clare fallon. let's assess this now.s the former chief prosecutor for the north west, nazir afzal. and head of the police and crime commissioners association. good morning. good morning. immense progress. let me pick up that phrase. is that you're reading of what the police are achieving? absolutely. this is an extraordinarily complicated enquiry. 11 suspects in custody, 12 address is being searched, a substantial amount of forensic evidence, dna evidence, the digital evidence, international evidence, all of which has to be collated. it is a fast—moving investigation. they recognise the need to reassure, they need to deal with this expeditiously. when the arrests are made, they have a specific timetable, don't they? absolutely. with terrorism offences, it is different to any the kind of criminality. 36 hours is how long the police to detain and make a judgment whether somebody should be charged or might not. in terrorism cases they have substantially longer given the nature of the investigations. they have up to 1a days

let's speak to clare fallon in greater manchester police headquarters.tinues. correct. it seems clear from what the prime minister had to say the decision to reduce the threat level is as a direct result of the development here in manchester over the past 2a hours. as a result of the intense police activity and the progress officers say they have made with their investigation. what they are also keen to point out is this investigation is not over and it continues. let's hearfrom the assista nt continues. let's hearfrom the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police. the high pace and rapid progress of this investigation is continuing and there were three more arrests overnight, now 11 men in custody, 17 searches either concluded or continuing on the various addresses, largely in the northwest. we are getting a greater understanding of the preparation of the bomb. there is still much more to do, more arrests and more searches will be made but this clarity and progress has made jtac, the independent body that assesses threats, to judge an attack is

for the latest from the ongoing investigation our correspondent clare fallon is at greater manchestert what we know about the state of the investigation at this stage? there does seem to be an unfolding situation in the moss side area. armed police are out there in area. armed police are out there in a particular area and they have carried out another raid. that situation is ongoing right now. in the last few moments, we have had a brief statement from manchester police. they say officers investigating the attack at manchester arena have executed a warrant at an address in the moss side. a search is currently ongoing. officers have arrested a 25—year—old man in the old trafford area of manchester on suspicion of offences contrary to the terrorism act. that ta kes contrary to the terrorism act. that takes the total number of people who have been arrested since monday night's bomb attack 214 and police are telling us that those they have 12 men —— to 14. in custody. the progress of this is from the chief co nsta ble progress of this is from the chief constable ian hopkins. he described

our news correspondent clare fallon is at greater manchester police headquarters.n the police investigation, activity in moss side? yes, in the last few minutes greater manchester police have put out a statement to say that as part of an ongoing search and evacuation has happened in moss side. they described relocating people as a precautionary measure to ensure safety. the most recent arrests came in the early hours of this morning not in moss side but in the cheetham hillarea, not in moss side but in the cheetham hill area, close 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 broth

clare fallon is that gregor registered police headquarters. us some of the key details now of the investigation they are running into the attack at manchester arena on monday. which killed 22 people. i think the details they have given us really paint a picture of the scale of the investigation that we have in place. in all, since monday night, 18 addresses have been searched, and we know the vast majority of those buildings are still the focus of police activity, with intense forensic work being done now to try to gather evidence and gather information about what happens. in all 13 people have been arrested according to greater manchester police. we know 11 of those people remain in custody. we have been told 1000 people are involved in this police investigation. in terms of the scale of the evidence, the amount of evidence police have to work their way through, they got more than 200 digital exhibits, as they call it. that means things like mobile phones and computers. i have almost 13,000 hours of cctv images. every single seconds of that v

let's bring you up—to—date on the police investigation now. 0ur correspondent clare fallon is at greaterrters. what is the latest from there on this extraordinarily large and collocated investigation? since that decision can yesterday to downgrade the national threat from critical to severe, we have not been told about any further arrests will stop they made it clear that decision was as a result of the intense police activity and as a result of the progress they have made with this investigation. what police have given us is some of key details of their investigation and operation. to give us an idea of the scale of what they're dealing with. they said they have searched 18 addresses since monday night will stop we know the vast majority of those buildings are still the subject of intense forensics activity, with officers looking for evidence to help them piece together exactly what happened before monday night. they have arrested 13 people. they say they still have 11 of those people in custody, being questions. two of those people were released without charge. in terms of the staffing

one of the first reporters there was clare fallon — she joins us now from the scene. 17,000 people inside details we have been given, it seems like this was an attack that was designed to cause maximum devastation, designed to kill as many people as possible and i say that because of the timing. this man didn't make it into the arena itself, he was in the lobby, he waited for the concert to come to an end, for people to begin pouring out to go home. of course, some of those people did not make it home because of the attack. girl humming song oh, my god. what's going on? the sound of fear filled the arena as people ran. families separated in the rush. the response was quick. and the enormity of what had happened soon became clear. did you get a sense of what it was, it was an explosion? did you get a sense of...? yes, definitely an explosion, because there's nuts and bolts everywhere. really? yeah, there are nuts and bolts everywhere. so you think this was some kind of deliberate... yes, of course it was. not accidental. yeah, definitely targeted. as we were coming out the door, we just he

our social affairs correspondent clare fallon is in st ann's square in manchester. seen tributes there all week by people in sympathy and solidarity of the victims of the manchester bombing. constant developments in this investigation. can you bring us up—to—date with the latest? this investigation. can you bring us up-to-date with the latest? yes, we are getting word from greater manchester police about new developments with their investigation this morning. we are told they have carried out a raid in the whalley range area of manchester this morning. also in chester, we are told lisa searches are ongoing this morning. plus we are told a 23—year—old man has been arrested in a raid carried out in shoreham by sea in sussex. —— police searches. the raids that we saw in manchester late yesterday as well, it brings the total number of people arrested in this investigation to 16, with police telling us 1a of those people remain in police custody. greater manchester police have really been stressing over the last few days that this remains very much a live investigation a

let's cross now live to clare fallon, who's in st anne's square in manchester.you? absolutely. and this evening, people still coming along, laying flowers, pausing for a moment to reflect on the events of this week. also to remember the 22 people killed in the attack at the manchester arena on monday evening. just on the other side of the square, multi faith vigil, reading prayers, and getting spontaneous rounds of applause. until today people have not been able to get close to the manchester arena because of the police cordon. this has become the focal point for people wanting to, one and pay tributes. as for the police investigation, that is clearly ongoing, police have said they have made significant arrests, and finds, immense progress. and here, the investigation is not the focus. people just looking to come together asa people just looking to come together as a group, i think, and remember the people who died. this sea of flowers, growing all the time. at the other end, people have been writing messages on paving stones, with chalk. and you can see some pe

danny savage, bbc news, manchester. 0ur correspondent clare fallon has spent the day in st anne's squaretinue to be laid. still, this evening, people are coming along here in the evening sun and laying flowers, and pausing for a moment to reflect, i suppose, upon the events of this week. but also, of course, to remember the 22 people who were killed in that attack at the manchester arena on monday night. just on the other side of st ann's square from where i am there is a multi—faith vigil going on down there, where they've been reading a prayer for manchester. every so often we hear a spontaneous round of applause from the crowd down there. because, up until today, people have been able to get very close to the manchester arena itself because of the police cordon, this place here has really become the focal point for people wanting to come along and pay their own tribute. as for the police investigation, that clearly is ongoing at a significant pace. police saying that they have made significant arrests and finds, saying today they are making immense progress with that investigation. ba