manchester, manchester, manchester! being in manchester, it hits home. ing a terrorist attack, i feel like a lot of muslims are getting the brunt of it as well. we're here to show that we care. as muslims, we do care, no matter what these... we don't agree with anything that's gone on at all. you've seen everybody around here, how diverse it is, that's manchester everywhere, isn't it? it's not easy really to deflect anger on a day like this, is it? we're not blaming each other, we want to help each other. anger should be diverted in the right way. to be honest, i've never been to one of these before. you know, my heart's gone out to all the victims and sadly the young kids. everything... it'sjust so sad. some of the voices at tonight's vigil here in central manchester, all of them united in declaring that the spirit of this city is as resilient tonight as it has ever been. there's more coverage on the bbc news channel but, for now, from the heart of manchester, after a harrowing 2a hours for the people of this city, goodnight. hello, there temperatures ar

the prime minister now in manchester, at greater manchester police headquarters. the latest we have from greater manchesterd warrants, in local areas of greater manchester at that second location a controlled explosion took place, they have said, all part of the investigation and the horrific attack last night at the manchester arena. greater manchester police has said they will not confirm any names or name of the suspect who is believed to have died in the attack last night. they have said that confirmation will take place once formal identification is completed. this has not yet been confirmed, but the bbc understands that the attacker was british or from the uk. so many messages of condolence as well from right around the world, the latest we are hearing from pope francis. any statement from the vatican says that his holiness pope francis is deeply saddened to learn of the injuries and loss of life caused by this barbaric attack in manchester. he expresses his heartfelt solidarity with the people of manchester and all those affected by the attack and he also praises the work of the emergency services,

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manchester. the next one says, thoughts and prayers to all of manchester. the manchester spirit is very strong. nchester, wonderfully diverse city, standing together in solidarity, comforting each other, supporting each other, praying for each other, showing the world that something like this will not destroy us. something like this will not destroy us. in fact, the opposite, it will bring us together as a community and we stand together as a community and we stand together as a community and we are unafraid. the prime minister's expected to chair a second cobra emergency meeting at downing street this evening. alex forsyth is in westminster. there is the suggestion that the threat level that the country has been underfor a threat level that the country has been under for a number of threat level that the country has been underfor a number of years could well be looked at. that's exactly what these meetings are there to determine, one this morning convened, a meeting of the emergency cobra committee and as you say, we expect the prime minister imminently to chair another one in the building behi

greater manchester police, as louise we re greater manchester police, as louise were saying, we greater manchestererence from them, and that subsequent investigation, in around about ten or 15 minutes or so. but as louise was saying, it is very movable this morning. we will bring you that as soon as we get it and at some stage we are hoping to hear from the metro map of manchester, andy burnham, as well. —— metro mayor. the conservatives, labour, snp and liberal democrats have all confirmed that today's campaigning in the general election has been suspended. theresa may will chair a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is in downing street. good morning to you, chris. yes, good morning from downing street, where understandably there is a very different tone and feel to what would have otherwise been a noisy celebration of democracy, really, ahead of the general election in a couple of weeks' time. we can expect that for the next few days at least there will be a real dialling down of campaigning, certainly at a national level, as you say. t

yes, we're in manchester by the manchester arena. we're in manchester arena. e a minute's silence held at buckingham palace in attendance the queen and duke of edinburgh. the prince of wales, and the duchess of cornwall. silence is the national anthem plays applause so the royal family there, leading a minute's silent at buckingham palace. coming out and pausing at the top of the steps to the garden and then

sport is playing its part with manchester united and manchester city coming together to pledge £1 million to the emergency fund. i think it has really show the spirit of manchesters brilliant. great idea for the two clubs to show the city is united. it shows that an event like this can bring manchester together. the salford red devils's match on saturday will be the first sporting eventin saturday will be the first sporting event in the city since the bomb, entry is free but fans will be asked to make a donation to those affected. hopefully many thousands will turn up so hopefully they will pay the donation towards the victims of manchester fund, will be really grateful. sentiment felt across the world. in haslam, bbc north west tonight. thousands of tributes have been placed in st ann's square in manchester in honour of the victims of the attack. jane hill was there. you can see, i am sure, that people are still coming here tonight on this beautiful evening in st ann's square, still laying flowers, looking at all the tributes but that one minute of silence this morning was one of the most moving things i have experienced. the silence itself absolutely observed,

manchester this morning. here at manchester this morning. here at manchestersponsible for nhs services here. tell us more about the injuries that you've been dealing with here? they have been the traumatic injuries that you would expect in terms of the type of device that was used, the proximity to the people who were injured and so to the people who were injured and so we're dealing with injuries to major organs, we're dealing with loss of limbs potentially, we're dealing with embedded objects, all the horrific injuries that you would expect from the event that happened. the prime minister yesterday warned us the prime minister yesterday warned us that, you know, notjust life changing problems, injuries here, but life threatening injuries? that's right. we've got 20 individuals who are in critical care across greater manchester which means they require the most urgent ca re means they require the most urgent care and are receiving round—the—clock treatment from doctors and nurses. thank you so much for your time this morning. i should say the camaraderie has

