Manchester Concert Attack

:00:00. > :00:00.met her two years ago. And also eight-year-old savvy resource.

:00:00. > :00:11.You're watching BBC News. This is BBC News. I am Ben Brown

:00:12. > :00:18.reporting live from Manchester. 22 people, including children,

:00:19. > :00:28.are now known to have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated

:00:29. > :00:31.a device at the end of a pop The youngest victim

:00:32. > :00:34.was only eight years old - 18-year-old college student

:00:35. > :00:38.Georgina Callander also died. Scores of others were injured

:00:39. > :00:42.and others are still missing. I haven't seen her since five

:00:43. > :00:49.o'clock last night. She was at the Ariana Grande

:00:50. > :00:51.concert with her friend. If anyone has seen her,

:00:52. > :01:00.please contact the police. Police say a man set off a homemade

:01:01. > :01:05.bomb in the foyer of the arena. The Prime Minister condemned

:01:06. > :01:18.what she called a callous act. The people of Manchester and of this

:01:19. > :01:21.country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack, an attack

:01:22. > :01:27.that targeted some of the youngest people in our society.

:01:28. > :01:31.Police say they know the identity of the suicide bomber.

:01:32. > :01:34.Armed police have arrested a 23-year-old man in South Manchester.

:01:35. > :01:37.This has been the most horrific incident we have ever faced

:01:38. > :01:39.here in Greater Manchester and one that we all hoped

:01:40. > :02:14.Hello from Manchester, a city still trying to come to terms with what

:02:15. > :02:20.happened here when 59 people were killed... 22 people, I'm sorry, were

:02:21. > :02:25.killed, and 59 people were injured, when a suicide bomber detonated a

:02:26. > :02:28.device at the Manchester Arena last night at a concert by an American

:02:29. > :02:32.singer, Ariana Grande. The police are saying they are not yet

:02:33. > :02:39.revealing the name of the suicide bomber, although we understand they

:02:40. > :02:46.do have that name. It is the worst terror attack in the UK since the

:02:47. > :02:50.July the 7th attacks back in 2005. Let us talk you through what we know

:02:51. > :02:55.about the attack so far. The Greater Manchester Police are telling us

:02:56. > :03:00.they were called to the scene at 10:33pm in the evening. The Prime

:03:01. > :03:08.Minister called the attack on fans of the concept here is an act of

:03:09. > :03:15.appalling, sickening cowardice. -- at the concert. The attack happened

:03:16. > :03:19.streaming through the doors at the streaming through the doors at the

:03:20. > :03:25.end of the concert. Release say lone male attacker died in the blast and

:03:26. > :03:30.detonated an improvised explosive device -- police say. Security has

:03:31. > :03:37.been tightened in the wake of the attack, surrounding streets have

:03:38. > :03:41.been closed off and the station has been closed.

:03:42. > :03:44.A warning that this report from Richard Galpin contains scenes

:03:45. > :03:56.What had been a night of joy and elation for

:03:57. > :04:05.Everyone's heard what they think is a bomb going off.

:04:06. > :04:08.And the only thing now is to get out of this arena,

:04:09. > :04:23.Then everyone started running towards us, screaming and crying.

:04:24. > :04:25.Everyone just trampling over us to get out.

:04:26. > :04:28.I saw parents with kids running out with blood all over them.

:04:29. > :04:31.I picked this lady up who said she was looking for her grand kids,

:04:32. > :04:34.who couldn't find her grand kids, she picked up a young girl

:04:35. > :04:37.on the floor who was covered in blood with parents laying

:04:38. > :04:45.There's glass and nuts, metal nuts, that have been

:04:46. > :04:50.I can't think of anything else that's got nuts that

:04:51. > :05:02.Traumatised and uncertain what to do, many of the youngsters

:05:03. > :05:12.Some searching for their parents, who'd been waiting to pick them up

:05:13. > :05:15.Others looking for relatives and friends who've gone missing

:05:16. > :05:17.and today some families are still trying to

:05:18. > :05:28.Having heard nothing from them since last night's concert. Children are

:05:29. > :05:32.amongst the many casualties, all the major hospitals in Manchester being

:05:33. > :05:37.used last night to receive the injured and the dead. And this

:05:38. > :05:44.morning, the police confirmed it was a terrorist attack carried out by a

:05:45. > :05:48.suicide bomber. This has been the most horrific incident we have ever

:05:49. > :05:53.faced here in greater Manchester and one that we all hoped we would never

:05:54. > :05:57.see. Families and many young people were out to enjoy a concert at the

:05:58. > :06:00.Manchester Arena and have very sadly lost their lives and we believe at

:06:01. > :06:06.this stage the attack last night was conducted by one man. The priority

:06:07. > :06:10.is to establish whether he was acting alone or as part of a

:06:11. > :06:16.network. The attacker I can confirm died at the arena. We believe the

:06:17. > :06:22.attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device which he detonated,

:06:23. > :06:26.causing this atrocity. In Downing Street, flags are flying at

:06:27. > :06:30.half-mast in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack in Britain

:06:31. > :06:36.since the suicide bombings on London transport 12 years ago. All acts of

:06:37. > :06:40.terrorism or cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack

:06:41. > :06:48.stands out for its appalling sickening cowardice, deliberately

:06:49. > :06:51.targeting innocent defenceless children and young people who should

:06:52. > :06:56.have been enjoying one of the most memorable nights of their lives. Let

:06:57. > :07:01.us remember those who died and let us celebrate those who helped, safe

:07:02. > :07:07.in the knowledge that the terrorists will never win. And our values, our

:07:08. > :07:14.country and our way of life will always prevail. The horror of what

:07:15. > :07:19.happened at the Arena last night led to many ordinary people offering to

:07:20. > :07:24.help. Taxi drivers providing free lists for those who could not get

:07:25. > :07:29.back home. Others offering rooms for anyone needing somewhere to sleep.

:07:30. > :07:36.As for who was responsible for this attack, the police believe they do

:07:37. > :07:39.know the person's identity. And already a 23-year-old man has been

:07:40. > :07:48.arrested in connection with the bombing. Also this morning, the

:07:49. > :07:52.first victim has been named. She is 18-year-old Georgina Callander, on

:07:53. > :07:56.the left, posing with the singer Ariana Grande who was performing at

:07:57. > :08:00.last night's answered. The children at the concert would never have

:08:01. > :08:06.imagined they would end up like this, having to escape a terrorist

:08:07. > :08:11.attack, but it is clear they were deliberately targeted and that has

:08:12. > :08:13.provoked shock and revulsion in this country and around the world.

:08:14. > :08:25.Richard Galpin, BBC News. I just want to bring you the news we

:08:26. > :08:29.were breaking a few minutes ago about the police operation in

:08:30. > :08:37.Fallowfield in the south of Manchester. You can see pictures

:08:38. > :08:42.there from the air and we are hearing police carried out a

:08:43. > :08:46.controlled explosion in the Fallowfield district, to the south

:08:47. > :08:50.of the city centre, part of the investigation into the bomb attack

:08:51. > :08:58.here at the Manchester Arena which has claimed 22 lives. A statement

:08:59. > :09:04.from the police, they have executed warrants, one in Whalley Range and

:09:05. > :09:16.one in an four were they say a controlled explosion took place. --

:09:17. > :09:19.one in Fallowfield. Terrifying accounts have been emerging

:09:20. > :09:26.throughout the day in Manchester. The people have been talking about

:09:27. > :09:30.the distress as they were separated from loved ones. They sought nuts

:09:31. > :09:35.and bolts from the blast flying through the air.

:09:36. > :09:38.Danny Savage reports on those caught up in the attack.

:09:39. > :09:40.Again, you may find some of the images in this

:09:41. > :09:44.I have not seen her since 5.00 last night.

:09:45. > :09:47.She was at the Ariana Grande concert with her friend.

:09:48. > :09:53.If anybody has seen her, contact the police,

:09:54. > :09:57.even if you think you have seen her, just let the police know, please.

:09:58. > :10:00.Charlotte Campbell hasn't heard from her daughter, Olivia,

:10:01. > :10:08.Her family has been out searching for the teenager for hours.

:10:09. > :10:20.On the wards of numerous hospitals across Manchester,

:10:21. > :10:22.the casualties have been treated and the bereaved

:10:23. > :10:34.We thought it was a balloon that had popped.

:10:35. > :10:41.The minute we heard the bells, we ran up to our hotel.

:10:42. > :10:43.Outside city centre hotels, survivors recounted the horror

:10:44. > :10:53.Towards the last song, she let a load of helium

:10:54. > :11:03.We thought - I mean, we looked at each other

:11:04. > :11:07.no, it can't be something that you see on the news, that doesn't

:11:08. > :11:13.Everyone calmed around us and all of a sudden,

:11:14. > :11:15.everyone started screaming and running in every direction.

:11:16. > :11:17.There was one girl there, she tumbled over the seats.

:11:18. > :11:28.On social media, numerous appeals soon appeared

:11:29. > :11:37.Deborah Hutchinson from Newcastle wrote, "My daughter, Courtney Boyle,

:11:38. > :11:40.and partner Philip have gone missing in an attack in Manchester.

:11:41. > :11:43.Please share and help find them, I need them home safe."

:11:44. > :11:45.People who were there tried to offer help online, too.

:11:46. > :11:48.People who need help, who have nowhere to sleep,

:11:49. > :11:54.Trying to get awareness out for people willing to help.

:11:55. > :12:01.A picture of chaos and panic emerged.

:12:02. > :12:04.I heard an explosion, I was like, we need to run, we started running

:12:05. > :12:07.all the way down to the doors to the exit.

:12:08. > :12:13.All I heard was people screaming and crying and running everywhere.

:12:14. > :12:16.It is hard to imagine a softer target for this attack.

:12:17. > :12:19.So many of the teenagers and children who were there last

:12:20. > :12:27.night were given tickets as a Christmas or birthday present.

:12:28. > :12:30.Thousands of teenagers and young people have gone

:12:31. > :12:34.to school this morning knowing of a friend or a friend

:12:35. > :12:38.of a friend who was at the concert last night and now numerous families

:12:39. > :12:41.are having to arrange the funeral of a son or daughter,

:12:42. > :12:43.who went out yesterday evening, so excited ahead of that concert.

:12:44. > :12:54.It really is heartbreaking when you hear the ages of some of those

:12:55. > :13:00.caught up in the explosion, in particular the eight-year-old girl

:13:01. > :13:04.who died in the blast. 59 people injured as well as those casualties,

:13:05. > :13:08.some with life-threatening injuries, we have been told by the Prime

:13:09. > :13:10.Minister, being treated at hospitals in and around Manchester.

