police have told us that when they went into a property this morning in the cheetham hill area, they to gain access to that address. in all now, they have 11 people who are in custody. associated with this investigation. they have made 13 arrests since monday, but two of those people have been released without charge. we do know that one of the people arrested is salman abedi's brother, ismail abedi. just consider the number of arrests made since monday night. consider also the number of raids that have been carried out on a number of properties that are the subject of intense forensic searches. that gives you an idea of the scale of the police investigation that we are dealing with. police have told us they are making immense progress with the investigation. they have described some of the arrests they have made as being significant. they have also said that during the searches of the various addresses they have discovered some items that are of real importance. they have said they believe they are dealing with a network of people, rather than just the bomber himself. but clearly, t

a blast this morning as police in cheetham hill blew open this door in yet another raid. local people have helped us establish the identities of the 20 and 22—year—old men arrested here last night. we have established a link between one and are member of salman abedi's family. the police investigation is to start with the bomber, find out who his friends and acquaintances are and arrest them. we have a good understanding of his movements and are more certain of his risks. the prime minister could make this statement.” his risks. the prime minister could make this statement. 1 tack has made the decision to reduce the threat level from critical to severe. a threat level of severe means an attack is highly likely. a country should remain vigilant. so far this bank holiday weekend at least, the high levels of police activity around the country will continue. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz is in albert square in central manchester. what do you see as the significance of this? statement by the prime minister? this significant is there a duction of the threat level to severe, fr

here in cheetham hill we are less than two miles north of the arena.he 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 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 milli

here in cheetham hill less than two miles start of the arena the libyans we have spoken to who live here can see why. there is one thing that keeps coming up. stopping radicalisation does not depend on imam is that teachers it depends on opportunities for young people. as one dad said, why would you blow yourself up if you had enough to live for? they are worried there will be repercussions. how did you feel on tuesday when you find out? how does that make people think of me or my brother or my father or my mother? do you worry about the future? i do not think there will be here in ten years' time. because of all this stuff going on. ali's wife is worried that their daughter will be bullied for being libyan. ali is worried about her going to concerts. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is that intelligence sharing between the uk i have just had a i havejust had a message i have just had a message asking i havejust had a message asking us to look l the connection i havejust had a message asking us to look. the connection between to look at the connection bet

in another raid this morning, armed officers blew open this door in cheetham hill, a suburb in northester. about 3am, i heard a blast. waking neighbours and making yet more arrests. local people have helped us establish the identities of the 20 and 22—year—old men arrested here last night and we've already been able to establish a link between one of them and a member of salman abedi's family. that's the pattern of the police investigation. start with the bomber, find out who his friends and acquaintances are, and arrest them. police are increasingly confident. tonight they revealed that, after the bombing at 10:33pm on monday night, forensic officers went straight in to examine the aftermath. within two hours, they'd identified the bomber, possibly from id found on his body. they've tracked his movements from the family home to the flat he's said to have rented before disappearing to libya, returning on the 18th of may, to move into a city centre apartment where the bomb was likely put together. they've pieced together his network. friends and relatives are in custody. they're gathe

hours of this morning not in moss side but in the cheetham hillarea, not in moss side but in the cheetham hill to manchester arena. they arrested two men aged 20 and 22, as they carried out a raid ona and 22, as they carried out a raid on a property. in order to gain access to the property they carried out a controlled explosion. the latest information from greater manchester police is that they have 11 people in custody linked to this investigation. they arrested a total of 13 people since monday night. two of 13 people since monday night. two of those have been released without charge. one of the people who was arrested was salman abedi's brother —ish male —— is male ——... i think you can get the idea of the scale of this investigation. they said some of the people they arrested are significant and that they have made significant and that they have made significant finds during some of their careful forensic searches but clearly with these developments in the moss side area this morning, and evacuation of part of that area, it is clear this situation is still developing. in the wake of the t

a blast this morning as police in cheetham hill blew open this door in yet another raid. local people have helped us establish the identities of the 20 and 22—year—old men arrested here last night and we have been able to establish a link between one of them and a member of salman abedi's family. that's the pattern of the police investigation — start with the bomber, find out who his friends and acquaintances are and arrest them. police are increasingly confident. they've got a good understanding now of salman abedi's network of movements. they're more certain about ongoing risk so the prime minister was able to make this statement. jtac, the independent joint terrorism to make this statement. jtac, the independent joint terrorism analysis ce ntre independent joint terrorism analysis centre has this morning taken the decision to reduce the threat level from critical to severe. the public should be clear about what this means. a threat level of severe means. a threat level of severe means an attack is highly likely. the country should remain vigilant. and so for this bank

overnight, police raided a house in the cheetham hill area of the city. 11 people are now in custody.urity arrangements are events planned for the bank holiday weekend have been reassessed. extra officers expected to be on duty at cup finals in england and scotland, and the great manchester run. police have now released the name of the final victim of monday's attack. megan hurley was 15 from liverpool. her brother was also seriously injured. leaders of the words industrial nations have agreed a new action to counter terrorism. they have agreed that internet companies need to do more to tackle the spread of extremist content online. but the leaders unable to reach agreement on climate change, with differences remaining between us president donald trump and the rest of the group. a couple believed to be in their 80s have been murdered in cou nty their 80s have been murdered in county armagh. relatives found their body at their home in portadown yesterday afternoon. they were reportedly stabbed. a a0—year—old man has been arrested. the national autistic society says it's deeply concerne

have arrested three more men in the last twelve hours. 0vernight, police raided a house in the cheetham hill for the bank holiday weekend have been reassessed. extra officers are expected to be on duty at football cup finals in england and scotland and the great manchester run. and police have now released the name of the final victim of monday's attack. megan hurley was 15 and from liverpool. her brother was seriously injured. a couple, believed to be in their 805, have been murdered in county armagh. a relative found their bodies at their home in portadown yesterday afternoon. they are reported to have been stabbed. a a0—year—old man has been arrested. leaders of the world's leading industrial nations, the g7, have agreed on new action to counter terrorism at a summit in sicily. they have agreed that internet companies need to do more to tackle the spread of extremist content online. but the leaders were unable to reach an agreement on climate change, with differences remaining between us president donald trump and the rest of the group. the national autistic society says it's deeply conce

attack, but we have seen searches to the north of the city, two men arrested on a street close to cheetham hille have had searches in a tower block to the east, on the further edge of manchester towards the ringrose, and this has caused nervousness for people across the city —— ring roads. police activity has sprung up in different places and taken the focus to different parts of the city at different times and these are very intense police raids. some people thought it was the sas storming the building is because the counterterrorism officers are such heavily armed and well protected units. they are counterterrorism specialist fire i’u ns counterterrorism specialist fire runs officers who carried the most serious level of kit and that shows how seriously they are taking up these operations —— firearms officers. we have seen two people arrested without charge and others might follow, they might be released without having anything to do with this network but the police are keen to move as quickly to follow up these leads and track down anyone they think might have a connection would salman abedi