manchester. well, i'm joined here lieutenant of greater manchester. well, i'mjoined herejust lieutenant of greater manchesterjured. that's right. firstly i'd like to say a on behalf of everyone here, as it was a banker said, railway staff provide first aid banker said, railway staff provide firstaid and banker said, railway staff provide first aid and the station itself was used as a triage centre in the aftermath of the incident. station staff are trained in first aid? that's right, and even those who went rushed to provide assistance making makeshift stretchers, using pa rt making makeshift stretchers, using part of the uniform as tourniquets to provide assistance to those injured. that is where many of the people, the thousands who had been in the concert went, straight into manchester victoria station. that's right, as soon as the explosion took place, there was an evacuation of the arena and it adjoins the station so the arena and it adjoins the station so many people, many thousands of people were evacuated through the station towards manchester itself. do you think the station staff, did they know str

"manchester united" is the fitting response to a vicious attack on fair manchester city. mark easton, bbc news, manchesterience onshore. all political campaigning has been postponed and might be so for several days to come but theresa may has been to manchester to meet greater manchester police and hear first hand how the investigation is going. tonight she went back to downing street for a cobra meeting. let's bring in alex forsyth, we saw pictures of the foreign secretary leaving a short while ago, any update on what was discussed? not so far, we know this was the second meeting today of the government ‘s emergency cobra committee, the first took place early this morning when the magnitude of what had happened in manchester became clear. again the prime minister came back to downing street and around 8pm chaired another meeting of the government ‘s emergency committee. what would have been discussed what would have been discussed was the progress of the investigation taking place in manchester. theresa may and amber rudd meeting with greater manchester police earlier on today but also a big part of thos

manchester town hall. this was the scene a manchester town hall. this was the scene a short while ago. the prime minister visited manchesterdolence that has been established. she came to manchester, having chaired the meeting of the cabinet emergency committee cobra in downing street this morning before making her way to manchester, where she met police leaders and leaders of the emergency services, wanted to thank them. she then made her way to the town hall in manchester to sign the town hall in manchester to sign the book of condolence. i mentioned the book of condolence. i mentioned the vigil which is taking place at six o'clock. the mayor was talking about that, a vigil being held to show respect and solidarity. it is due to start in 45 minutes in the city's albert square. my colleague danny savidge is there to do tell us how the preparations for that are coming along. we are still 45 minutes away from this vigil beginning outside the city town hall. it is already filling up with lots of people. there are lots of people with posters with "i love manchester" written on them. lots of people are in shock about what happe

manchester showed the way. manchester stood together... manchester stood together... manchester stood together. ny different cultures there. all sharing, all trying to help. it is wonderful. manchester should be proud. they should be proud, it was quite extraordinary last night, it was good to see so many people came out. you were talking about reaching out. you were talking about reaching out. you were talking about reaching out. you have reached out to an incredible amount of people in recent yea rs. incredible amount of people in recent years. how many people do you think you have spoken to in your tors of the country? well over 30,000. you think it makes a difference? yes, i know it makes a difference. i have personally had m essa g es difference. i have personally had messages back from people, one particularfamily, i messages back from people, one particular family, i can't messages back from people, one particularfamily, i can't mention in any way, shape or form, particularfamily, i can't mention in any way, shape orform, but particularfamily, i can't mention in any way, shape or form, bu

manchester. this is for manchester. what has happened over there, this is the manchester, this. everybody in manchester. before the game as well. the whole city and the whole of europe, it shows that we can come together asa it shows that we can come together as a city, as a nation and show our spirit, that we are not going to be beaten like that. long queues have formed in central moscow of orthodox christians wishing to venerate a rib of st nicholas — who was the inspiration for the legend of santa claus. the rib has been sent to russia on loan from italy. this is the first time in almost 1,000 years that the relic has left the city of bari. from the russian capital, steve rosenberg reports. in moscow this week, they are queueing for miracles. young and old have come to pay homage to russia's most cherished saint. for this is the rib of saint nicholas, the wonder worker, the saint who inspired the legend of santa claus. the rib is on loan from italy after a historic agreement between the pope and the patriarch and these russians believe it has the power to change their lives. my son is not well, tatia

