the temperature down, but the humidity is still high. it could be very wet and we could see some local flash flooding. and we could see some we need to keep an eye on that. and we could see some as we go into the weekend, saturday looks like the drier day, but saturday night into sunday poses the risk of further heavy, thundery rain. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the public enquiry into the manchester arena bombing has concluded that there were serious shortcomings in security at the venue on the night of the attack. at

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 arena broke the mould, really. it was an attack on kids and people out socialising. a suicide bomber slipped through the nets of police and security. i didn't 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. there is a suspicious person sat behind you, he has got a backpack. i thought, suicide bomber, straightaway. but do those weaknesses still exist? to be a steward you canjust turn up and get a jacket and go and stand an event. they badge themselves as security.

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and has her hundreds more. find the arena. it salman abedi was 22 and has her hundreds more. and kill 22. the aftermath _ and has her hundreds more. and kill 22. the aftermath was _ and has her hundreds more. and kill 22. the aftermath was horrific, - and has her hundreds more. and kill 22. the aftermath was horrific, but l 22. the aftermath was horrific, but the story of what happened before the story of what happened before the blast is only now being told. ariana grande's dangerous woman tour. a hot ticket that thousands of fans. but for the entire time that she was on stage and they were dancing inside the arena, outside, salman abedi loitered, hanging around and waiting for his moment to strike. the public enquiry has poured over every frame of this cctv footage.

you can see abedi arriving at the train station next door. then he goes to the toilets and he is still lugging his heavy bag around. this is where you can see him in the lift. he seems to be fiddling with the wires of his bomb here. it is chilling to watch it so clearly, the images are so clear. you can see him so well. i just sort of want to reach through the screen and stop him. this was the route abedi took on his final walk down into the crowd.

he was said to be on his phone, smiling as he crossed the floor and detonated his bomb. in total, abedi was in and around the arena complex for two hours and one minute before the explosion. he waited in the foyer for 58 minutes before detonation. how could he be in plain sight for so long? why did nobody in authority stop him? people bereaved and hurt by this want the enquiry to answer those questions. i don't know how close i was to death on the night. i lost a lot of blood. maybe it is good that i have got no memories of it. 0k, and look...

that is what we want. keep pushing, push, push, push. three, two, one, stand up. now walk around. paul price was at the arena. he just survived. there were people further from me who were killed. it is amazing that i am still here. so you have gone from there to there now. i had entry wounds through my body. i still have shrapnel in me. i have shrapnel by my spine and pelvis that they just can't get out. the damage to my lower leg was that severe that they had to take about two inches of bone out. i have had leg lengthening to try and increase the leg length. this leg will never be fully functional again. coming to terms with that has been hard. but it is notjust his own injuries that paul has had to cope with.

it is also overwhelming grief. his partner, elaine mciver did not survive. she was the love of my life. i was the love of her life. for such a long time, i just couldn't talk about it. and i'm ashamed to say it, but the time, remember thinking, if somebody could give me a tablet and i could forget about her, i would be ok. and now, you know, her memory now to me it's the best thing and i love talking about her. elaine was a police officer and her dedication to herjob as a detective constable has given paul a very personal take on the police's actions before the bombing. i didn't want to feel let down by british transport police. i wanted to be proud of them because elaine was a police officer and i was really let down by them.

manchester's victoria station is right next to the arena. the two are linked by a bridge. it means that this part of the complex is patrolled by british transport police, with their responsibilities including this public foyer, known as the city room. this is the e—mail that the sergeant in charge of the british transport police officers sent to his team before the concert and he tells them that they have to be available when the audience come in and out and he says that one of them should be patrolling the city room and he says that meal breaks have to be staggered so there is always somebody at the station. but that didn't happen. of the five officers on shift, the most senior never came to the complex at all.

two of them took a two—hour meal break and travelled ten miles to buy a kebab. meanwhile, chillingly, two of the others walked past abedi as he crossed the concourse. but then, they also went on a break, meaning that when the bomber walked into the city room for the final time, there was not a single btp officer on duty. an hour later, when the bomb exploded, here they are. standing together at the station. the city room was unattended. a lot of information has emerged over the course of the last few months through the hearings. how have you found the process of watching? the enquiry as a whole, it has been hard. btp, after the explosion, there was heroics and they stepped up, but theirfailings before the explosion was unforgivable. as far as i'm concerned.

