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a particular vehicles parked up. a particular area was a road called springfield street where one arrest had previously been made, our north of england correspondent suggested something more significant may have been found and this was the scene live close to where the activity was taking place. police officers on the street, you can see it in the distance by that green traffic light, onlookers, perhaps residents waiting to get home, waiting to find out what is going on. we will keep an eye on that for you. as details of the victims of the manchester bombing emerge, the city continues to grieve, big questions still remain. why were mostly children targeted? and why did a mancunian from a libyan background turn on the city where he'd grown up?. was he radicalised here ?. is enough being done to integrate the children
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of immigrants in manchester? nina warhurst reports. like thousands who came before him and thousands since ali came from libya to manchester for safety. he cannot believe that salman abedi came from the libyan community in manchester. some are angry, wondering why did he do that. it is not in our name. chanting when libyans took to the streets of manchester to celebrate the fall of colonel gaddafi ali's daughter was a toddler know she is a young mancunian. my daughter said, i'm a mancunian. my daughter said, i'm a mancunian. i said, ok, mancunian. my daughter said, i'm a mancunian. isaid, ok, you are. salman abedi do not fit in. this seems to be an emerging subculture among young individuals mainly from second—generation, not the first or the third, second generation who don't feel they belong here, they feel there is no future for them. current strategy is not working so
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what is to be done? it's important not to see this as the problem of one community or one faith or one religion. this is a british problem. these individuals are born here. they are being raised here. here in cheetham hill we are less than two miles north of the arena. the libyans we have spoken to living here don't want to come on, and you can see why. there is one thing that keeps coming up, stopping radicalisation doesn't depend on imams and teachers, it depends on opportunities for young people. as one libyan dad said, why would you blow yourself up if you had enough to live for? these two libyans say they are worried they will be repercussions for british muslims. how did you feel when you found out. i thought how does that make people think of me or my brother or father oi’ think of me or my brother or father or mother? as young british muslims do you worry about the future? or mother? as young british muslims
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do you worry about the future ?|i think, in ten, 20 years' time because of all the stuff going on. ali's wife is now worried that their daughter will be bodied just for being libyan. ali isjust worried about her going to concerts —— bullied for being libyan. manchester united joined forces with neighbours manchester city to pledge £1 million to a fund set up to help the victims of the attack. the fund has reached almost £3.5 million. walk into greater manchester ‘s tattoo pa rlou rs walk into greater manchester ‘s tattoo parlours now and you might see something like this. the £50 donation will get you this tattoo have been. it is a symbol of manchester designed by sam who has raised over £10,000. it does really well what we are getting across. it's a symbol of strength and unity. jonathan, you've had it done, what
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do you think. it sums up howl jonathan, you've had it done, what do you think. it sums up how i feel about being from greater manchester, the togetherness that people have shown in the last few days which has meant a lot. it will be something that means a great deal to me for the rest of my life. this is one of many unique fundraising methods going on across the region. this one is another. i've got pies, cookies, water from mcdonald's, is another. i've got pies, cookies, waterfrom mcdonald's, people say, what are you doing, you are not from manchester but i felt i needed to do something. from individuals to international charities, this is based in cheadle, its fund has raised thousands of pounds. most of these people, there were affected by these people, there were affected by the incidents we have a responsibility to support them as much as we could. sport is playing its part with manchester united and manchester city coming together to pledge £1 million to the emergency fund. i think it has really show the
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spirit of manchester. and i think it's brilliant. great idea for the two clubs to show the city is united. it shows that an event like this can bring manchester together. the salford red devils's match on saturday will be the first sporting eventin saturday will be the first sporting event in the city since the bomb, entry is free but fans will be asked to make a donation to those affected. hopefully many thousands will turn up so hopefully they will pay the donation towards the victims of manchester fund, will be really grateful. sentiment felt across the world. in haslam, bbc north west tonight. thousands of tributes have been placed in st ann's square in manchester in honour of the victims of the attack. jane hill was there. you can see, i am sure, that people are still coming here tonight on this beautiful evening in st ann's square, still laying flowers, looking at all the tributes but that one minute of silence this morning
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was one of the most moving things i have experienced. the silence itself absolutely observed, sober and sombre as you would expect that it was that applause, the spontaneous applause, and it was prolonged, and i felt as if that was just a response from the crowds that said, we are not defeated, we are diverse city, you will not divide us, we are still here, i was so struck by that and so many people watching at work, and so many people watching at work, a lot of us welled up at that point, it was impossible not to. a group of men began singing don't look back in anger, famous manchester song from the manchester band that is reflected the messages from the fans, extraordinary resilience which has been amazing to witness. paul