later today i will travel to manchester to meet the chief constable of greater manchester police in hopkins. the mayor of greater manchester, and members of the emergency services who have come to manchester's aid in its moment of need. and as i announced last night, the general election campaign has been suspended. i will chair another meeting of cobra later today. at terrible moments like these it is customary for leaders, politicians, and others to condemn the perpetrators and declare the terrorists will not win. but the fact that we have been here before and the fact that we need to say this again does not make it any less true. while we experience the worst of humanity in manchester last night, we often saw the best. the cowardest of the attacker met the bravery of the emergency services and the people of manchester. the attempt to divide us met countless acts of kindness that brought people closer together. and in the days ahead, those must be the things we remember. the images we hold in our minds should not be those of senseless clouter, but the ordinary men and women who put concerns about their own safety to one

later today i will travel to manchester to meet the chief constable of manchester in hopkins, the mayor of greater manchester and members of emergency services who have come to manchester's aid in its moment of need and as i announced last night the general election campaign has been suspended. i will chair another meeting of cobra later today. at terrible moments like these it is customary for leaders, politicians and others to condemn the perpetrators and declare the terrorists will not win but the fact that we have been here before and the fact that we need to say this again does not make it any better. for us so often while we experienced the worst of humanity in manchester last night we also saw the best. the cowardice of the attacker met the bravery of the emergency services and the people of manchester. the attempt to divide us met countless acts of kindness that brought people closer together and in the days ahead those must be the things we remember. the images we hold in our minds should not be those of senseless slaughter to the ordinary men and women who were concerned about their own state aid t

manchester is a city that knows there may be people in its midst who have planned mass murder and may strike again. gavin hewitt, bbc news, manchester. a prime challenge in the early stages of the investigation is to create a comprehensive profile of the bomber, salman abedi. it's known he was born here in manchesterarents who came to britain as refugees from the regime of colonel gaddafi. abedi was, for a period, a student at the university of salford. it's also known that he'd travelled to libya and returned a few days before the attack. our special correspondent ed thomas reports now on the bomber, his background and what may have motivated him. suicide bomber salman abedi, an extremist who attacked the city of his birth. now investigators surround his home. like everyone here, they want answers. this man knew abedi. he had watched him come and go from manchester to libya. now he can't believe what his neighbour did. unbelievably disgusting, to be honest. especially for a muslim. and a libyan as well. to us, obeying the law of the country is the most priority number one. that's what the prophet teaches us. some talk of erratic behaviour, of abedi chanting in the street. he was shouting in arabic. eidams know the language. —— i don't know their language. the bbc has been told a black flag with i

manchester which include the deployment of armed officers. for people who live and work in manchester there remains a large cordon in place around manchester arena and victoria station which is in place for some time. the station is closed and will remain closed while the detailed forensic search is underway. we know many friends and relatives of people caught up in the attack are still trying to find out what happened to their children, brothers and sisters, parents and loved ones. so please, think of those people who are experiencing unimaginable worry and if you have any information at all relating to the attack please contact greater manchester police. the threat level remains at severe. a terrorist attack remains highly likely but the independent joint terrorism analysis center which sets the threat level on the basis of the intelligence available to them will continue to assess this throughout today and in the days ahead. later today i will travel to manchester to meet the chief constable, the mayor of greater manchester, and members of the emergency services who have come to manchester's aid in its moment of need. and the general election

manchester. my colleague, annita mcveigh, is at manchester royal infirmary. thank you. nine people being treated here at the manchester area in total involved in caring for the victims of last night's attack at the manchester arena. we heard a short while ago that some of the people injured have very serious injuries in deed, they are requiring intensive care, we we re are requiring intensive care, we were told they will be in hospital for a long time and some of them have injuries that will have huge implications for their lives. we heard, as i mentioned, from the chief officer of the greater manchester health and social care partnership and also from the medical director of the north west ambulance service which sent 60 ambulances along with some very highly specialised crews to the scene of the attack last night in an effort to stabilise the injured at the scene before transporting them to the eight hospitals. the doctor said that if ever you wanted to see the nhs in operation, last night and this morning, that was the time to experience it. from the most dreadful of nights and mornings, he said, we also saw some o

of the fatalities, after this atrocity at the manchester arena. 59 injured are still being treated in various hospitals in manchester and around manchesternchester royal in the. what is the picture there? we had a briefing from a senior official at north west ambulance service and a senior health official here in greater manchester summing up the nhs response across the region. those 59 patients are spread across eight hospitals, nine are here at manchester royal. we asked how many of them were children, how many were adults. they were not able to confirm that, or say much more but we know 12 are at royal manchester children's hospital and there is at least one of the trial at another hospital. they pay tribute to the emergency services in what they said was a terrible night for manchester. they expressed their condolences for the bereaved, but said there had been a veryjoined up plan put into action. they had, in effect, written the plan beforehand. they talked of getting documents out and enacting it very quickly in terms of coordinating ambulance help from other parts of northern england, getting doctors and

