sir richard leese, this isa clearly did.olidarity." other people have suggested that lighting a candle, gathering in a square is not going to stop suicide bombers. what do you say to that? well, it's not. of course, it's not. manchester is not officially one of the world's most resilient cities for nothing. it is because the sorts of things that beverley have been talking about have been practised and have been rehearsed that people know what they're doing, but just like last night we had thousands of people in the square this morning, i was talking to hundreds of businesses who clearly want to know what's going on and so on and delivering the message for them that they need to play their part of getting business operating normally and it is that that really defeats terrorism. they want to kill. their aim was to kill, but they also want to disrupt the way we live our lives because their aim is to destroy the way we live our lives. actually by saying, no, we're not going to let you do that, we're not going to let you do that,

as i've been searching for adjectives to describe this event and lucy and richard leese, the leader ofe right words. i think our response should be redouble our efforts to be tolera nt be redouble our efforts to be tolerant between different communities, not to be critical of people just because they're different and to be completely intolera nt different and to be completely intolerant of people who start to use violent language whether it is directly in person or whether it's on social media. i think those are the sensible responses for what is a horrific event. i've taken children to the manchester arena on a number of occasions and whether it is to a sporting event when they see their heroes and whether it is for a concert, the excitement you see in ten, 11, 12, 13—year—olds, you can't repeat and to have carried out this bombing at such an event is really beyond adjectives and words. the police, the police have asked people not to speculate on the identity of the attacker on social media as they launch this investigation. clearly, from what you were just saying a moment ago, graham

with us now is sir richard leese, the leader of manchester city council, someone who's helped lead theto the shock that the people of manchester and the whole uk and around the world are feeling about the events. yes, that's absolutely the case. as your pictures from saint anne ‘s square showed, this is still a city that is grieving at the same time. ever since tuesday, the vigil, manchester people have shown a determination not to be afraid. to come out and show their feelings, and to come together as a community. with the great manchester run yesterday, it wasn't just manchester great manchester run yesterday, it wasn'tjust manchester people coming out, it was people from all over the country. the atmosphere created, it was an atmosphere of coming together, an atmosphere of strength through coming together, an atmosphere of defiance. a fantastic day. anyone who was in manchester youth today will have seen an enormous police presence, armed officers on the streets. —— manchester yesterday. they were from all over the uk. how difficult is it going to be for you to maintain that kind of

saying it was hard to believe what had happened and sir richard leese, the leader of manchester cityd the lives of 22 people. thousands we re the lives of 22 people. thousands were at the manchester arena to see the american singer ariana grande and that explosion at that concert was reported at around about 10.30pm last night. witnesses said she had just finished her performance when it happened. british transport police said the explosion was in the foyer of the manchester arena. shortly after the blast, manchester victoria station which isjust around the corner from the manchester arena was closed and all the trains from there were cancelled and that's inside that cordon this morning. earlier on in the programme greater manchester police issued a new statement saying 22 people had been killed and as we are saying 59 injured as greg dawson reports. 0h oh my god. what's going on. what just happened? this is the moment a concert arena filled with young people transformed into a scene of con financial institution and panic. in the chaos, thousands of people immediately scrambled for t