken place, and our thoughts and

prayers must be with the families and friends of all those, who have been affected by this terrible attack that has taken place. i have been here today, at greater manchester police, i have been talking to the police about the investigation that is continuing, and they and the security services are working, obviously, to identify whether there was a wider group of people involved in this particular incident. we have had the name of the youngest of the people who have died, a young eight—year—old girl from lancashire, that really is completely horrendous isn't it. it is and barbaric attack that has taken place, to cut off young lives in this way, and it is absolutely devastate, and our thoughts an prayers must be with theirfamilies thoughts an prayers must be with their families and friends, at this horrendous tragedy that has taken place. i am very clear that the police and the security services have the resources they need, to ensure that they continue their investigation, and i would like to thank all those involved, the police

and other emergency service, for the amazing way they responded to this terrible incident, i havejust been hearing of police officers who were off duty turning up, wanting to ensure they could crib, that they could help. so many people have helped, that is a great spirit of manchester, the spirit of britain, and one thing i am clear is that the terrorists will not prevail. people looking into the summer where there will be lots more concerts is and music festivals will start to worry whether their children, their young people can be safe this summer, what can you do to reassure people that people will be safe, going to concerts is and festivals this summer? the police and others will of course be looking at the security of venues to ensure that people can continue to enjoy summer event, feeling secure an enjoy those events. what is clear, is that we are ensuring the resources are available for the police, in order to be able to do the job that i need to be able to do the job that i need

to do. this was a horrendous attack, absolutely horrific, barbaric in its nature, but what i am also clear about is that we will not let the terrorists win. 0ur about is that we will not let the terrorists win. our values will prevail. the prime minister was saying the threat level remains at severe, which means a terrorist attack is likely. 0ur security correspondent said earlier, there was increasing concern, and there have been a number of arrests over the last two months, in fact on average an arrest every day day as police have tried to prevent something of what we saw at the arena last night. that cobra meeting at downing street has ended, so meeting at downing street has ended, so let us catch up with alex in westminster for us. westminster for us. we saw the foreign secretary leaving that meeting, alex, have we had any update on what was discussed? not yet, we understand the foreign secretary has just left. we saw him not so long ago leaving from number ten through downing street and the defence secretary michael fa long has left the meeting. we pre—sewell

imhas finished but we haven't had any update about what was said oar agree. we know what they would have been talking about, and that is the latest on the investigation itself, we know the prime minister theresa may was in manchester earlier where she met police but this question about the current threat level of the uk faces, the prime minister addressed that when she spoke here in downing street, earlier on today. she said that the threat level currently remains at severe but that would continue to be assessed and monitored in current day, of course the meeting that has just concluded isa the meeting that has just concluded is a meeting of high level officials from across government and the security service, who will be looking at the current risk the country faces an making a conuse assessment o that. we are expecting to hearan assessment o that. we are expecting to hear an update from that meeting, in some format fairly soon, to establish whether or not there is any more information we get from the prime minister or members of the government about the investigation itself, or indeed the current threat

status of the uk. yes, and of course we will bring you information about that investigation as “— information about that investigation as —— as and when we get it. in terms of the election, campaigning has been suspend today, and maybe it will be tomorrow as well, i don't know how long it will be suspended but you would imagine at some point lit come back with a haven't generals because politicians will wa nt to generals because politicians will want to show that democracy continues and it can't be disrupted by an event like this. if you just listen to what the prime minister theresa may has said today, as well as the labour party leaderjeremy corbyn, the message that you were hearing from them, is that you cannot let the terrorists win, the values of britain must reveil and a orpart of that will be the fact they wa nt to orpart of that will be the fact they want to get back to showing that life can go on, as quickly as possible. there was no question at all this morning, that even in the early hours of this morning when the true scale of what had taken place in manchester became apparent, that every single political party very quickly and of course with to

question, agreed that the cut and thrust of the campaign we have seen in recent day, that heated political debate. that was all paused immediately, when the true nature of what has happened in manchester became clear, but as you say, we are slap bang in the middle of general election campaign, just two and a bit weeks before people go to the ballot box, there will be a sense, i think, from party leaders they will wa nt to think, from party leaders they will want to get back to some semblance of normality as a simple that indeed those british values, the expressions of solidarity, unity confidence and defiance we have heard coming out of manchester, they carry on across the country as well. i don't think we will see the campaigns resuming as soon as tomorrow, although we haven't had any confirmation of that. you would expect as a, many of respect, as much as anything else, this pause will continue for some time, but some point people will want to get back to discussing the big choices that are facing the country. absolutely. thank you very much for the moment. i told you earlier, that

59 people were admitted to hospital last night. many with serious injuries and in fact some of those operations were continuing this morning, as doctors of course tried to save lives and save limb, because there would be some horrific injuries you could expect from the foyer last night. many of them very young as well. many of them under the age of 16. anita has been at one of the hospitals today and speaking to one of the doctors very closely involved. i have been concerned and i am living not far from the hospital, working in the hospital. being a human being, and feeling sorry for the people, i just human being, and feeling sorry for the people, ijust came instantly to do it, help. so when you arrived can you describe the scene for us, what was it like? it wasn't so, it was a bit quiet, but, the people i have seen were bit quiet, but, the people i have seen were in panic, and i pulled

collea g u es seen were in panic, and i pulled colleagues on the other side. the world is in between, and the staff we re world is in between, and the staff were saying that everybody were shocked by the news, so... of course, and i understand that you we re course, and i understand that you were involved in helping to take blood and we know that lots of people were coming along and queueing up to offer to donate blood. tell us about that. people we re blood. tell us about that. people were coming, willingly to help, but they didn't need so many people any more, so they didn't need so many people any more, so we they didn't need so many people any more, so we tend to tell them to go, safely and just be careful, but the panic was there, yes. and you saw first hand in middle of this panic, the spirit of the people of manchester, the generosity of the public. unbelievable. tell us about what people were bringing to the hospital. just the food, the comfort and making sure the staff are well enough to be able to take care of those people, in trauma situation. so it was just amazing and those people, in trauma situation. so it wasjust amazing and i am those people, in trauma situation. so it was just amazing and i am just proud to be part of this community.

