we‘re at the end of deansgate, people that know this pa rt of deansgate, people that know this part oft of me, a fire engine, you can walk down deansgate today without worrying about bumping into anyone or without worrying about crossing the road. people are speaking in hushed tones. there was a church service held at st ann church in the middle of the day. people went to pay their respects and they started to lay flowers there. it was held by the bishop of bolton. he said that people in manchester are feeling angry and anxious, but he also said we are a tolera nt anxious, but he also said we are a tolerant city, we‘re a peaceful city. we respect people whoever they maybe. earlier too, we heard from canon wall who is from manchester cathedral which is just behind canon wall who is from manchester cathedral which isjust behind me here and because it is within the cordon, of course, it is closed, people can‘t go there and pray and remember what was atecteded, what the canon was telling us, we decided to ta ke the canon was telling us, we decided to take the church out on to the street in

now that the cordon has been moved to the far end of deansgate, we are closer to the manchester arenaown to the public. you really get a sense at this end of town how this huge interchange, this part of manchester is still completely closed off. we're at the far end of deansgate, people who know this part of city know that there are bars, restau ra nts a nd offices know that there are bars, restaurants and offices here. today you can walk down to deansgate without bumping into anybody and without bumping into anybody and without worrying about crossing the road, people are speaking in hushed tones. at st ann's church a special service was held for people to go and pay their respects. it was held by the bishop of boltonment he told us by the bishop of boltonment he told us that people today here in manchester are angry. he said that they are anxious because while the service was being held, there was police activity at the arndale, a nearby shopping centre, we don't believe that is linked to this on going investigation, but the bishop of bolton said, "we are a tolerant city, a peaceful

500m down the road, pass there, you go to your right and you reach manchester evening news arena —— deansgatedead, police have confirmed more than 50 people injured, and tonight we are seeing images on social media of parents posting pictures of their children, asking people have you seen them? do you know whether our? are they safe? that is the reality of being in manchester here tonight. just hours on from this blast. what we do know is that unaccompanied minors, because remember, this place was full of young children, teenagers, who wanted to go and watch their favourite pop artist, but some children, and the company minors, are being held in a hoteljust around the corner here, desperately trying to be reunited with their pa rents. trying to be reunited with their parents. away from that, here, we have just seemed confused parents. away from that, here, we havejust seemed confused people, people who can't quite believe what they have seen tonight. we have scene just two young girls with their head in the hands of the edge of this corner, desperately trying to wring taxis. we saw a father o

in deansgate, there will be four lane track, where some of the fastest sprinters will be their distances, what do you feel this all going ahead can and will mean for manchester? we have heard so much in the last few days about this being a city that is really coming together. what part do your games play in that, do you believe? when we were able to say the event is going ahead of the city games and the manchester run, we we re games and the manchester run, we were overwhelmed by the reaction. the outpouring of emotion from participants, spectators etc was incredible, we were overwhelmed and we didn't really know what the reaction would be. thousands of people, literally thousands of m essa 9 es people, literally thousands of messages have come through expressing their pleasure we were able to give them a platform to demonstrate their solidarity, the passion the city has. have any of the athletes, anyone taking part raised concerns with you? is there a degree of nervousness? not one athlete, not one elite athlete who is involved over the weekend has pulled out. i'm sure there will be som

little bit further up blackfriars straet, around dea nsgate, further up blackfriars straet, around deansgatel business, shopping, going to work, meeting friends and so on and so forth. a number of people, friends, we have seen number of people, friends, we have seen leaving the travelodge, the premier inn, who went to the gig, who stayed overnight and we have seen who stayed overnight and we have seen them leaving this morning, heads down, didn't want to talk to the media. who can blame them? it is fair enough. too upset to talk to anybody. just wanting to get home frankly. we know that the explosive device sent metal and debris flying. eyewitnesses reported being blown 30 feet. paramedics at the scene told the bbc that they had treated some of the wounded for shrapnel—like injuries and many in the audience we re injuries and many in the audience were teenagers. this footage shows the immediate aftermath of the explosion. i spoke tojoseph, who was at the concert, when he heard the explosion. when the bomb went off, it was just a panic in the entire room. people would panic and it's when you