manchester city council. the manchester evening news news has set up manchester evening news news has set upafund. news has set up a fund. this is the start of the long road for them physically and emotionally. let us speak to catriona renton at the manchester police headquarters. you can see from the microphones but i may be unexpected a statement from chief constable ian hopkins. —— we are expecting a statement. that one minute's silence led by ian hopkins and the reverend charles nevin who is the police chaplain. he read a prayer to the gathered people here. there was hundreds of people outside the greater manchester police headquarters which has been so deeply affected by the actions that have happened over the past few days. he said that evil arrived in the city on monday. they are here to remember those who died, those in hospital, to give them support, comfort and care. he said that people will hear from different faiths, predictions and cultures, all coming together as one, one manchester. police officers here are furious about the leaking of pictures to the new york times. that has led to

manchester, this. this is what's happened over there, come and get this performance, this is for manchester, this. everybody in manchesteroud to be a mancunian. very touching. everybody taking part in a minute's silence, virtually. very touching moment. for the whole city and the whole of the uk, really — it shows that we can come together as a city, as a nation, and show our spirit, that we are not going to be beaten like that. manchester united have confirmed that there will be no victory parade but the streets of the city will be packed tomorrow for the great city games. double paralympic champion johnnie peacock will be among the stars racing there. this event happens every year. thank you forjoining us. when you heard the news of the tragedy did you worry that the racing wouldn't take place? to be honest it was not my first thought. pure devastation after the events, after a day or two idid think after the events, after a day or two i did think about the great city games but from my perspective they should always have gone ahead and i am glad they have, that's the way i wa nted am glad they have, that's the way i wa

manchester. it is essential that manchester keeps on working because of thousands of jobs manchester keeps on workingthat might be more conspirators out there? not tomorrow manchester. if you wake up in birmingham and leeds they threat level has the same now. it is just a -- it is level has the same now. it is just a —— it is just level has the same now. it is just a —— it isjust a broadening them. people value that they can talk to the police director and the security services. we have seen enormous solidarity here. such as at the vigil last night. i have been in the square for 20 or 30 years and i've never seen a crowd square for 20 or 30 years and i've never seen a crowd that size. what we wa nt never seen a crowd that size. what we want to show to the families as we want to show to the families as we we re we want to show to the families as we were thinking about them and kidding about that. when the world's media here we want to say that manchester will cry and will grieve and will mourn but we will get the other side. that is manchester. the specificity will tickets to the outside. we have a ve

manchester where they have been treated now. anita mcvey is at one of them. the manchester royal infirmary. anita, what‘s the latest? manchesterk you, here at the manchester royal infirmary, where nine of those injured in last night‘s attack are being treated. this is one of the area‘s major trauma centres, along with the trauma centres, along with the trauma centres, along with the trauma centre at salford royal where another six of the victims are being treated for their injuries. we heard a little earlier, in a news conference, that some people are requiring intensive care, that some people will be in hospitalfor requiring intensive care, that some people will be in hospital for what was described as "a long time." and that others will have life—changing injuries. but beyond that, no further detail or specific detail on how many of those injured are children and how many are adults. we do know that 12 children, children under the age of 16, are being treated at the royal manchester children‘s hospital but we know of at least one other child in another hospital, so it is not possible at this stage to give a specific breakdow

manchester. british police, greater manchester police, said today that they responded to an incident in a venue in manchesterger, ariana grande, was performing. these are pictures from inside the arena, there. eyewitnesses said they heard a large bang. somebody described it as the sound of an explosion. that sent a lot of people into a panic. there was a frenzy there as they all try to head to the exit. this all happened at about quarter to ii this evening. that at the end of the concert at the manchester arena. we are getting here some more lines. british transport police saying that manchester's victoria station is blocked with emergency services in attendance. there are transport problems out of the area as well. emergency services are on the scene. greater manchester police are saying at this stage, and this is a good half an hour since this happened, they have not given any more clarification, just saying that they are attending an incident, and they are attending an incident, and they are advising people not to head to that area where all of this is taking place. as i say, local lines from out of manch

manchester g rome in 79 a.d. what we notice is how young they are and how diverse. islam is manchester's second largest religion. ll the people of manchesterms forever, and we will defy the terrorists by all our diverse communities. ( applause ). >> pelley: the communities were too large for most people to see the vigil, but then, they weren't here to see. eeey were hear to be seen. why did you come here today? >> just to pay my respects basically. and try and teach my children what's right and wrong. >> i think it's really important as a mancunian, i grew up here, ad this is my home, and i want to show, you know-- even if i'm dg the edge of the crowd-- you know, we're here. we're showing we're standing against this. >> and essentially send a message through our solidarity that they would not win. we will succeed, and we will overcome. >> we're not going to be cowed by them. they're not going to be put off from big crowds. he pelley: the crusaders in the reuare were black and white and brown, jewish, muslim, christian, hindu, and sikh. cirns out, the secret of the civilized world is not "united we stand." it's "divided we stand." richer, s