and it isjust proud to be part of this community. and it is just demonstrates that this —— despite what is happening people are still, the majority of people are still, the majority of people are still there, to help each other. well i will be back with 0utside source at 9.00. we will have continuing coverage from here in manchester and from albert square, plenty of people milling round and hope to bring you more information on that attack, police naming him as salman abedi, 23—year—olds old, born in manchester, formally a manchester united fan, but he is of libyan descent. a very active police investigation, still under der way, no doubt in the coming hour, we will learn more about the attacker at the manchester united arena. —— manchester united arena. —— manchester arena. from here, manchester united arena. —— manchesterarena. from here, back manchester united arena. —— manchester arena. from here, back to the studio. sir roger moore, best known for playing james bond, has died of cancer at the age of 89. he played the iconic role in seven bond films, including live and let die and a view to a kill.

david sillito looks back at his life. mr...? bond. james bond. when roger moore took onjames bond, he was a little nervous. sean connery has defined the role, but roger moore did have his own secret weapon. wits. when one is in egypt, one should delve deeply into its treasures. and he was hugely successful. moneypenny. a feast for my eyes. he had come a long way from his early days as a model for knitwear. ivanhoe! his big break in television had come in armour, in ivanhoe. born in south london, the son of a policeman, rada had helped him develop his image as a suave english gent. thank you, bruno. now i know the way. and in the saint you can see the template for what was to come. what about your husband?

he mightn't understand. in this, and in the persuaders, he was the action man with a sense of humour. i say, daniel. 0h, i'll buy you one. in blue. we played it tongue in cheek. as i play most heroes tongue—in—cheek. i really don't see myself as a hero. but james, i need you. so does england. when he finally said goodbye to bond, his accusing career was on the wane, but he relished a new role — with unicef. they paid tribute today, saying the world had lost one of its great champions for children. forgive me father, for i have sinned. that's putting it mildly, 007! as an actor, sir roger never pretended to have great depth, but he was blessed with charisma. he was funny, good company. by god, what's bond doing? and he never took it too seriously. sir roger moore, who has died at the age of 89. now the weather. temperatures are

set to climb higher, and it was warm today, if you had the sunshine. beautiful blue skies here, for example at rhyl in north wales. the it was muggy under the cloud in the south—east at walton—on—thames in surrey. some of that cloud in the south—east melting away overnight. we still have more cloud coming into northern ireland, particularly scotla nd northern ireland, particularly scotland with a little rain and drizzle, possibly extenting into the north—west. and not only do have low cloud but low cloud in wales and the south—west through the english channel. clearer skies for eastern england. a warm night. temperatureses of 14 or 15 in the towns and cities. wednesday morning and we start off cloudy in wales and the south—west of england, through the south—west of england, through the english channel as well. a bit misty over the hill, some early sunshine in the south—east, east

anglia up into the east midlands, a bit cloudier though for the north—west. we start off cloudy, away from eastern coastal areas of northern ireland. the thickest cloud, that will be across the north—west of scotland where we still have pockets of rain. that will tend to peter out through the day, conditions improve and we are left with one or two showers in scotla nd left with one or two showers in scotland in the afternoon, so generally a dry story, areas that start off suppy, seeing more cloud developing, areas that start off cloudy, probably see sunshine developing so all in all there will be sunshine at time, dry conditions everywhere. temperatures widely into the low 20s or so. and later on in the low 20s or so. and later on in the week, not only does it stay dry, but we get more sunshine and that will help to lift the temperatures, we could seeing some hot weather arriving by friday and into saturday. this is thursday, though, and with high pressure over the uk, we are tending to break up that cloud and allow more sunshine to develop, so temperatures are going to be rising pretty much across the

board, getting into the mid 20s at least. there is our high pressure, the position is going to be crucial, the position is going to be crucial, the centre of the high drifts away to the east, it allows weather fronts to approach from the south—west, but also we are drawing in ourairfrom the south—west, but also we are drawing in our airfrom the near continent, so in our airfrom the near continent, so through friday we get the sun yer skies and that continues into saturday and the warmth develop, 30 degrees is likely, possibly a touch higher than that, but out to the west, the chance of some thundery showers. goodbye. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. we begin in manchester where 22

people were killed in last night's terror attack. thousands were inside the uk's biggest indoor concert venue when the suicide bomb was detonated. 59 people were injured. the youngest victim was just eight years old. there was smoke everywhere. there were drips of blood on the floor leading out of the main entrance and we just ran. i'm christian fraser live in albert square in manchester's city centre. hundreds of people have taken part in a vigil here — to mourn the victims of last night's suicide bomb attack and show solidarity. the islamic state group has published a statement on social media saying one of its supporters carried out the attack. police have now named him. i can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's