:13:11. > :13:13.My colleague, Annita McVeigh, is at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

:13:14. > :13:21.Thank you. Nine people being treated here at the Manchester Royal

:13:22. > :13:27.infirmary, but eight hospitals across the area in total involved in

:13:28. > :13:31.caring for the victims of last night's attack at the Manchester

:13:32. > :13:36.Arena. We heard a short while ago that some of the people injured have

:13:37. > :13:41.very serious injuries in deed, they are requiring intensive care, we

:13:42. > :13:45.were told they will be in hospital for a long time and some of them

:13:46. > :13:51.have injuries that will have huge implications for their lives. We

:13:52. > :13:55.heard, as I mentioned, from the chief officer of the Greater

:13:56. > :14:00.Manchester health and social care partnership and also from the

:14:01. > :14:04.medical director of the North West Ambulance Service which sent 60

:14:05. > :14:08.ambulances along with some very highly specialised crews to the

:14:09. > :14:13.scene of the attack last night in an effort to stabilise the injured at

:14:14. > :14:23.the scene before transporting them to the eight hospitals. The doctor

:14:24. > :14:27.said that if ever you wanted to see the NHS in operation, last night and

:14:28. > :14:32.this morning, that was the time to experience it. From the most

:14:33. > :14:36.dreadful of nights and mornings, he said, we also saw some of the best

:14:37. > :14:41.Greater Manchester has to offer in terms of the response from people

:14:42. > :14:46.and the emergency services, members of the public, they were queueing up

:14:47. > :14:49.to donate blood and so on. The doctor from the Ambulance Service

:14:50. > :14:56.was able to give us this update a short while ago. The hospital behind

:14:57. > :15:01.me received nine patients, patients we took by ambulance, there were

:15:02. > :15:04.also walking wounded. Another trauma centre received six patients. While

:15:05. > :15:10.Manchester Children's Hospital received the most, 12 patients.

:15:11. > :15:16.University Hospital South Manchester received six patients. A hospital in

:15:17. > :15:20.Stockport received six patients. Bolton Hospital received eight

:15:21. > :15:24.patients. Royal London Hospital received seven and North Manchester

:15:25. > :15:31.five patients. There were a good number of walking wounded. As yet,

:15:32. > :15:34.we do not have a detailed breakdown of who is injured in terms of

:15:35. > :15:43.numbers of adults and children, we know 12 children under the age of 16

:15:44. > :15:46.are being treated at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. At

:15:47. > :15:50.least one other child is at another hospital. We do not have the

:15:51. > :15:54.detailed breakdown or of course the precise nature of the injuries

:15:55. > :15:59.suffered yet. I also mentioned to you a moment ago the fact people

:16:00. > :16:05.were queueing up to donate blood and I spoke a little earlier to Jane

:16:06. > :16:10.green, chief nurse from NHS blood and transplant, who expressed her

:16:11. > :16:15.thanks. But she said they wanted to try to manage the response a little

:16:16. > :16:19.more now and to get the message across they do have sufficient

:16:20. > :16:25.supplies of blood to meet their needs at the moment but they have

:16:26. > :16:29.asked people who have appointments over the next few days, registered

:16:30. > :16:36.donors, to keep those appointments, particularly if they are O negative.

:16:37. > :16:42.That is the latest we have from Manchester Royal infirmary in terms

:16:43. > :16:45.of the response of hospitals across the area and that Ambulance Service

:16:46. > :16:52.across the area to last night's events. Back to you.

:16:53. > :16:56.The Prime Minister is now in Manchester. She has been meeting the

:16:57. > :17:00.Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and other senior

:17:01. > :17:03.police commanders as they carry out the investigation into what happened

:17:04. > :17:09.here last night. That is taught that Doctor Samantha Newbury from the

:17:10. > :17:14.University of Salford, a lecturer in contemporary intelligence studies.

:17:15. > :17:21.This Manchester Arena behind us, such a soft target for this

:17:22. > :17:24.attacker. We know there are security checks for people going into the

:17:25. > :17:27.arena, we do not yet know whether that is still the case for people

:17:28. > :17:32.entering at the end of the show which seems to be what has happened

:17:33. > :17:36.in this case. Even if security is very tight, there is of course going

:17:37. > :17:40.to be crowds of people coming up at the end into an area which is much

:17:41. > :17:45.harder to protect. The attacker must have known many of his victims were

:17:46. > :17:50.going to be very young people, one of the fatalities as young as eight

:17:51. > :17:56.years old. Yes, that is a very unusual aspect for this attack and

:17:57. > :18:00.what makes it particularly shocking. So-called Islamic State have claimed

:18:01. > :18:04.responsibility for this attack. Do you attach any credibility to that?

:18:05. > :18:10.We know in the past they kind of jump onto any bandwagon and claim

:18:11. > :18:15.responsible at you for an attack they did not know anything about in

:18:16. > :18:17.advance. They have motive for doing that. Hopefully it will become

:18:18. > :18:23.clearer. The authorities will release information on this

:18:24. > :18:27.individual's motivations and whether they really were attached or just

:18:28. > :18:31.inspired by so-called Islamic date or something else. The key question

:18:32. > :18:39.for the police is whether it was an attacker acting alone, putting

:18:40. > :18:45.together this home-made suicide bomb, or was acting with others.

:18:46. > :18:50.What is your sense on that? To put together and expose the device of

:18:51. > :18:54.that kind might require help. It does seem that help would have been

:18:55. > :19:00.required to build a device that complex. A lot of that information

:19:01. > :19:04.is available online, despite the authorities working hard to take

:19:05. > :19:08.that kind of thing down, but to what extent this person was tied into

:19:09. > :19:13.other people, whether inspired by what other people were saying online

:19:14. > :19:18.or in person, whether they work actively involved in a terrorist

:19:19. > :19:26.organisation, we will find out. The worst attack on British soil since

:19:27. > :19:30.7/7, 2005. The intelligence services have foiled so many plots. They have

:19:31. > :19:35.said many times that they cannot foil them all. Absolutely. We should

:19:36. > :19:44.remember they do a fantastic job in preventing plots and the actions are

:19:45. > :19:47.in quite an advanced stage of planning and then also stopping

:19:48. > :19:51.people becoming radicalised in the first place. But there are instances

:19:52. > :19:56.where attacks are still able to happen. We do not know yet the

:19:57. > :20:00.identity of the attacker, but the police say they do know it but they

:20:01. > :20:05.do not want to release it at the moment. Yes, it remains to be seen

:20:06. > :20:11.who this person was. At this time, I think, yes, we want to know what

:20:12. > :20:14.happened and why and understand the person's motivations, but it is good

:20:15. > :20:20.to focus on the victims and families and survivors at this time as well.

:20:21. > :20:23.Thank you very much indeed for being with us. I will hand you back to the

:20:24. > :20:28.studio in London for some breaking news.

:20:29. > :20:35.Thank you. Within the last few minutes, it has been announced the

:20:36. > :20:38.former James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore has died at his home in

:20:39. > :20:43.Switzerland after a short battle with cancer. His family have just

:20:44. > :20:48.made the announcement on Twitter short time ago. An actor of

:20:49. > :20:53.considerable renown but also latterly in his life, a Unicef

:20:54. > :20:59.ambassador, as well as being an author. He was working on his 90th

:21:00. > :21:06.birthday book, he brought a book out when he was 80. On October 14, when

:21:07. > :21:14.he will turn 90, he was writing a book to celebrate that. It is with a

:21:15. > :21:18.heavy heart, they say, we must announce our loving father, Sir

:21:19. > :21:23.Roger Moore, has passed away after a short but brave battle with cancer.

:21:24. > :21:27.Beloved by which he was surrounded in his final days cannot be

:21:28. > :21:34.quantified in words alone. The affection are father felt buoyed him

:21:35. > :21:39.hugely and kept him busy working into his 90s through to his last

:21:40. > :21:43.appearance in November on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

:21:44. > :21:49.The capacity crowd, it says, cheered him on and offstage, shaking the

:21:50. > :21:54.very foundation of the building. Just a short distance from where he

:21:55. > :21:58.was born. The statement ends, thank you for being you and for being so

:21:59. > :22:04.very special to so many people, our thoughts must turn to supporting

:22:05. > :22:08.Christina, his wife, at a difficult time, in accordance with our

:22:09. > :22:16.father's wishes, there will be a private funeral in Monaco where he

:22:17. > :22:22.also had a home. A difficult past year for Sir Roger Moore. His wife,

:22:23. > :22:34.Christina, her daughter died last year of cancer. Certainly, a death

:22:35. > :22:37.that hit him and her very hard. If you are just joining, Sir Roger

:22:38. > :22:43.Moore has died in Switzerland after a short battle from cancer. He was

:22:44. > :22:51.89 years old. Starred in the Persuaders with Tony Curtis. Of

:22:52. > :23:01.course, it is his role as James Bond in those movies which he will be

:23:02. > :23:07.best remembered for. We will be talking more about his life. His

:23:08. > :23:15.father was a policeman at the Magistrates' Court in London. Roger

:23:16. > :23:22.Moore going into acting through RADA and a number of stage roles as well

:23:23. > :23:29.before being spotted as a potential movie star. As I was saying, it was

:23:30. > :23:39.his role in Unicef, which he was particularly proud of, in recent

:23:40. > :23:45.years. There is the tweet from his family. They say, we are all

:23:46. > :23:49.devastated. Roger Moore, 89 years old, has died after a short battle

:23:50. > :23:58.with cancer. We will have much more on that breaking story later on. Let

:23:59. > :24:03.us go back to Ben in Manchester. Simon, thank you. 22 people now

:24:04. > :24:08.known to have died in the Manchester Arena last night after the

:24:09. > :24:12.explosion, 59 are still being treated in hospital. Some of them

:24:13. > :24:17.with life-threatening injuries. Theresa May, the Prime Minister, is

:24:18. > :24:20.in Manchester now, meeting the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester

:24:21. > :24:26.Police and other senior police commanders. She chaired a meeting of

:24:27. > :24:32.Cobra earlier today and she will be back in London chairing another

:24:33. > :24:38.meeting of Cobra later as well. We will, in terms of international

:24:39. > :24:42.reaction to the atrocity, we will hear from readers around the world

:24:43. > :24:49.condemning it. The Union Jack is flying in half mast at the EU in

:24:50. > :24:55.Brussels too. Our correspondent, Paul Adams reports.