city, huge rivals, manchester united and manchester city, last night as manchesterthat. it shows you how at times like this sport can be a very powerful tool to unite people and this was the case last night. thanks very much, sally. you will be aware that over the past few days the names of those caught up few days the names of those caught up in the manchester attack have urged. 22 victims. so far 16 have been identified but police say they know the names of all those killed. the latest to be identified are 17—year—old chloe rutherford and her boyfriend liam curry aged 19, who were both from south shields. our reporter tim muffet reflects on some of those who lost their lives. lisa lees and alison howe had gone to collect their daughters from the concert. both daughters survived the attack. lisa and alison were killed. devastated friends have been paying tribute. she was just the best one out of us all. she kept us grounded. she was just amazing. it must be very hard to take in, this. it doesn't seem real yet. it's not sunk in. she was very selfless, did everything

manchester showed the way. manchester student together, important... manchester showed the way. ey are showing the way. the vigil, so moving. so many different cultures there. all sharing, all trying to help. it's wonderful. manchester should be proud. good to talk to him a little bit earlier. interesting to watch last night here in manchester at albert square hundreds of people came together for the vigil. there will be another vigil this evening. as you walk around the city, lots of flowers seem to be left in different positions. i'd say churches, outside poignant positions around the city. you see candles and flowers being laid. the manchester evening news appeal, which has been launched for the victims on just giving has reached £1 million already, within just over 36 hours. an million pounds for the victims of the bombing on monday night. lots to talk about, particularly about the hotels in manchester, that did such a sterling job helping out with lots of people who were lost or who didn't have a phone to call home or just wanted some work to shelter in the panic. adrian ell

attack in manchester, a very vibrant, regenerated area of manchester right by a major -- and we will hear from our correspondents deployed about the nature of really be shocked in manchester -- shock in manchester. solidarity that is impressing people where cab drivers came from nearby into manchester to rides two people lost, particularly children, people in general. room where your people opened up their hotels. there is a spirit of solidarity in this moment of crisis. difficult times ahead, said the prime minister with quite an ominous look on her face. we do not know everything she is being told. dead, 59 injured, some very seriously and a lot of children and shock up and down the country. the policeod and asking the media not to reveal the identities so they can get on with their investigation, the identity crucial to have the head start and bring down or find out if there was a network behind it is a man. anchor: thank you for that. from london outside of 10 downing street where the prime minister spoke not long ago and the latest in the investigation. a have heard it is 23-year-old man arrested over the attack in manchester. eventsake a look at how unfolded last ni

this as a terrorist incident, and we are waiting for an update from manchester to make greater manchester to make greater manchester wait to piece together what exactly happened there at manchester arena, some positive news about the community spirit which has been on display they are in manchester, stories of cab drivers turning off the meters, hotels taking in confused and injured people. yes, we are hearing that all the time. this is footage from a phone. this came from somebody who said he went out for catfood. he went to find bottles of water to hand out to people, just to help. we have seen again and again tonight. there was a man with two young girls, ten, and 12. he did not know what was going on. he was not from manchester. and a man approached him and said he would take him home. he was not a taxi driver or looking for money. he just wanted to help. we have seen a lot about. people handing out those those bottles of water, because there are so many people here who cannot understand what has happened here, tonight. to give you a sense of the operation with the pelissier, we have seen two helicopters circli

manchester. we have just heard from greater manchester police that they are linking this with terrorism. they say this was a suspected terrorist attack. that has been confirmed in the last few minutes by manchester police. there isa minutes by manchester police. there is a lot of information coming on social media. but that is from greater manchester police, they say that this was a suspected terrorist attack. an incident in manchester, and just a bit more detail about that. we were told at the centre of this explosion was the foyer. as people were leaving, as many teenagers and young children were leaving that concert, the foyer was the main entrance and exit to manchester arena. it is in their way you can buy merchandise, where you can stop after the concert and get your scarf or post up. we have been told that that was the centre of this explosion. that has not been confirmed yet, another piece of information, we were talking to one man who was with two daughters at the concert, and he said after the blast he on the floor holding on to his wife, his leg was shattered and was bleeding, and all around him he could see nuts and bolts on the floor. that is just what one man has said to us, it has

manchester. this is the true greater manchester. this is the true greater manchester. reater manchester that we are seeing, the spirit that is coming through in these last 48 hours. you had a big event here on friday, —— you've got a big event, can you reassure people that you are doing everything you can to protect them? yes, we are working closely with government the security services. the important thing is to get back to normal. that is the easiest signal to say we will not be beaten by what is happening. and manchester has always done that, it does not ever back down to anybody and we won't be backing down now. we want to bring the city back together. of course people will need to be vigilant but not unduly alarmed. there will be a police presence on the street but the best response is to come together, be strung together, and said that defiant manchester message out ran the country and the world. that northern spirit is certainly there. the investigation is moving fast. the investigation is moving fast. the police are saying they arrested a man carrying a suspect

