it defined my time as lord mayor of manchester and a few days before i made a speech talking about cohesionndividuals in manchester and the attack made that seem so important, that we needed to choke as the people of manchester have that we will be defiantly united —— we needed to show. we will never forget the people who were struck down, we are a strong city. councillor newman thank you for joining us this evening. as counselling newman mentioned —— as counselling newman mentioned —— as counselling newman mentioned —— as counselling newman mentioned it was the strength of community which helped manchester through some of its darkest days last year. people from all faiths, all backgrounds and all nationalities came together in an amazing show of solidarity. the manchester bee became a symbol for hope and unity. st ann's square was the focal point for people to pay their respects to the victims and 12 months on floral tributes are once again being laid. beccy barr is there for us now. just a few hundred meters away from albert square, and here in the shadow of the church, this is a place th

cheering and applause as lord mayor of manchester i welcome you all to albert square, for this evening'scheering and applause tonight, the city of manchester continues to demonstrate our solidarity with those who were affected by the terrible events of one year ago. all our thoughts today are with those who lost their loved ones, and best friends. we also think about those who were injured, physically as well as psychologically. we also take into consideration those brave men and women who responded and helped to bring our... cheering and applause 0ur manchester together again. weren't they brilliant! cheering and applause we also, we also stand in solidarity with each other azman kuhnians. cheering and applause mancunians. and tonight we are going to show the world that we stand together. cheering and applause and i am now going to ask the bishop of manchester, the right reverend dr david walker to say a few words. david. applause thank you lord mayor, manchester when we gathered here a year ago, our grief was raw, and our shock was intense, but we pledged that night to be resilient, to