:24:56. > :24:57.Forensic police at the scene this morning, beginning

:24:58. > :25:03.What, if any, wider lessons need to be learned?

:25:04. > :25:10.In and around the venue, there will be clues.

:25:11. > :25:12.In London, ministers gathered for a meeting of the Government's

:25:13. > :25:13.top security committee, Cobra.

:25:14. > :25:16.After the first mass casualty attack in Britain for a dozen years,

:25:17. > :25:18.what level of danger does the country now face?

:25:19. > :25:25.That means a terrorist attack remains highly likely.

:25:26. > :25:27.But the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre

:25:28. > :25:33.which sets the threat level on the basis of the intelligence

:25:34. > :25:36.available to them will continue to assess this throughout the day

:25:37. > :25:41.Not since 2005 and the attacks of 7/7 have the authorities had

:25:42. > :25:44.to deal with something on this scale.

:25:45. > :25:54.Plenty of plots have been foiled in the years since and counterterror

:25:55. > :25:57.police are still making arrests at an average rate of one a day.

:25:58. > :25:59.But the public perception of the threats we face has changed.

:26:00. > :26:03.Four years ago, Fusilier Lee Rigby was hacked to death near a London

:26:04. > :26:06.barracks, and two months ago, an attacker using a car and a knife

:26:07. > :26:09.Last night's atrocity was more sophisticated.

:26:10. > :26:12.This attack does involve someone being able to get hold

:26:13. > :26:21.Turn them into a belt and then make the effort of putting bolts

:26:22. > :26:25.and things in that in order to kill people and then has used it at one

:26:26. > :26:28.So, this is a much more professional style of attack.

:26:29. > :26:31.Does this mean big venues up and down the country

:26:32. > :26:36.There's no evidence yet that last night's attacker

:26:37. > :26:39.passed unchallenged through security, but some

:26:40. > :26:48.A few people we spoke to, friends that we met

:26:49. > :26:50.before and after the gig, they said their bags

:26:51. > :26:54.Usually, I am quite a regular gig goer and I am used

:26:55. > :26:56.to getting my bags checked for security purposes.

:26:57. > :27:06.A brief moment of panic this morning outside Manchester's Arndale Centre.

:27:07. > :27:13.The danger, if any, passed, but the Arndale has been

:27:14. > :27:19.In 1996, it was wrecked by an IRA bomb.

:27:20. > :27:21.And eight years ago, a plot involving a car bomb

:27:22. > :27:32.A Pakistani student was convicted in the US in 2015.

:27:33. > :27:34.Investigators at the arena will want to know how

:27:35. > :27:36.and where the attacker obtained the ingredients for his bomb

:27:37. > :27:44.and crucially, was he acting alone or part of a cell?

:27:45. > :27:46.In London, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, said

:27:47. > :27:49.more officers have already been put on duty, the impact of last

:27:50. > :27:51.night's attack will be felt right across the country.

:27:52. > :28:06.We are going to talk to a couple of our correspondence now. Eleanor

:28:07. > :28:11.Garnier in Downing Street. And Katrina at the headquarters of

:28:12. > :28:15.Greater Manchester Police. That is where the Prime Minister arrived a

:28:16. > :28:20.short time ago to talk to the Chief Constable about what happened here

:28:21. > :28:26.last night. That is right. The Prime Minister is currently meeting with

:28:27. > :28:30.the chief and stubble, Ian Hopkins. -- the Chief Constable, Ian Hopkins,

:28:31. > :28:35.and the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd. We are expecting them to come out

:28:36. > :28:39.shortly. What we know so far, in this fast moving investigation, a

:28:40. > :28:43.23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with this investigation.

:28:44. > :28:51.We expect other arrests to happen today. They controlled explosion has

:28:52. > :28:55.happened in the Fallowfield area of South Manchester and we have had the

:28:56. > :29:08.names of two of the victims, Saffie Roussos, eight, a pupil at Tarleton

:29:09. > :29:13.Community Primary School, and Georgina Callander, 18, a student at

:29:14. > :29:20.Runshaw College. We have been told that art other children among the

:29:21. > :29:23.dead and 12 of the 59 injured at hospitals across greater Manchester

:29:24. > :29:28.are children. This is a fast moving investigation. Key to this is to

:29:29. > :29:33.find out if the attacker who died at the scene was working alone or as

:29:34. > :29:37.part of a network, and crucial to establishing that is to find out

:29:38. > :29:41.where and how the bomb is made and to see if that could connect him to

:29:42. > :29:48.other people or establish whether he was working on his own. Andy

:29:49. > :29:51.Burnham, the metropolitan mayor of Greater Manchester, was also here

:29:52. > :29:56.earlier today, and he said that the city will not be seated and he urged

:29:57. > :30:02.people to come to the vigil this evening at 6pm in Albert Square in

:30:03. > :30:06.central Manchester -- will not be defeated. The police are working

:30:07. > :30:10.hard to reassure members of the public in the Greater Manchester

:30:11. > :30:17.area, there is an increased visibility, increased police

:30:18. > :30:21.presents, to reassure people the police are working to support them.

:30:22. > :30:29.A greater number of police officers involved in the investigation and we

:30:30. > :30:32.understand the UK counterterrorism network is involved in supporting

:30:33. > :30:36.the Greater Manchester Police with the investigation. The public have

:30:37. > :30:39.been asked for their help will stop if they have seen anything

:30:40. > :30:46.suspicious, they have been advised to report it to the anti-terror

:30:47. > :30:52.hotline. We have a number for that, 08 00 329 321. If people have

:30:53. > :30:56.recorded any images or footage that would be of use to the police, they

:30:57. > :31:05.are also asked if they can send that to UK police image appeal .co .uk.

:31:06. > :31:11.We expect to be able to update you from what has happened in the

:31:12. > :31:13.meeting in there with the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the

:31:14. > :31:24.Chief Constable soon. Thank you very much indeed. Catreena

:31:25. > :31:30.Renton reporting from Greater Manchester Police headquarters. Lian

:31:31. > :31:35.Rugani eight is at -- Eleanor Garnier is at Downing Street.

:31:36. > :31:37.Earlier on, Theresa May said general election campaigning is suspended

:31:38. > :31:45.with agreement from other party leaders. She also chaired the

:31:46. > :31:48.meeting, with the government emergency committee Cobra? Yes,

:31:49. > :31:55.having been updated overnight, Theresa May chaired a Cobra meeting,

:31:56. > :31:56.an emergency meeting of senior ministers, police and security

:31:57. > :32:01.officials, they would have discussed the latest in the investigation and

:32:02. > :32:07.as well the current level of terror threat across the UK, which still

:32:08. > :32:12.remains at severe. I think Theresa May, when she came into the street

:32:13. > :32:15.and gave a statement after that emergency meeting, she reacted to

:32:16. > :32:24.the harsh realities of what has happened. Yes, with sadness, but

:32:25. > :32:29.anger too, saying it was "A callous terrorist attack", an act of

:32:30. > :32:32.sickening cowardice with young people having been deliberately and

:32:33. > :32:37.indiscriminately targeted. She also touched on how did court it is to

:32:38. > :32:42.take him what has actually happened, the emotional side and the scale of

:32:43. > :32:47.what has happened. She says that the country spirit will not be broken,

:32:48. > :32:51.it must take on and defeat the ideology behind the attack, saying

:32:52. > :32:55.that there would be difficult days ahead but Britain's spirit will

:32:56. > :33:00.never be broken, terrorists will never win and our way of life will

:33:01. > :33:05.always prevail. She thanked emergency services in Manchester,

:33:06. > :33:08.who reacted quickly to the attack. She also praised the public in

:33:09. > :33:14.Manchester who had gone to help in various different ways. We know that

:33:15. > :33:19.campaigning in the general election has been suspended, we do not know

:33:20. > :33:23.yet when it will resume. I do not think there are discussions yet as

:33:24. > :33:27.to when it will resume. It is far too early to go back to the cut and

:33:28. > :33:32.thrust of the general election campaign. Yes, Theresa May is with

:33:33. > :33:36.Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, in Manchester now and she will be

:33:37. > :33:42.coming back to London to chair another emergency committee of those

:33:43. > :33:47.senior politicians, senior police officers and security officials too,

:33:48. > :33:52.where they will be updated on the latest in the investigation. Allen,

:33:53. > :33:57.thank you very much indeed for being with us. I am joined in Manchester

:33:58. > :34:03.outside of the Manchester Arena where this triple atrocity happened

:34:04. > :34:08.last night by Colonel Richard Kemp, who knows all about Cobra, the

:34:09. > :34:11.government's emergency committee -- terrible atrocity. You are ahead of

:34:12. > :34:19.their Cabinet Office international terror is to team, what will they be

:34:20. > :34:22.discussing at a Cobra meeting like this morning? The key issue is

:34:23. > :34:28.whether we will see further attacks. It is possible that this attack,

:34:29. > :34:32.like the 7/7 attack, are connected to other networks and attacks which

:34:33. > :34:35.is the most important thing. There are issues like trying to identify

:34:36. > :34:38.those members of the network, if it is a network, involved in this.

:34:39. > :34:44.Making arrests and searching premises. As for issues like dealing

:34:45. > :34:49.with casualties, political handling and media handling, these are all

:34:50. > :34:54.discussed, and discussion with Allied intelligence agencies as to

:34:55. > :34:57.how they may help us. The Prime Minister has two coordinate that

:34:58. > :35:02.intelligence coming from different sources? She has a lot of stuff you

:35:03. > :35:08.can do that but she will attend a number of Cobra meetings and update

:35:09. > :35:13.and make decisions as to how the process goes forward. And one of the

:35:14. > :35:17.key questions for police and intelligence services, was this bomb

:35:18. > :35:26.acting alone? A lone wolf? Or part of a wider group out there? That is

:35:27. > :35:31.a key question. Without having any inside information, my guess is that

:35:32. > :35:35.this was not a person acting alone. He may well have carried out this

:35:36. > :35:39.bombing alone but I assume he had a network that was directing him and

:35:40. > :35:45.possibly making the explosive. Putting together a bomb that works

:35:46. > :35:48.like this is not an easy process. It requires a degree of expertise, you

:35:49. > :35:53.cannot simply learn it off the Internet unless you are very lucky.