manchester transport police. manchester transport police. manchester station is nearby. er and arena. they say they have offices at the scene. they say they have offices at the scene. network rail talk again of an incident, unspecified, near the station. they say trains may be delayed and are also talking about lines blocked. it is a very confusing picture that we have from several official sources that there is an incident of some sort going on in the area but we do not know the cause. on social media, there seems to be pictures coming out suggesting there is quite a lot of confusion with inside the arena. definitely. there is a lot of fear, his terrier and panic. whether that is justified, whether that is just loud bangs being heard and people reaching the wrong conclusion, we don't know. —— hysteria. again, we don't know. —— hysteria. again, we don't know. —— hysteria. again, we don't know if it is the case that it was in people ‘s minds, they were fea rful was in people ‘s minds, they were fearful something had happened inside the arena. police still, even now, warnin

manchester. crowds fled in panic from the manchester arena, after an explosion at the end of a performance by theoud bang was heard, and witnesses reported the smell of burning. screaming, shouting, just people... mad, chaotic rush to the nearest exit. suddenly, like, something really

manchester. choose love, manchester. thank you.ue skies. it was quite muggy under the cloud in the south—east of england here at walton on thames in surrey. some of that cloud in the south—east melted away overnight. we still have cloud coming into northern ireland and scotland, with a little rain and drizzle coming from that. and not only do we have low cloud there, but low cloud coming back towards wales and the south—west of england through the english channel. clearer skies for eastern england, but quite a warm night. let's head into wednesday morning. we start off quite cloudy across a good part of wales to the english channel. a bit misty over the hills. some early sunshine across the south—east and east anglia. a bit cloudier for the north—west of england. the thickest cloud will be across the north—west of scotland, where we still have pockets of rain and drizzle. that will peter out through the day. conditions improve here and were left with just a few showers in the afternoon. generally, it's a dry story. areas that start

the 1961 double winners terry will be paraded on the match after manchester united —— against manchester united.” after manchesterto think that all these years ago, i performed here, but as is always said, they will never take your memories away. one of the most evocative stadium names in english football will be missed by many, and naming rights to the stadium will cost millions and awaits, but white hart lane will never be forgotten. well, the race for a spot in the premier league isn't over just yet. this weekend sees the first leg of the championship play—offs.. in—form fulham host reading, who ended the season in third and there's a yorkshire derby between sheffield wednesday and huddersfield town, who are aiming to reach the top flight for the first time in 45 years. we are totally aware about sheffield wednesday, about their ideas and they are aware about us and our ideas. at the end, i think there will be the details that will make the difference, the concentration will be very important, the focus, especially the focus on ourselves. and this is what we have to make sure 100% or more to be successful. fan

manchester but across the world. manchester but across the world. manchesterties happening la st here. with such atrocities happening last night with so many young people. it is important like mum said because i was born in manchester and i know people who we re manchester and i know people who were at the concert. i find it upsetting that somebody could walk into a place killed along with other people and it is very, very upsetting. you cannot defeat is because love in the end is always stronger than hate. the spirit of manchester cannot be broken by a bomb. there is much more to the city than that. i am proud to be from the city, we are a multicultural city at the canopy defeated. my sentiments exactly, we are diverse, we welcome everybody in an somebody to just think they can come in and do what they have done... this is our city and we will always come together. being in manchester, it hits home. with it being a terrorist attack, i think a lot of muslims are bearing the runt to that as well and we are here to show that as muslims we do ca re here to show t

manchester city supporters club. among those gathering for a small vigil manchester native beth durr kin. >> obviously it's very very personal thing to me but whether you have the smallest or the biggest connection to manchest manchester, we're here and thinking of you and we all stand together. >> reporter: others still waiting to hear from friends missing since the concert. >> we're all really hoping that everything is okay. >> reporter: meantime philly police keeping an extra hi on the city's large sporting venu venues. lucy? >> thank you very much, dave. looking live at trenton governor christie has ored flags at state buildings to fly at half staff tomorrow in recognition of those lives lost. as a the news develops from overseas or here in our nation, stay with fox 29 on air and online at fox29.com. >>> new tonight a-23-year-old man is at einstein medical center after someone shot him six times in olney. police are now on the hunt for whoever opened fire on him right near mascher and nedro streets. he's in critical condition. in the city's germantown neighborhood one man is dead, two others hurt. after someone shot all of them. the bullets flew along the 5500 block of high school street right around 5:

"manchester united" is the fitting response to the attack on their manchester city. thousands of people gathered in the centre of manchestertend a vigil. the newly—elected mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, said the city showed its true spirit as it responded to such a brutal event. our special correspondent fergal keane reports now on a city, trying to come to terms with a terrible shock. our cities cannot live in constant fear of terror, however much part of life it has become. so when the night is torn by violence, there is shock, there is strength and there are questions. today, we asked the mancunians we met to speak directly to the rest of britain. when‘s it going to end? it's incredibly sad. our way of life is being controlled by it now, as much as we don't want it to be. we're such a united city, and it's quite harrowing to think what happened last night. it's devastating how young people fell victim to it and it's really horrible. you wouldn't expect it anywhere, but manchester is such a welcoming place and everyone‘s friendly. it's a beautiful place. you don't expect things like that to happen here, but f

know they have named the attacker as 2—year—old salman abedi, he is from manchester, manchester born, in fact he was a manchestern, he has lived in several places around the city, they did raid a family home today, in fact there was a controlled explosion as they went into that home today, which they said was routine but they are not taking any risk, and theresa may getting back from manchester, having heard about that investigation to a cobra meeting this evening in downing street. so let us talk to alex forsyth who is watching at downing street at the moment, to see what reaction there is likely to be. alex, i was talking about emmanuel macron, who is calling for greater collaboration, when it comes to counter—terrorism. i am wonder what more collaboration there can be, because after the paris incidents, there has been a lot of working closely together, hasn't there in the last few months and years? yes, absolutely, and after these incidents it is so familiar for us now, sadly, to see such expressions of solidarity coming from leaders across the world, other country, even this evening notjust in the state m e

manchester. if memory serves new year's eve 1940, several tons worth of bombs were dropped by the germans onto manchester as part of a multiday blitz of just manchesterat city, that whole country, it's as i think someone said earlier, born into heavy industry, but it has modernized with the times. it's changed with the times. always a place where you'll find great people. >> these are tough people. they've been through terrorist campaigns before and they will show us the way, i think, brian. >> let's hope so. juan zarate remains with us, our senior national security analyst and former deputy national security adviser to president george w. bush in the area of terrorism. juan, if you were in charge of the investigation, if you swooped in, gathered the evidence they have there tomorrow morning, where do you think you would order them to go? is it as our friend jim pointed out, kind of concentric circles starting with the crater of the blast, the seat of the blast, and what's the chance that these reports that they already know who did this are correct? >> i think that's exactly right. i think you start with the blast site itself. you start with the per

manchester plays host to the manchester city games and the great manchester run, the largest 10k run er, are also playing at old trafford's emirates cricket ground in the city. in london, it's fa cup final day at wembley on saturday. after some speculation that the events in manchester would be cancelled, the deployment of troops at key sites in london has freed up armed officers to support other forces, that's according to the chief constable of greater manchester police, ian hopkins. so what extra work has gone into preparing for the events in light of the attack at manchester arena on monday? we can chat now to lee dodderidge is a director at covenant security and risk management, he's also a former member of the uk's national counter terrorism security office. anthony mundy, operations director at emirates old trafford cricket ground where the courteeners gig is happening on saturday. leigh webber, who's running the 10k in manchester on sunday despite having had half a lung removed. thank you all forjoining us. i want to start, leigh, in light of what happened on monday, give us a

manchester. manchester united on this, united against terrorism. >> the british prime minister raising the terror threat to critical. heather: joining us for more on the aftermath of the manchester bombing is steve rogers of the terrorism task force. thank you for joining us this morning. taking a look at the images of the victims and just to read through as they continue to search before discovering the worst news of all and in terms of searching, we just heard about a possible accomplishment in the horrific terror act. do you think other people were worried? >> without a doubt. this threat level has increased conducted a raid and the prime minister, by saying attack may be imminent tells us other people out there may be part of a larger sell and their efforts are to capture these people. rob: they have their work cut out for them in that part of the country. am i too negative, i can't imagine -- until you get this ideology under control or people to stop believing you can do something like this and win some sort of praise from god, how do you stop somebody from blowing up or firing into a crowd when all you have to do is kill 10 or 15 people to do serious damage to the psyche

it was just after 10:35 in manchester, uk, where the manchester arena tonight housed an ariana grandend so they had a capacity crowd. 21,000 fans. mostly given her fan base, young women and girls. a lot of them have family with them. but it was 21,000 happy people in the north of england.