the btp officers on duty that night had since been commended for their heroism. the force has accepted the attack happened on its watch and let the public down. but it says after the explosion, its officers acted with great bravery. it hasn't been easy for paul, or any of the bereaved families to hear the evidence that has been unfolding at the public enquiry. they are grieving for the 22 people whose lives were taken at night. children, teenagers, mothers and fathers. it is a senseless loss. for the families following the enquiry, hearing about failings in policing is hard, but what about those private companies responsible

for security at the arena? the venue was operated by a company called smg. it had contracted security for events to showsec, both have faced criticism in the enquiry. itjust seemed to be passing the buck between one and another. blaming one another. that was disappointing, you know, ijust thought that they would admit their failings and try and learn from it. smg has accepted some shortcomings, but does deny blaming others or putting profit over safety. showsec has also admitted falling short, but says its errors did not contribute to the bombing. at the heart of the issue is what happened in the city room before the explosion.

an hour before the concert ended, whilst the audience were still inside the arena, here is abedi walking in. he goes straight to the stairs and up to a hiding place he had checked out before, out of sight on this balcony in a cctv blind spot. the enquiry heard that members of the public did notice him. i thought, suicide bomber, straightaway. with very little doubt in my mind. honestly, my heart was racing. but only one of them, a dad collecting his daughter stopped to challenge abedi. i asked him what he was doing there and did he know how bad it looks him sitting there out of sight of everybody? first, he said he was waiting for somebody and then he just kept asking after everything i said, he just kept asking what the time was.

chris wylde went to find a police officer, but there were none. so he told one of the stewards and assumed that something would be done to investigate. i was telling him not to worry, i will look into it _ and i will report it. the steward was mohammed agha, who was manning these fire doors. he did not seem that interested. it was as if he had more important things to deal with, but in no way do i blame him. he did tell a colleague, kyle lawler. they both looked at abedi. he was watching us watching him. kyle lawler says he tried to radio for help, but couldn't get through. he walked off, seemingly unconcerned six minutes later. the bomb exploded.

both of the stewards were teenagers, employed by showsec, which provides event security and hundreds of venues throughout the uk. the enquiry heard that stewards are largely casual workers paid a low wage. i will never forget when ijoined, one of the senior managers said when ijoined, don't expect much from these people because if they weren't here, they would be flipping burgers. john lavery served as a police officer for 30 years and then went to work for showsec. john was not on shift of the night of the attack, but he was in the city room as a supervisor the week before. he said blame shouldn't be laid on individual stewards. because of a lack of training, you know, they don't think or use their initiative, some do and some are very good at theirjobs, but there is a gap there,

a massive gap. some are very young... some are young, inexperienced and have never seen angry people in their lives. difficultjob for them. so what training do they get? we have learnt that it is often done in their own time and online, without supervision. terrorists, like all criminals look at the world a little differently from you and me... this video is designed to train security staff to spot potential terrorists. where we see an iconic building, part of our history, they see a target to attack. it was part of the training for the stewards at manchester arena, but not all remember seeing it and some click through important modules on their phones in seconds. showsec say that if any individual stewards failed on the night,

it wasn't because of a lack of proper training provided by the company. they have told the enquiry that they operate at a higher standard than most of the rest of the industry. away from showsec, enquiries now shone a light on other parts of the security industry in general. to be a steward, you canjust turn up and get a jacket and go and stand at an event. they badge themselves as security, it is as far removed from securities you can get. john told the enquiry about his experience with a company unrelated to showsec. training standards are low. the course i was on was a disgrace. the trainer, quite openly, was saying, you know, if you are going to hit somebody, make sure you take them up a back alley where there are no cameras. that is assault. it is outrageous. absolutely outrageous.

guys, just show us in your bags. all right, great, thank you, cheers. so how do you know whether you are at a venue which is taking security seriously like this one? are standards the same everywhere? there are some places where they have security outside and people are always watching what is going on, but there also places that don't really take it as seriously. just arms out of the front pocket. if you go out to a bar or venue, you may have security checks, especially if, like this one, it is staffed by guards who are licensed by the security industry authority. is that enough to prevent terrorists targeting places like this? do you feel safe generally when you go out and about? yeah, i mean, obviously it is an important thing, people want to feel safe. a lot of it has perhaps recently been overshadowed by everything else that is going on. i think there's people behind the scenes working very hard to stop

something like that happening again, as well as they can do. all right, guys, we got to book him. just wait there second. i've got a teenage daughter, a teenage son, i would not be supporting them going to concerts and that kind of thing right now because of the manchester bombing and that kind of thing. it still worries you? yeah, absolutely, totally. for me, it is current. it is an uncomfortable reality that globally, terrorism is part of modern life. clear the area now! in the uk, 2017 was the worst year for terror attacks in recent memory. westminster bridge. gunshots. london bridge. there was a white van that came speeding over, probably about 50 miles an hour. finsbury park. parsons green. and manchester. manchester arena broke the mould,