:35:54. > :35:59.In a sense it is very different to the Westminster attack where we saw

:36:00. > :36:04.this attack are driving a higher car at pedestrians? It is very different

:36:05. > :36:08.altogether. It may or may not be particularly sophisticated, it looks

:36:09. > :36:14.that way, it's self detonated on the individual, packed with not only

:36:15. > :36:19.home-made explosives, to get that mixture right is difficult, but with

:36:20. > :36:29.males to make the carnage even greater, -- but with nails. We have

:36:30. > :36:34.from eyewitnesses that there were nuts and bolts flying through the

:36:35. > :36:38.air, it was designed to hurt and main not just ordinary civilians but

:36:39. > :36:42.young civilians, younger than teenagers, just going to a pop

:36:43. > :36:46.concert? Of course, we find it shocking but maybe we should not

:36:47. > :36:50.find it shopping when we look at what Islamic State do and what

:36:51. > :36:55.Islamic State inspired terrorists have done elsewhere, like at the

:36:56. > :37:01.Bataclan theatre where they were targeting a slightly older audience

:37:02. > :37:05.in that case. But they take no attention except for the horror that

:37:06. > :37:08.they can grab, they just want to kill as many as they can in the most

:37:09. > :37:11.horrific way. And so-called Islamic State have

:37:12. > :37:16.claimed responsibility but they often do. It does not necessarily

:37:17. > :37:23.mean that they knew about it in advance? It doesn't, they will

:37:24. > :37:27.probably claim either way. My guess is that this person was at least

:37:28. > :37:31.inspired by Islamic state, even if not specifically directed by them.

:37:32. > :37:36.Colonel Richard Kemp, thank you for joining us in Manchester.

:37:37. > :37:39.We can now go to Emily Winterbotham, a senior research fellow at the

:37:40. > :37:43.Royal United services Institute in London.

:37:44. > :37:47.They are asked for your thoughts, Emily, and whether you think that

:37:48. > :37:53.this was a lone attacker who prepared a suicide bomb by himself,

:37:54. > :37:56.or was working with other people? It is difficult to know, the police

:37:57. > :37:59.are trying to establish that but what would history teach us about

:38:00. > :38:04.that? I do think that it is important to

:38:05. > :38:07.say that we are in the early stages of an investigation. It is important

:38:08. > :38:12.not to speculate but as your previous speaker did say as well,

:38:13. > :38:17.the fact that it was a suicide attack does indicate a high level of

:38:18. > :38:21.sophistication, compare to other attacks that we have seen, most

:38:22. > :38:24.recently with the Westminster attack, which used a vehicle. It

:38:25. > :38:30.potentially implies that there were more than one, where there was more

:38:31. > :38:39.than one person, at least, if not a bigger network involved. And

:38:40. > :38:43.clearly, this was a soft target? Not only civilians, as we were

:38:44. > :38:47.discussing, but very young civilians. The attacker must have

:38:48. > :38:54.known that our young people at that concert last night? Yes, clearly the

:38:55. > :38:58.attack was designed to target a soft location. I think going back to your

:38:59. > :39:03.previous question as well in terms of looking back at history, the

:39:04. > :39:07.attack was reminiscent of the attacks in Paris on the Bataclan

:39:08. > :39:19.Theatre. The attacker, or attackers, had been aware of who was actually

:39:20. > :39:21.inside of the building. And what about police priorities? Their

:39:22. > :39:26.priorities are clearly to establish that, if there was a cell involved

:39:27. > :39:32.in this, that remaining members are not still at large and potentially

:39:33. > :39:36.dangerous, and potentially capable of carrying out further attacks?

:39:37. > :39:41.That is the first priority of police in any kind of attack that occurs,

:39:42. > :39:45.to try and attack who the -- to try and identify who the attacker was

:39:46. > :39:48.and his background, and identify any links with other individuals or

:39:49. > :39:52.groups of individuals, they clearly have been trying to do so in

:39:53. > :39:59.Manchester today. We heard reports of possible arrests and of control

:40:00. > :40:04.destinations, which reflects the fact that they are exploring other

:40:05. > :40:11.avenues to pin down whether this was the work of one man or one man part

:40:12. > :40:17.of a network. -- controlled destinations. Emily Winterbotham,

:40:18. > :40:19.thank you very much for being with us.

:40:20. > :40:24.John Cameron from the children's charity the NSPCC is with us now.

:40:25. > :40:28.So many of these victims were young and so many people at the concert

:40:29. > :40:31.was young, they may have survived that they will still be traumatised

:40:32. > :40:36.by what they saw, heard and witnessed? Very much so, let me

:40:37. > :40:41.express my deepest sympathies for all of those affected by this tragic

:40:42. > :40:47.incident. At ChildLine, we've had a number of children calling us, on

:40:48. > :40:52.the NSPCC helpline, we have had parents calling us. Both are very

:40:53. > :40:56.concerned about their own safety. It has a huge impact on the emotional

:40:57. > :40:58.well-being of children across the country.

:40:59. > :41:01.Children are saying to us on ChildLine they are worried about

:41:02. > :41:05.their own safety and older children are coming to us saying that they

:41:06. > :41:09.have tickets for various music events, what should I do? What

:41:10. > :41:14.should I look out for? What can I say to my parents? Parents are in a

:41:15. > :41:18.very difficult situation because they want to make sure their

:41:19. > :41:24.children can go and enjoy themselves but they also worry for their

:41:25. > :41:30.safety. At the NSPCC and ChildLine, we are providing advice to parents

:41:31. > :41:32.and children who have worries about terrorism, and are seeking to

:41:33. > :41:44.provide support to them and reassurance. And, I suppose, some of

:41:45. > :41:48.these young people at that concert may be traumatised for months or

:41:49. > :41:55.even years ahead, especially those who witnessed the explosion and saw

:41:56. > :41:57.the casualties? Indeed, it's important that local services on the

:41:58. > :42:03.ground make sure that they have provisions available for some

:42:04. > :42:07.probably long-term support for these children and indeed adults as well

:42:08. > :42:10.who are traumatised by this. I cannot emphasise enough that it is

:42:11. > :42:14.important for everyone listening to this programme now and in future, if

:42:15. > :42:22.you have any worries whatsoever about your children's anxieties when

:42:23. > :42:26.these events occur, you can call the NSPCC helpline which is free,

:42:27. > :42:29.confidential and 24 hours. You can get advice from councillors and

:42:30. > :42:33.importantly, for those children worried about their in safety and

:42:34. > :42:36.the impact it will have on them witnessing these kinds of events, it

:42:37. > :42:41.is important to talk to your parents and trusted adults, and come through

:42:42. > :42:46.to ChildLine. We are here to support you and it is important that

:42:47. > :42:49.children who are directly affected by these events, or indirectly, that

:42:50. > :42:55.they get the fullest support possible so that they can move on

:42:56. > :43:03.from these tragic incidents. It does seem, John Cameron from the NSPCC,

:43:04. > :43:06.utterly un-thinkable. But it seems that this attack was not only a

:43:07. > :43:11.terror attack on a concert hall but an attack where the attacker knew

:43:12. > :43:17.that the victims were young, and were teenagers, or even children at

:43:18. > :43:22.a primary school. Children like this are deeply affected. Adults are

:43:23. > :43:26.equally affected but for children, they have their whole lives ahead of

:43:27. > :43:31.them. There have been a number of young people whose lives have been

:43:32. > :43:34.lost. The opportunities for them to grow and become successful adults

:43:35. > :43:39.and enjoy life has been taken from them in this particular incident.

:43:40. > :43:47.What we need to remember is that children are very fragile, and while

:43:48. > :43:50.they have the capacity to recover, they have support from their loved

:43:51. > :43:56.ones and from their teachers and other adults coming into contact

:43:57. > :44:00.with them. A very strong message is to try and have conversations with

:44:01. > :44:03.your children about this. A lot of children will remain quiet because

:44:04. > :44:08.they feel they are unable to talk about it. Bring it up gently and

:44:09. > :44:12.don't make the issue too complicated. Most importantly,

:44:13. > :44:17.provide them with reassurances that those authorities out there, seeking

:44:18. > :44:24.to protect us all across the UK, are doing their very best to help and

:44:25. > :44:29.support us. John Cameron from the NSPCC, thank you very much for being

:44:30. > :44:33.with us. That's the latest from here in Manchester where we now know that

:44:34. > :44:38.22 people have died in the Manchester Arena behind me last

:44:39. > :44:42.night, and 59 were injured. They are still being treated at eight

:44:43. > :44:46.hospitals in and around the city of Manchester. Some of them, according

:44:47. > :44:49.to the Prime Minister, have life-threatening injuries. Let me

:44:50. > :44:54.hand you back to Simon in the studio. STUDIO: Ben, thank you.

:44:55. > :44:59.Another breaking story now, former James Bond actor Roger Moore has

:45:00. > :45:04.died at the age of 89. Mick Hynes looks back at his life.

:45:05. > :45:13.Mr Bond... James Bond. He was an unlikely bond. He hardly looked like

:45:14. > :45:17.a ruthless operator licensed to kill but with a touch of self-parody,

:45:18. > :45:24.Bond films were always most fun when Roger Moore was playing the lead. A

:45:25. > :45:28.feast form IIs! He started out impossibly handsome, as a male model

:45:29. > :45:34.and bit part actor. His first brush with fame came when he married

:45:35. > :45:41.Dorothy Squires, a huge star on both sides of the Atlantic. His first big

:45:42. > :45:47.break came in the television series Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe made him a pin-up,

:45:48. > :45:55.a heart-throb. But, as an actor committee seemed a little wooden. --

:45:56. > :46:02.he seemed a little wooden. That was until The Saint. It was in that that

:46:03. > :46:11.he first developed the classic Roger Moore screen character. Smart, sexy,

:46:12. > :46:17.half humorous. He went on to star in the persuaders with Tony Curtis,

:46:18. > :46:23.mixing action and laughs once more. I will buy you one! In blue? We

:46:24. > :46:34.played it tongue-in-cheek. I play most heroes tongue in cheek, because

:46:35. > :46:38.I really don't see myself as a hero. Although I play it as if it is all a

:46:39. > :46:42.joke. His tongue was never more firmly in his cheek than when he

:46:43. > :46:57.played James Bond. Is there time before we leave? For lesson number

:46:58. > :47:00.three? Absolutely... In the end, he gave up acting for charity work as a

:47:01. > :47:05.goodwill ambassador for Unicef. It earned him his knighthood, but he

:47:06. > :47:11.could still make headlines, like when his third marriage broke up.