. >> reporter: security is the center of attention after this weeks attack at a concert in manchest manchester. there's a tight security plan in place, main focus now is awareness. >> trying not to think about it, but also thinking about it because it's important to think about it. >> reporter: police say because it is a more mature crowd, everyone here tends to be more aware and in tune with their surroundings. there are going to be 80 acts over the next three days. they expect 45,000 people here each day. the gates open in a few minutes. the concert, though, is sold out. live in napa, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. >> people look excited. >> they do. don't blame them. >> yeah. >>> the republican from montana who body slammed a reporter, and he >>> montana republican cited for assaulting a reporter won a special congressional election. he ran for the seat left veiaca by the new interior secretary. he got 51% of the vote, despite being accused of body slamming reporter ben jacobs of the guardian the day before. he apologized at the victory party. >> i took an action i can't take back, and i'm

"manchester united" is the fitting response to a vicious attack on fair manchester city. mark easton, bbc news, manchesterst daniel sandford is at the greater manchester police headquarters. there was a statement from the police, just before we came on air, what is the latest on the investigation? well, when the bomb went off last night, police obviously had a suspect almost immediately. very quickly, they had a name. he had some form of id on him, very quickly they had a name, salman abedi. really, the work since then has been to use that one bit of information to open out their investigation. so from that name they raided a number of addresses linked to him, using a controlled explosion to go into one of those addresses. they've established that he isa addresses. they've established that he is a british man of libyan origin whose parents escaped here from colonel go daddy, came here as refugees. he has two brothers and a sister, all of whom also lived in manchester. he went to primary school here, he's a supporter of manchester united, but last night, aged 22, he chose to go to a pop concert and blow hi

manchester. manchester has been a hub for some cells every now and then, they'll call the disruption that we did with the british government at the time and the manchester committee that res t resulted in the manchester manual about how al qaeda operate and how they counter interrogation and how they conduct terrorist attacks that was found, again, in manchester based on its name. i work in man chest we are the manchester pd. i -- i work in manchester pd. and i work with the counter terrorism branch who came all the way from london to that specific operation, they are some of the most professional people you'll ever meet. i can't imagine now that the counter terrorism branch, the terrorism branch, stockton yard, manchester police are all working together to figure out exactly what happened. it seems that they are dealing with this threat as terrorist attack and from the pictures that we see it is obvious that the attack did not happen inside the arena, it happened outside, as you mentioned earlier, chris. and as malcolm said, if you go to these events, if you're up in the united states you have a lot of security that kind of prevent people from going in

manchester. yes, i left manchester in 1985, but ijust manchester. the square. you have only been back for a few hours, i am furious whether you can sum up how you feel, your home city is responding to what happened on monday. contemplation, thoughts, calmness, it is very calm in the square, very quiet. yes, very. it is just... it isjust square, very quiet. yes, very. it is just... it is just time to think and stop for a minute, think about what has happened, think of the future as well. timer stopped for a minute, really. we have all been affected by this emotional time, as you quite clearly are, as someone born and brought up here, and you and to be coming this bank holiday weekend to see take that, their concert has been postponed, of course, but i was struck by what you are saying earlier, you go to a lot of concerts, and this will not stop you. no, no way, we are off to see elo at wembley in july. a very big venue, but you are not frightened? no. not at all. it will not stop us. we have been too a lot before, we have always felt safe, so touch wo

manchester now for the latest. george. welcome back to st ann's square in manchester. as you can see, this is still a place where mancunians are coming to pay tribute, and the world's media, for whom this is a very big story. tonight, thousands of manchesterr their europa league final match against ajax. a minute's silence will be held just before kick—off to remember the victims of the attack here in manchester. players will also wear black armbands for the game. our sports editor dan roan is in stockholm as united and their fa ns in stockholm as united and their fans prepare for what could be an emotional match. it may sound and look like the normal build—up to a big european final, but this is no normal match. manchester united fans have travelled in their thousands to sweden to support their team, but thoughts are firmly back home. it's a lot more than a football match now, it's about showing our respects. obviously, the tragedy in manchester, the kids and people that lost their lives. how hard will this be for the team? it's got to spur them on. they have got to win it for manchester and make manchester proud. this evening, united fans will unfurl this giant banner here in stockholm's friends arena, the message clear. the man behind

manchester united fans travelled en masse to the games to show their support for the team. it was emotional because of what happened in manchester. they were showing people how we are still united. this is for manchester had happened, the coming give this performance, this is for manchester. it was emotional, especially for the players. you could see that beforehand. it shows that we can come together as a nation and show oui’ spirit. watching fans back in manchester were delirious with joy as the goals went in after two days of tragedy and reflection. as you would expect, emotions were high as the club was handed a first—ever title in this competition. the great manchester run will go ahead this sunday after security talks. the largest te n sunday after security talks. the largest ten kilometre run in europe had over 35,000 runners last year and they will also be a half marathon this time. greater manchester police and the city councillor dorey said the great city games could take place in manchester on friday evening and they have given the go—ahead for the great run with additional security expected to be enforced. chelsea and arsenal have cancelled players will be true parade following the final o