really, it was an attack on children. it was an attack on people out socialising, it was a point at which we realised that the state could no longer be responsible for keeping people safe. nick aldworth remembers all of the attacks first—hand. in 2017, he was a counterterrorism coordinator for the met police, and then became the national leader. he is now a security consultant. i think they are all pockets of excellence, there is no doubt about that, and i go to certain places and i see top quality security delivered. but on an equal, possibly greater basis, i see substandard security delivered. what state is the security industry in today? could this happen again? i think almost certainly terrorism attacks will happen again, and i think that when you're being told that an attack is highly likely and it doesn't happen, what do you think maybe it won't happen, that becomes

a game of russian roulette, because you are absolutely right, it is not likely to happen to you. five chambers of that revolver are going to be empty, but one of them isn't, and somebody will get the chamber with a bullet in it. i think with the british public cannot be is consistently confident that they are safe and secure. is it that it, then? maybe it is impossible to keep everyone safe. no—one wants their personal freedom to be restricted, but as long as there is a terror threat, there will be a need for protection. with that in mind, for the last nine months, the public inquiry has been looking into what went wrong in manchester so that improvements can be made. criticism has been leveled at those responsible for security. the police, the arena

operators, smg, and showsec. the bereaved families have been going to court, listening to evidence and keenly waiting for the report on security. the first of three which the inquiry will produce. yesterday was yet another difficult day in court. it was really difficult to hear some of the witness statements. figen murray has been following the inquiry and keeping a video diary. going to court daily at the moment, trying my best, anyway. i feel totally exhausted from the inquiry. this is her chance for some answers. her son, martyn hett, was murdered at the arena. we've had a good night and it's been a great atmosphere! martyn was larger—than—life. darling, if you can't have a glass of prosecco when you're waiting at the tube

station, then when can you? massively into coronation street and pop culture, that is how he came to be at the arena to watch ariana grande. his mum feels his absence every day. his mum feels his absence every day. his loss has changed her life completely. before the attack, she was a therapist. now, she is a campaigner. what do you think he would make of all this? he campaigner. what do you think he would make of all this?— would make of all this? he would find it very _ would make of all this? he would find it very amusing _ would make of all this? he would find it very amusing that - would make of all this? he would find it very amusing that his - find it very amusing that his six—year—old mother as an activist. he would. 0n the other hand, he would hopefully be very pleased that after him dying i would do that for him and in his name and just try and stop otherfamilies from him and in his name and just try and stop other families from feeling this. he stop other families from feeling this. ., , , , ., | stop other families from feeling this. ., , , , ., i ho.e this. he would be very proud. i hope so, i hepe — this. he would be very proud. i hope so. i hepe you _ this. he would be very proud. i hope so, i hope you would _ this. he would be very proud. i hope so, i hope you would be. _

this. he would be very proud. i hope so, i hope you would be. the - so, i hope you would be. the campaign _ so, i hope you would be. the campaign comes _ so, i hope you would be. the campaign comes from deep and personal experience. i just assumed that since the arena attack, security is going to really high in public places. find security is going to really high in public nam-— security is going to really high in public places-— security is going to really high in public places. security is going to really high in ublic laces. �* ., ., ., public places. and then a year and a bit later, i went _ public places. and then a year and a bit later, i went to _ public places. and then a year and a bit later, i went to theatre - public places. and then a year and a bit later, i went to theatre in - bit later, i went to theatre in manchester for the first time and there was seemingly apt that no security. in fact, never even security. infact, never even checked our tickets. i sat there during the concert and was distraught, really. iwas during the concert and was distraught, really. i was crying at one point. nobody checked us and it was upsetting. i didn't expect that. i genuinely expected security, massive security, actually. currently, there is nothing in law which forces venues including those like manchester arena to put counterterrorism measures in place. the ironic thing is, in any big venue, you have to provide public toilets, there is laws on how hot the food has to be, yet there is no

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will find out exactly how each of the 22 victims died and if any could have been saved. and with the bomber dad and his brother behind bars, we will learn what the security services knew about the threat they posed. bbc news, can i ask you a few questions please? those who are closest to them will be ordered to come to court and answer questions. four years after that night at manchester arena shattered so many lives, there is still a long road ahead.

good evening. for many today, it has felt a bit fresher with sunshine. but we have kept the crowd and a few rambles of thunder and shower today which will be in central and eastern areas tonight. that will continue to feed on the moisture from the sale. 0nce on the moisture from the sale. once again, and a comfortable night sleep, but for many, it will be far fresher with single figures. mostly in the glens of scotland but plenty of sunshine here in scotland and northern ireland with the odd shower bubbling up. it is pushing through the north through the day and

further west with some fairly strong winds which will keep the temperature down but that humidity is quite high. it will be very wet with local flash flooding that we need to keep an eye on. as we go into the weekend, saturday night into the weekend, saturday night into sunday poses the risk of further heavy rain.

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