:47:12. > :47:15.I think he is attempting re-entry, sir. But this is how we will

:47:16. > :47:18.remember Roger Moore. Suave, sophisticated, and not remotely

:47:19. > :47:25.Sirius. Let's speak to David Sillitoe, our

:47:26. > :47:35.arts corresponded. Andrew Lloyd Webber said "Farewell,

:47:36. > :47:42.dearest Roger". And also, "I loved the bones of

:47:43. > :47:47.him", from his niece. A lot of people grow up with him? He

:47:48. > :47:54.is my James Bond, it does not matter on your age. Aged 11 or 12, when you

:47:55. > :47:59.go to the cinema and you see James Bond, he is forever your James Bond.

:48:00. > :48:02.Remember, when he took the role on, you think of it as something that

:48:03. > :48:11.goes on and on forever. And is reinvented. You wonder, what comes

:48:12. > :48:15.after Sean Connery? What could you do with it? He brought something to

:48:16. > :48:22.the role, some wit and charm, some suave. Always the perfect English

:48:23. > :48:28.gentleman. You can pretty much say that he was a successful in the box

:48:29. > :48:33.office as Sean Connery. Considerably more so, the number of people who

:48:34. > :48:37.went to see those seven movies. He was 58 when he finally realised that

:48:38. > :48:43.he was a bit too old for this carry on. But he's thought of as slightly

:48:44. > :48:47.ridiculous. That is the joy of it. You can follow the plots and enjoy

:48:48. > :48:51.the action but throughout it there is that knowing wink, even when you

:48:52. > :48:57.are young and watching, there is enormous pleasure there. It is what

:48:58. > :49:00.he brought through The Persuaders, and if you've watched television

:49:01. > :49:06.over the last 50 years, the Uber watched a lot of Roger Moore,

:49:07. > :49:10.haven't you? And even after he gave up on the James Bond films, he

:49:11. > :49:15.appeared in other films. Some successful, others not. But his role

:49:16. > :49:22.in Unicef, he was in the public eye right until the end? Very much so.

:49:23. > :49:27.And I think he rather enjoyed the Unicef role more than he did the

:49:28. > :49:31.guns and action of pretending to be the great action hero. I don't think

:49:32. > :49:35.he is a man with any affection for guns and explosions at all. But more

:49:36. > :49:40.affection for the good he could do as a goodwill ambassador around the

:49:41. > :49:47.world. To meet him was to know that he had so much charm. He was a

:49:48. > :49:56.pleasure to. He radiated that goodwill on screen as well, both as

:49:57. > :50:00.a Unicef ambassador and as I -- as an actor. And he was

:50:01. > :50:05.self-deprecating? He would have a joke and usually at his expense?

:50:06. > :50:11.Yes, he got a seven year contract from MGM. He said that he had a

:50:12. > :50:24.three letter designation at the end of MBG, which he said was" no bloody

:50:25. > :50:27.good"! He always knew what he was good at -- MBG. He knew that he was

:50:28. > :50:34.good at projecting charm and character. He looks as though he has

:50:35. > :50:38.come from privilege, a posh background. Anything but. He was

:50:39. > :50:42.born in Stockwell, his father was a policeman. I love the story that his

:50:43. > :50:48.dad got him his first work on set, when a film director had been robbed

:50:49. > :50:55.and his dad was dealing with the man and said, my son is an aspiring

:50:56. > :51:00.actor, would you give him a chance? That was his first screen

:51:01. > :51:05.appearance. The war interrupted when he went to RADA. He had been an

:51:06. > :51:10.actor for a long time. Even before James Bond. When we look at James

:51:11. > :51:15.Bond, it is towards the end of his acting career. For many people, they

:51:16. > :51:22.will remember the Saint and the Persuaders, and will remember

:51:23. > :51:28.Maverick. It's a lot of film and TV history in all of this. A sad day,

:51:29. > :51:32.thank you very much, David Sillitoe. BBC News, let's get more on our main

:51:33. > :51:37.story, let's go back over to Ben in Manchester.

:51:38. > :51:44.Yes, this is a city trying to come to terms with the enormity of that

:51:45. > :51:49.atrocity last night where 22 people died and 59 were injured. Theresa

:51:50. > :51:52.May, the Prime Minister, was here this afternoon meeting the Chief

:51:53. > :51:55.Constable of Greater Manchester Police and talked about the

:51:56. > :52:02.cowardice of the attack are being met by the bravery of the emergency

:52:03. > :52:04.services and of the people of Manchester. Our correspondent Dan

:52:05. > :52:08.Johnson reports on a city trying to pull together.

:52:09. > :52:14.Manchester streets, busy with shoppers. Some shocked, many sad,

:52:15. > :52:19.but also determined to show that this city is not afraid. They are

:52:20. > :52:24.proud to have the way that the people he responded. Absolutely

:52:25. > :52:29.defiant. There is nobody in this world that would be able to keep us

:52:30. > :52:33.away from the centre of Manchester. From its vibrancy and metropolitan

:52:34. > :52:40.feeling. It is fantastic. No amount of evil will ever dampen any good

:52:41. > :52:42.thought that there is about Manchester. Greater Manchester's new

:52:43. > :52:45.Mayor shared their pride and defiance.

:52:46. > :52:47.I want it thank the people of Manchester.

:52:48. > :52:49.Even if the minute after the attack, they opened their doors

:52:50. > :52:52.to strangers and drove them away from danger.

:52:53. > :52:54.They gave the best-possible, immediate response to

:52:55. > :52:57.And it'll be that spirit of Manchester

:52:58. > :53:10.that will prevail and hold us together.

:53:11. > :53:12.There were so many offers to donate blood,

:53:13. > :53:20.this morning they had to turn people away.

:53:21. > :53:22.Obviously, with the tragedy that has happened,

:53:23. > :53:25.if we can help in that way, that would be beneficial.

:53:26. > :53:27.So, it would be nice, you know, to do something to

:53:28. > :53:32.I really wanted to come down and see if I could help at all.

:53:33. > :53:34.An overwhelming response on social media.

:53:35. > :53:37.I thought I would come down and try to give

:53:38. > :53:42.Last night, an instinctive reaction from the city's

:53:43. > :53:51.cab drivers, not to run from danger but to help others find their

:53:52. > :53:55.just come down to see if

:53:56. > :53:57.anyone needed a lift home f they were stranded

:53:58. > :54:01.As a good citizen, it's the time where everyone needs to come

:54:02. > :54:05.Trying to come down to help the people get home, free of

:54:06. > :54:07.charge, without worry being paying to get home.

:54:08. > :54:08.This city has felt destruction before.

:54:09. > :54:10.An IRA bomb exploded at the Arndale shopping

:54:11. > :54:12.centre in 1996, injuring hundreds of people, just yards

:54:13. > :54:26.This post box was about the only thing that survived.

:54:27. > :54:29.The city centre has been rebuilt around it, but it is a

:54:30. > :54:32.reminder of the strength and resilience of the city and it is

:54:33. > :54:35.that same spirit that people are relying on here today.

:54:36. > :54:36.And this evening, people will come together

:54:37. > :54:39.in the city centre to show their support in a vigil.

:54:40. > :54:41.Tough, gritty resolve is a natural response here,

:54:42. > :54:54.Let's get the latest on the casualties who are being treated at

:54:55. > :54:58.eight hospitals in and around Manchester. Our health corresponded

:54:59. > :55:01.Dominic Hughes is at Stepping Hill Hospital, one of the hospitals

:55:02. > :55:08.treating those who are injured. What is the picture there? Then, you were

:55:09. > :55:12.talking about the scale of the attack last night. You can see that

:55:13. > :55:15.by the NHS response. A fleet of 60 ambulances responded to this

:55:16. > :55:21.emergency. Not just from the north-west of England but support

:55:22. > :55:27.from North Wales, the Midlands and Yorkshire, they have ferried the 59

:55:28. > :55:30.worst injured people to hospitals around Greater Manchester. Here at

:55:31. > :55:35.Stepping Hill Hospital they had nine major traumas are omitted. Three of

:55:36. > :55:39.those people were still being operated on this morning, early this

:55:40. > :55:44.morning. Some hours after the attack happened. Of those nine, one of

:55:45. > :55:50.those was a child. Three people were still being operated on, obviously

:55:51. > :55:54.in a very serious condition. We also know there were many people who

:55:55. > :55:58.arrived at A having managed to drive back from the centre of

:55:59. > :56:01.Manchester to Stockport in the south-east of Manchester. They

:56:02. > :56:05.arrived at A to be treated for minor cuts and bruises. As a result

:56:06. > :56:10.many staff came in when they heard what had happened, in the middle of

:56:11. > :56:17.the night, to help out in A and operating theatres. So many staff

:56:18. > :56:21.turned up that they had to turn some way, they know that the coming days

:56:22. > :56:26.will be busy. We heard in Dan's report that the blood banks are full

:56:27. > :56:29.but they say that if people could think carefully before going to

:56:30. > :56:35.accident and emergency, that would help.

:56:36. > :56:39.Dominic, thank you very much. Dominic Hughes reporting there. The

:56:40. > :56:43.Manchester Arena behind me is the biggest concert venue around

:56:44. > :56:48.Manchester with a capacity for 20 1000. Performing last night, the

:56:49. > :56:58.singer Ariana Grande. She has tweeted after the attack here that

:56:59. > :57:01.she was broken, from the bottom of her heart. Take That have announced

:57:02. > :57:06.they are postponing their plan show tonight in Liverpool. Colin

:57:07. > :57:17.Paterson, of entertainment corresponded, reports.

:57:18. > :57:19.It was a situation with which any parent could identify.

:57:20. > :57:21.Dropping your children off at an event they've been looking

:57:22. > :57:24.forward to for months and coming back to pick them up

:57:25. > :57:28.They'd come to see Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour but ended up

:57:29. > :57:32.Members of an audience which became the target of a terrorist attack.

:57:33. > :57:35.The singer made her name as a children's TV star

:57:36. > :57:38.and still attracts a very young, predominantly female fan base.

:57:39. > :57:41.Many in the crowd pre-teens, some as young as seven or eight.

:57:42. > :57:47.Entertainment stars expressed their horror at the night's event.

:57:48. > :57:50.It shocks me every time we hear this sort of news,

:57:51. > :57:54.that attacks like this can happen, but especially when there

:57:55. > :57:58.will be so many children at this concert tonight.

:57:59. > :58:01.We'll all go to bed holding our little ones even

:58:02. > :58:08.Last year, Time Magazine named Ariana Grande as one of the 100 most

:58:09. > :58:13.influential people on the planet, highlighting her 150 million social

:58:14. > :58:16.media followers and the role it plays in attracting her young fans.