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nuttall of ukip has defended the decision to launches manifesto today isa decision to launches manifesto today is a message to terrorists that they will not win, he said there was no magic formula for turning back the tide of radical islam but he said it was a cancer that needed to be cut out. deputy leader suzanne evans accused the government of failing to tackle extremism by cutting security forces and overseeing record levels of uncontrolled migration. our political correspondent. ukip, back in campaigning mode after the manchester attack. lighting candles, they say, is not enough. instead, an accusation levelled at the prime minister. theresa may has allowed jihadists who fought alongside islamic state back into this country. she's failed to prevent the spread of hatred in our universities and mosques. on her watch even normally eu immigration spiralled out of control and net migration reached record highs. paul nuttall promised ukip woodcut at what he
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called the kinds of radical islam, denying he was exploiting tragedy. with harsh words for theresa may. this is the home secretary who cut the numbers of police officers, cut the numbers of police officers, cut the numbers of police officers, cut the numberof the numbers of police officers, cut the number of border guards, cut the numberof the number of border guards, cut the number of prison officers. i am sorry, it isn't good record at all. but as for blaming her personally for the attack absolutely not, what lam for the attack absolutely not, what i am saying is that the politicians of this country are too cowardly at the moment to face up to what the real issue is. i think she must bear some responsibility, all politicians who voted against measures or for measures to make cuts bear some responsibility. ukip to set this ma nifesto responsibility. ukip to set this manifesto launch to push their agenda to get the buttons who backed them last time to stick with them and win over new support. they are promising more troops and police, cutting the overseas aid budget to
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fund the nhs, a ban on the full face veil and fund the nhs, a ban on the full face veiland an fund the nhs, a ban on the full face veil and an english parliament. the m essa 9 es veil and an english parliament. the messages that ukip is prepared to do and say what the other parties will not. and on brexit, the pitch to still play a role. ukip is the country's insurance policy and of the government begin to backslide, during these negotiations, then it must know that ukip will be there. betterwa re ? must know that ukip will be there. betterwa re? after a dismal performance in the local elections and a depleted roster of parliamentary candidates ukip has struggled to prove that it remains releva nt. struggled to prove that it remains relevant. in the next hour will be speaking to professor richard english, the author of the book terrorism, how to respond, to see what he advocates by way of response to the events in manchester on monday night. time for a look at the weather. good evening. the very strong
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sunshine has lifted temperatures to the highest they have been so far this year. 28 degrees in the highlands, also in north—east wales. the reason is high pressure, we have south winds but this will change tomorrow. in the meantime, plenty of photographs like this, sent from aberystwyth in kedah dig ian. this was enjoyed in the highlands of scotland. into the evening as the sun starts to said very little has changed, temperatures slowly dropping, sea fog near the north—east coast, see folk, perhaps missed elsewhere but a warm night especially in the north. it may not feel as oppressive and the south because of the breezes on friday morning which will lift the temperatures to similar areas to today and then there's a change of foot later, but for daylight it
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looks fine, dry and hot. hot again. we are likely to exceed today's temperatures, around the north sea coast again the north sea is still quite cool at this time of year which will temper the feel, it won't be as hot so if you're finding the heat sultry you can head to the coast. that said, even on the coast the uv level is justified, coast. that said, even on the coast the uv level isjustified, and usually we are seeing high levels in the last couple of days, unusual at any time of year in the uk, we are just three weeks away from the longest day. it all starts to change on friday with the arrival of thundery rain. it looks as if the intensity and duration will be more likely across northern parts of the country but we will see some thundery showers for southern areas, it is just thundery showers for southern areas, it isjust more thundery showers for southern areas, it is just more likely it will break the heat with some potentially nasty thunderstorms doing today on
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saturday, and potentially in the south on sunday, there is still that heat and humidity around, back to a scattering of sunshine and showers in the north on bank holiday monday where we still have that warm humid air in the south there will always be the risk of heavy thundery downpours. this is bbc news, the headlines at 8pm. a row over us intelligence leaks from the investigation into the manchester terror attack. president trump says he's deeply troubled by alleged us leaks on the investigation into the manchester attack, and promises the prime minister he'll get to the bottom of it. isa bomb is a bomb disposal unit is helping that a house in wigan. eight people are still being held. the arrests that we have made are significant and initial searches of the premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. so you have come especially for the concert, did you? yeah.
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