:58:17. > :58:21.It was with a tweet she communicated after the attack,

:58:22. > :58:26.From the bottom of my heart, I am so, so, sorry,

:58:27. > :58:32.Now the world of music is using the same platform

:58:33. > :58:34.to voice their support, both for her and the

:58:35. > :58:39.Taylor Swift says she is offering her thoughts and prayers and tears

:58:40. > :58:42.for all those affected by the Manchester tragedy.

:58:43. > :58:44.Harry Styles described himself as "heart broken"

:58:45. > :58:51.A sentiment shared by Katy Perry who says she is broken hearted

:58:52. > :58:57.for the families and broken hearted for Ariana Grande.

:58:58. > :58:59.And those stars can picture exactly where the attack took place

:59:00. > :59:02.because the Manchester Arena is the second-largest indoor

:59:03. > :59:05.music venue in Europe, and their world tours

:59:06. > :59:13.Tomorrow night Take That were due to play the first of three

:59:14. > :59:20.Harvey Goldsmith, the promoter behind Live Aid says last night's

:59:21. > :59:25.attack has huge implications for the live music market.

:59:26. > :59:29.The most vulnerable point is on the exit and, therefore,

:59:30. > :59:31.I presume all the arenas and promoters together will review

:59:32. > :59:36.how to deal with people leaving concerts but if it's outside

:59:37. > :59:38.the concert area, the arena itself, where the concert takes place,

:59:39. > :59:42.if it is on the way out, it is very difficult to do much more

:59:43. > :59:48.It is believed that Ariana Grande will cancel the remaining

:59:49. > :59:51.European dates of her tour, which was scheduled

:59:52. > :59:57.The former child star is now having to deal with the most

:59:58. > :00:17.This is BBC News, I'm Ben Brown reporting live from Manchester.

:00:18. > :00:20.Where 22 people are now known to have died after a man detonated a

:00:21. > :00:28.suicide bomb here at the Manchester Arena. Police say the man set off a

:00:29. > :00:35.home-made bomb in the foyer a of the building, as the concert there was

:00:36. > :00:40.ending. The youngest victim was only eight years old. Saffie Roussos, who

:00:41. > :00:44.came from Lancashire. 18-year-old college student Georgina Callander

:00:45. > :00:49.also died. Scores of others were injured, and others are still

:00:50. > :00:54.missing. This is my daughter, Olivia. I haven't seen her since 5pm

:00:55. > :00:59.last night. She was at the Ariana Grande concert with her friend. I'm

:01:00. > :01:08.worried sick. If anyone has seen her, please contact police. The

:01:09. > :01:12.Prime Minister is in Manchester today meeting local authorities.

:01:13. > :01:18.Earlier she condemned what she calls a callous attack. The people of

:01:19. > :01:24.Manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist

:01:25. > :01:31.attacks, an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our

:01:32. > :01:34.society. Police say they know the identity of the suicide bomber and

:01:35. > :01:42.armed police have arrested a 23-year-old man in South Manchester.

:01:43. > :01:45.This is being the most horrific incident we have ever faced in

:01:46. > :01:52.greater Manchester and one we all hoped we would never see. We will

:01:53. > :01:57.bring you all the latest developments from here in

:01:58. > :02:01.Manchester. In other news, the actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for

:02:02. > :02:14.playing James Bond has died at the age of 89. My name's bond. James

:02:15. > :02:33.Bond. He received a knighthood for his humanitarian work with Unicef.

:02:34. > :02:36.Good afternoon from Manchester, which has experienced the UK's worst

:02:37. > :02:41.terrorist attack since the July 7th attacks in London in 2005.

:02:42. > :02:55.We are outside the Manchester Arena, where thousands of young

:02:56. > :03:01.concertgoers were last night when a man detonated a suicide bomb shortly

:03:02. > :03:06.after 10:30pm, yesterday evening. Let's take a look at exactly what we

:03:07. > :03:12.know, piecing together what the police have told us. The police say

:03:13. > :03:17.they were called at 10:33pm to Manchester Arena. The Prime Minister

:03:18. > :03:23.has called this an attack of appalling and sickening cowardice.

:03:24. > :03:27.The arena was full because people were streaming out of the doors at

:03:28. > :03:41.the end of the concert by the American singer and -- Ariana

:03:42. > :03:45.Grande. Surrounding streets had been sealed off and nearby Victoria

:03:46. > :03:50.Railway Station has been close. Richard Galpin reports and I must

:03:51. > :03:55.warn you that the report contains some distressing images. We will

:03:56. > :04:00.bring that to you in a moment, actually, but let me just tell you

:04:01. > :04:04.that Theresa May, we gather, is about to speak because she has come

:04:05. > :04:11.to Manchester to meet the Chief Constable, and other senior

:04:12. > :04:18.commanders and air of greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and other

:04:19. > :04:22.civic leaders as Manchester tries to come to terms with this appalling

:04:23. > :04:28.tragedy in which 22 people have lost their lives. We know that to them

:04:29. > :04:33.were aged just eight years old and 18 years old, and that many of those

:04:34. > :04:38.at that concert last night we young people, some of them at primary

:04:39. > :04:43.school. Some at secondary school. Others were students. The Prime

:04:44. > :04:46.Minister is here after chairing a meeting of Cobra, the Government

:04:47. > :04:52.emergency committee in London, first thing this morning, where she

:04:53. > :04:55.conferred with MI5 and senior police leaders in London with the

:04:56. > :05:00.intelligence picture surrounding this attack and there will be

:05:01. > :05:05.another meeting later on. I think we can now hear from her, Theresa May,

:05:06. > :05:10.after the suspension of election campaigning. She is in Manchester

:05:11. > :05:14.after meeting the Chief Constable. This is a terrible day, Prime

:05:15. > :05:18.Minister. Are you confident everything is being done to make

:05:19. > :05:25.sure that no one other than the bomber himself -- anyone, with the

:05:26. > :05:33.exception of the bomber himself that was involved in this will be caught?

:05:34. > :05:36.This was an attack on young people and children, it is callous and our

:05:37. > :05:42.thoughts and prayers must be with the families of all those affected

:05:43. > :05:47.by this terrible attack. I have been here today with the Greater

:05:48. > :05:51.Manchester Police, talking to them about the investigation that is

:05:52. > :05:55.continuing. Security services are working on whether there was a wider

:05:56. > :06:03.group of people involved in this particular incident. We have had the

:06:04. > :06:08.name of the young person that died, the youngest, an eight-year-old girl

:06:09. > :06:15.from Lancashire. It's horrendous? It's an absolutely barbaric attacks

:06:16. > :06:22.to cut off young lives in this way and it is absolutely devastating,

:06:23. > :06:25.our thoughts and prayers must be with their families and friends

:06:26. > :06:31.regarding this horrendous tragedy that has taken place. The police and

:06:32. > :06:34.security services must have the resources they need to continue this

:06:35. > :06:39.investigation and I would like to thank the police and those involved

:06:40. > :06:43.in the emergency services for the amazing way they responded to this

:06:44. > :06:48.terrible incident. I have been hearing of police officers, off

:06:49. > :06:53.duty, turning up to make sure they could contribute and help. So many

:06:54. > :06:57.people have helped. It's the spirit of Manchester, of Britain and one

:06:58. > :07:03.thing I am sure of is that terrorists will not prevail. There

:07:04. > :07:08.are other concerts and music festivals who will start to worry

:07:09. > :07:15.about children and young people, will they be safe this summer? What

:07:16. > :07:19.can you do to ensure this? The police and others will be looking at

:07:20. > :07:28.the security of venues to make sure that people can continue to enjoy

:07:29. > :07:31.some events, feeling secure. What is clear is that we are ensuring the

:07:32. > :07:39.resources are available for the police in order to do the job they

:07:40. > :07:42.need to do. This was a horrendous attack, absolutely horrific.

:07:43. > :07:47.Barbaric in its nature, but what I want to be clear about is that we

:07:48. > :07:55.will not let terrorists win. Our values will prevail. That is the

:07:56. > :07:59.Prime Minister, here in Manchester this afternoon, saying that

:08:00. > :08:05.terrorism will not prevail, you just heard her say. Our values will

:08:06. > :08:12.prevail, is what she said. Let us tell you what we know. Richard

:08:13. > :08:20.Galpin's report may have distressing images.

:08:21. > :08:25.What had been a night of joy and elation for

:08:26. > :08:33.Everyone's heard what they think is a bomb going off.

:08:34. > :08:36.And the only thing now is to get out of this arena,

:08:37. > :08:48.Then everyone started running towards us, screaming and crying.

:08:49. > :08:50.Everyone just trampling over us to get out.

:08:51. > :08:56.I saw parents with kids running out with blood all over them.

:08:57. > :08:59.I picked this lady up who said she was looking for her grandkids,

:09:00. > :09:02.who couldn't find her grandkids, she picked up a young girl

:09:03. > :09:05.on the floor who was covered in blood with parents laying

:09:06. > :09:09.There's glass and nuts, metal nuts, that have been

:09:10. > :09:19.I can't think of anything else that's got nuts that

:09:20. > :09:31.Traumatised and uncertain what to do, many of the youngsters

:09:32. > :09:38.Some searching for their parents, who'd been waiting to pick them up

:09:39. > :09:42.Others looking for relatives and friends who've gone missing

:09:43. > :09:45.and today some families are still trying to find

:09:46. > :09:47.their children having heard nothing from them

:09:48. > :09:55.Children are amongst the many casualties.

:09:56. > :09:57.All the major hospitals in Manchester being used last night

:09:58. > :10:06.And this morning, the police confirmed it was a terrorist attack

:10:07. > :10:13.This has been the most horrific incident we have ever faced

:10:14. > :10:16.here in Greater Manchester and one that we all hoped

:10:17. > :10:21.Families and many young people were out to enjoy a concert

:10:22. > :10:25.at the Manchester Arena and have very sadly lost their lives

:10:26. > :10:28.and we believe at this stage the attack last night was conducted

:10:29. > :10:34.The priority is to establish whether he was acting alone

:10:35. > :10:40.The attacker, I can confirm, died at the arena.

:10:41. > :10:48.We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive

:10:49. > :10:50.device which he detonated, causing this atrocity.

:10:51. > :10:52.In Downing Street, flags are flying at half-mast in the aftermath

:10:53. > :10:55.of the worst terrorist attack in Britain since the suicide

:10:56. > :11:01.bombings on London transport 12 years ago.

:11:02. > :11:04.All acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people,

:11:05. > :11:07.but this attack stands out for its appalling,

:11:08. > :11:12.sickening cowardice, deliberately targeting innocent,

:11:13. > :11:15.defenceless children and young people who should have been enjoying

:11:16. > :11:21.one of the most memorable nights of their lives.

:11:22. > :11:24.Let us remember those who died and let us celebrate those

:11:25. > :11:30.who helped, safe in the knowledge that the terrorists will never

:11:31. > :11:33.win and our values, our country and our way of life

:11:34. > :11:44.The horror of what happened at the arena last night led to many

:11:45. > :11:47.Taxi drivers providing free lifts for those

:11:48. > :11:55.Others offering rooms for anyone needing somewhere to sleep.

:11:56. > :11:58.As for who was responsible for this attack, the police believe they do

:11:59. > :12:04.know the person's identity and already a 23-year-old

:12:05. > :12:09.man has been arrested in connection with the bombing.

:12:10. > :12:15.Also this morning, the first victim has been named.

:12:16. > :12:17.She is 18-year-old Georgina Callander, on the left,

:12:18. > :12:19.posing with the singer Ariana Grande who was performing at

:12:20. > :12:29.And Saffie Roussos, who was just eight years old.

:12:30. > :12:31.The children at the concert would never have imagined

:12:32. > :12:34.they would end up like this, having to escape a terrorist

:12:35. > :12:36.attack, but it is clear they were deliberately targeted

:12:37. > :12:38.and that has provoked shock and revulsion in this country

:12:39. > :13:01.Terrifying accounts of what went on last night. People separated from

:13:02. > :13:06.their loved ones, not knowing where they were. People talking about the

:13:07. > :13:13.explosion, saying nuts and bolts flying through the air, and seeing

:13:14. > :13:15.casualties as well. Danny Savage has a report and you may find some parts

:13:16. > :13:17.distressing. I have not seen her

:13:18. > :13:21.since 5.00 last night. She was at the Ariana Grande

:13:22. > :13:23.concert with her friend. If anybody has seen her,

:13:24. > :13:32.contact the police, Contact somebody, let her know that

:13:33. > :13:39.you've seen her. Even if you think you have seen her,

:13:40. > :13:42.just let the police know, please. Charlotte Campbell hasn't heard

:13:43. > :13:45.from her daughter, Olivia, Her family has been out searching

:13:46. > :13:49.for the teenager for hours. I need my daughter home.

:13:50. > :13:52.I need to know where she is. On the wards of numerous

:13:53. > :13:54.hospitals across Manchester, the casualties have been treated

:13:55. > :13:56.and the bereaved We thought it was a balloon

:13:57. > :14:17.that had popped. Because we were so close to the

:14:18. > :14:20.front, we didn't think it was an explosion.

:14:21. > :14:23.The minute we heard the bells, we ran up to our hotel.

:14:24. > :14:25.Outside city centre hotels, survivors recounted the horror

:14:26. > :14:29.Towards the last song, she let a load of helium

:14:30. > :14:33.We thought - I mean, we looked at each other

:14:34. > :14:36.and we were like, no, no, it can't be something that

:14:37. > :14:39.you see on the news, that doesn't happen to people like us.

:14:40. > :14:43.Everyone calmed around us and all of a sudden,

:14:44. > :14:47.everyone started screaming and running in every direction.

:14:48. > :14:55.There was one girl there, she tumbled over the seats.

:14:56. > :15:04.On social media, numerous appeals soon appeared

:15:05. > :15:07.Deborah Hutchinson from Newcastle wrote, "My daughter, Courtney Boyle,

:15:08. > :15:13.and partner Philip have gone missing in an attack in Manchester.

:15:14. > :15:17.Please share and help find them, I need them home safe."

:15:18. > :15:20.People who were there tried to offer help online, too.

:15:21. > :15:28.People who need help, who have nowhere to sleep,

:15:29. > :15:32.Trying to get awareness out for people willing to help.

:15:33. > :15:34.A picture of chaos and panic emerged.

:15:35. > :15:39.I heard an explosion, I was like, we need to run,

:15:40. > :15:44.so we started running all the way down to the doors to the exit.

:15:45. > :15:49.All I heard was people screaming and crying and running everywhere.

:15:50. > :15:53.It is hard to imagine a softer target for this attack.

:15:54. > :15:56.So many of the teenagers and children who were there last

:15:57. > :15:59.night were given tickets as a Christmas or birthday present.

:16:00. > :16:02.Thousands of teenagers and young people have gone to school this

:16:03. > :16:05.morning knowing of a friend or a friend of a friend

:16:06. > :16:08.who was at the concert last night and now numerous families are having

:16:09. > :16:10.to arrange the funeral of a son or daughter,

:16:11. > :16:13.who went out yesterday evening, so excited ahead of that concert.

:16:14. > :16:35.We are hearing from Scotland Yard that there is a plan to put more

:16:36. > :16:45.armed police officers on at Wembley for this cup final with Chelsea at

:16:46. > :16:50.the weekend. Lets talk to Dominic grieve who is the chair of the

:16:51. > :16:55.Commons intelligence committee. He joins us on the line. What are your

:16:56. > :17:04.thoughts about this horrendous attack here in Manchester? It's an

:17:05. > :17:08.act of appalling evil and I have no doubt that the police and security

:17:09. > :17:13.services will do everything they can to try and understand how it came

:17:14. > :17:18.about and whether there are any accomplices that need to be brought

:17:19. > :17:23.to justice, or stopped. The reality is that our security services are

:17:24. > :17:31.very good at stopping plots. We have seen this happen consistently over

:17:32. > :17:37.the last few years, but I have been conscious that the risks have been

:17:38. > :17:44.great and 100% security is impossible to give, even if we were

:17:45. > :17:48.to abandon our freedoms and live in a security- dominated society, we

:17:49. > :17:52.would still not be able to stop this and I am afraid we need to maintain

:17:53. > :17:57.our values and show that terrorism cannot succeed, and three days

:17:58. > :18:07.values, we will bring this to an end. This was Manchester Arena, the

:18:08. > :18:11.softest of soft targets. Young people, children are primary school

:18:12. > :18:24.among the audience and now the victims of this attack. The target

:18:25. > :18:27.was specifically chosen, I suspect, to be a particularly horrible act

:18:28. > :18:33.because this is what these terrorists appear to specialise in.

:18:34. > :18:38.It's what they want to do. I couldn't possibly comment on the

:18:39. > :18:45.security at the arena. It is far too early to say. You can provide

:18:46. > :18:47.security within an area, but in its immediate passivity, that may be

:18:48. > :18:53.more difficult. There are always lessons we can learn and these

:18:54. > :19:00.incidents, and the security services and the police do just that. But

:19:01. > :19:05.it's equally right to say that you can't provide that everything. If

:19:06. > :19:09.there are individuals within society who wish to perpetrate murderous

:19:10. > :19:17.acts and you don't have intelligence on beforehand it is very difficult

:19:18. > :19:21.to stop them from doing it. The key question the police is whether this

:19:22. > :19:29.suicide bomber was acting alone or with others, as part of the

:19:30. > :19:35.conspiracy? That's what I would expect them to do. We do not know

:19:36. > :19:38.because the identity of the individual hasn't been announced

:19:39. > :19:42.although police believe they know who the years. They will follow up

:19:43. > :19:49.the necessary leads to see if there is anything they knew about him,

:19:50. > :19:52.whether he was on the edges of some sort of extremist ideology, and

:19:53. > :19:59.seeing what they can do to follow that up and we will leave them to

:20:00. > :20:05.the task of doing that. Scotland Yard are putting more armed police

:20:06. > :20:18.on patrol at the cup final. Is that what has to happen now? Events need

:20:19. > :20:21.beef- up -- to beef - up security? The police must decide as an

:20:22. > :20:31.operational matter what the best thing is that them to do and to what

:20:32. > :20:36.extent more security is needed. They want to target that as much as

:20:37. > :20:44.possible, to places where there might be threat or risk. Seeing

:20:45. > :20:50.police on the streets needs to not be diminutive or the other tasks

:20:51. > :20:54.that they need to do. It is worth bearing in mind that over the last

:20:55. > :20:59.few years, there have been a large number of plots that have been

:21:00. > :21:04.stopped, the individuals prosecuted and imprisoned for trying to carry

:21:05. > :21:10.out forms a terrorist outrage. That has been a great success story where

:21:11. > :21:18.the United Kingdom has been in the lead. The work that is being done by

:21:19. > :21:21.the security services, MI5, other agencies and the police, they had

:21:22. > :21:27.been exemplary but unfortunately that does not abide us with 100%

:21:28. > :21:35.protection. Dominick, thank you very much for being with us. He is chair

:21:36. > :21:41.of the Commons security and intelligence committee. Let's go to

:21:42. > :21:45.the Royal Infirmary in Manchester, one of eight hospitals treating the

:21:46. > :21:51.59 people injured in last night's attack. What is happening there?

:21:52. > :21:56.Here at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, one of the major trauma

:21:57. > :22:03.centres for the region, there are nine people being treated. You also

:22:04. > :22:17.have Salford Royal, the Royal Manchester children's hospital.

:22:18. > :22:23.Royal Bolton, North Manchester hospital, many involved looking

:22:24. > :22:27.after those 59 patients injured as a result of last night's atrocity. A

:22:28. > :22:32.little earlier, we heard from people in charge of the health services

:22:33. > :22:38.here, in greater Manchester, the health and social care partnership,

:22:39. > :22:42.and he was speaking of if ever you wanted to see one NHS then last

:22:43. > :22:49.night and this morning, this was a true example of it. The worst of

:22:50. > :22:55.times, but bringing out the best in the people of Manchester who rallied

:22:56. > :22:58.to help. Whether that is members of the public offering to donate blood,

:22:59. > :23:05.ambulance staff volunteering to come in and help, the Ambulance Service

:23:06. > :23:11.in particular, 300 people involved in the north-west Ambulance Service,

:23:12. > :23:17.some on the rotor but many volunteers, coming in even though

:23:18. > :23:21.they were not due to be on shift. Huge response from the medical teams

:23:22. > :23:27.here. Let's talk to Hugh Pym our political editor. What are you

:23:28. > :23:43.hearing about the medical response? We learned from the comments made by

:23:44. > :23:49.the greater Manchester health care chief that the response was as good

:23:50. > :23:54.as it could've been. The plan envisaged a scenario like this and

:23:55. > :23:58.that enabled them to direct paramedics and ambulances very

:23:59. > :24:03.quickly and taken to the eight hospitals, including a major trauma

:24:04. > :24:08.centres. Manchester Royal and Salford Royal. It had gone off in a

:24:09. > :24:12.way that they were proud of. We talk of one NHS, this squad operation

:24:13. > :24:19.between the ambulance staff on the front line and then each hospital

:24:20. > :24:22.having its own major incident plan, bringing in clinicians overnight,

:24:23. > :24:29.doctors, nurses, coming in to ensure that the right staff are in the

:24:30. > :24:35.right places. Some of the 59, some of them are intensive care and will

:24:36. > :24:44.be in hospital for quite awhile, some severely injured. Tell us more

:24:45. > :24:52.about the level of preparedness hospitals have four major incidents?

:24:53. > :25:05.Hearing about the incident at 1046, several hospitals declared a major

:25:06. > :25:09.incident so that trauma network but in their major response and the

:25:10. > :25:13.Ambulance Services came in from the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the

:25:14. > :25:19.East Midlands. 60 paramedic vehicles were involved which was a very quick

:25:20. > :25:24.regional response, and then each hospital has its own plan which has

:25:25. > :25:29.got off pretty effectively and we have heard about staff coming in

:25:30. > :25:32.off- shift. We've heard about the public queueing up at blood donor

:25:33. > :25:38.centres, including the one over the road here to the point where the

:25:39. > :25:44.services have said they have not enough blood. It's been an

:25:45. > :25:56.extraordinary response. -- that they have enough blood.

:25:57. > :26:03.The services are extremely thankful to those who have donated blood last

:26:04. > :26:10.night, over night and this morning but they now have enough to meet

:26:11. > :26:25.their needs. They would ask people with on negative blood to continue

:26:26. > :26:29.to donate. -- o negative. Let's go to Vicki Young in Downing Street.

:26:30. > :26:33.The Prime Minister in Manchester having chaired that meeting. The

:26:34. > :26:38.Government emergency committee. She says there's going to be another

:26:39. > :26:45.Cobra meeting later as well. Dealing with the practicalities of this, we

:26:46. > :26:49.note that as soon as news broke, she was kept informed throughout the

:26:50. > :26:53.night about what was going on and then this morning, chairing the

:26:54. > :26:58.meeting gave a chance for Government officials and Cabinet ministers,

:26:59. > :27:06.senior police officers and people from the security services to meet,

:27:07. > :27:10.and the Mayor of Manchester also joining by a video link. It allowed

:27:11. > :27:14.them to get in the room to talk about what was going on, how the

:27:15. > :27:18.emergency services are responding, the level of threat, all these

:27:19. > :27:24.things brought together and shared by the Prime Minister. Of course, in

:27:25. > :27:29.that role as Prime Minister, it's not just the practicalities. She

:27:30. > :27:32.came out here and really tried to encapsulate how the nation is

:27:33. > :27:40.feeling. The horror that people are feeling. Talking about how all

:27:41. > :27:47.terrorist attacks are of course cowardly, but she says this was of

:27:48. > :27:50.particular concern because it seemed to specifically target a venue where

:27:51. > :27:59.they knew there would be young people, children. As we have heard,

:28:00. > :28:07.that one of those who died was of primary school age. She is saying to

:28:08. > :28:12.people not to dwell on the scenes of carnage but try to look at the Hope,

:28:13. > :28:16.the positive side, take away from it that there were people who didn't

:28:17. > :28:22.run away. They ran towards danger to try and help people. At a time when

:28:23. > :28:27.people are despairing, because she isn't the first British prime

:28:28. > :28:30.ministers to stand here and talk about how to respond to this

:28:31. > :28:39.terrorist attack, she is saying to people to have hope as well. Thank

:28:40. > :28:44.you. We now go to King's College, London. We speak to the profession

:28:45. > :28:49.of national security studies. What are your thoughts, and what in

:28:50. > :28:54.particular whether the intelligence agencies and police tried to do to

:28:55. > :29:04.work out whether this was a lone wolf with a suicide bomb or part of

:29:05. > :29:10.a wider conspiracy? It is unlikely that this individual is entirely

:29:11. > :29:13.self-supporting. The production and delivery of a suicide bomb is a

:29:14. > :29:26.complicated thing and this suggests there is something at the more

:29:27. > :29:40.the intelligence services will look at it this is to be part of a wave

:29:41. > :29:43.of suicide bombings, but fundamentally the challenge at the

:29:44. > :29:49.moment is for the Prime Minister and the closest team around her to

:29:50. > :29:51.strike that balance between appropriately shocked and

:29:52. > :29:58.communicating how the public feels versus the needs to emphasise how

:29:59. > :30:06.normal life can continue and that is a difficult message to pass on

:30:07. > :30:11.today. The intelligence services, we know, for the last few years, have

:30:12. > :30:15.quite often foiled several plots a year. We have now had the

:30:16. > :30:24.Westminster attacks and now this, the most deadly attack on British

:30:25. > :30:26.soil since the July seven attacks in 2005 and it is so difficult to stop

:30:27. > :30:36.all the plots, all of the time. The success of the police is

:30:37. > :30:41.something the country should be proud of it. It is unprecedented how

:30:42. > :30:44.many plots have been disrupted or just haven't occurred because it is

:30:45. > :30:48.so difficult to operate in the UK, but that doesn't mean that we can

:30:49. > :30:54.achieve total security. I do think it is very worrying that we have had

:30:55. > :30:59.our second major suicide attack. It is debatable whether certain other

:31:00. > :31:02.attacks were suicide in nature such as the attack on Westminster. This

:31:03. > :31:07.was a suicide attack and it must be of great concern. That said, most

:31:08. > :31:11.terrorist plots are disrupted by intelligence, not by physical

:31:12. > :31:14.security and we're constantly achieving success in the fight

:31:15. > :31:18.against terrorists. It is important to remember that contrary to this

:31:19. > :31:22.view I hear said which is the terrorists only have to be lucky

:31:23. > :31:27.once. That's not correct. They have to be lucky every day not to be

:31:28. > :31:31.caught by a sophisticated security apparatus that we have in this

:31:32. > :31:33.country. Professor, thank you very much

:31:34. > :31:35.indeed. We can now speak to Steve Rotheram -

:31:36. > :31:38.the newly elected Metro Mayor His daughters were at

:31:39. > :31:50.the concert but are safe. Yes, both my girls aged 19 and 20 #2

:31:51. > :31:53.1 got it as a Chris has present as so many people did and went to

:31:54. > :32:02.Manchester last night to watch a concert and were very excited about

:32:03. > :32:06.it. Tell us what was their experience when they were there.

:32:07. > :32:13.They got out, but did they see or hear the explosion? Yes, they were

:32:14. > :32:19.already making their way towards the exit when a large bang, an explosion

:32:20. > :32:23.took place to their left and that caused panic and pandemonium in the

:32:24. > :32:27.arena with people climbing over chairs to see if they could get

:32:28. > :32:31.quickly to the exits and people were jostling of course as you'd expect,

:32:32. > :32:37.but it was quite frightening for them. When they got to the concourse

:32:38. > :32:40.area they saw people with blood dripping from wounds. The whole

:32:41. > :32:43.thing was a really frightening experience for them, but they were

:32:44. > :32:49.lucky because they came home last night or in the early hours of this

:32:50. > :32:55.morning anyway. And like any father of a child who was there and

:32:56. > :33:02.survived, you must just feel so much relief today? Unbelievable. The

:33:03. > :33:08.phone call I got from my wife to say don't panic, but was some of the

:33:09. > :33:11.longest seconds of my life and the but was, the girls are safe, but

:33:12. > :33:17.there has been a major incident in Manchester. All we were praying for,

:33:18. > :33:21.if you like, is to get the girls home safely and that took several

:33:22. > :33:26.hours and they were very, very long hours, but we're so lucky and so

:33:27. > :33:35.fortunate, some parents last night didn't get their children back and

:33:36. > :33:39.will never get them back. We're going to show pictures

:33:40. > :33:45.actually of the Prime Minister arriving now at the Manchester Royal

:33:46. > :33:52.Infirmary where some of the injured being treated today. Eight hospitals

:33:53. > :33:56.altogether in and around Manchester where the casualties, the 59 injured

:33:57. > :34:02.are being treated and Theresa May has been meeting the Chief Constable

:34:03. > :34:05.of Greater Manchester and other police commanders now at the

:34:06. > :34:14.hospital. One of the hospitals where the injured are being treated. Steve

:34:15. > :34:17.Rotherham can I ask you one more question - what are your thoughts

:34:18. > :34:21.about a terrorist attack not only on a soft target like this, but a soft

:34:22. > :34:26.target where the attacker must have known that in the audience were very

:34:27. > :34:31.young children as we have seen some of them just primary school age?

:34:32. > :34:40.Just as a human being, never mind as a father, it's just difficult to get

:34:41. > :34:44.your mind around what went through somebody's psyche, somebody's

:34:45. > :34:50.mentality to not just target people to kill, to murder, to slay, but

:34:51. > :34:56.specifically to young people and at a time when they knew that those

:34:57. > :34:59.people were leaving and they there would have been a large gathering of

:35:00. > :35:09.young people. Just on a human level I can't understand it, you'd need to

:35:10. > :35:15.speak to psychiatrists and criminal gists all I've got is anger and

:35:16. > :35:21.disdain and hatred for people who perpetrate such crimes. Of course,

:35:22. > :35:24.traditionally, there is a lot of rivalry between Manchester and

:35:25. > :35:29.Liverpool, certainly in footballing terms, but what is their sense of

:35:30. > :35:34.solidarity today between these two great cities of the north-west?

:35:35. > :35:37.Well, huge solidarity. Both myself and Andy Burnham have made public

:35:38. > :35:45.statements just a couple of weeks ago about bringing our two great

:35:46. > :35:49.cities together and of course, there is rivalry, that's existed for a

:35:50. > :35:53.long, long time, when you get beneath of the veneer of rivalry,

:35:54. > :35:58.there is a lot that we have that is similar in both city regions and

:35:59. > :36:01.today, I know it has been said, but we're all Mancunians, aren't we? And

:36:02. > :36:06.our hearts and prayers go out to the people of Manchester and of course,

:36:07. > :36:10.we'll stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them and we will offer them any

:36:11. > :36:19.support that we can possibly provide to that great city. Steve Rotherham,

:36:20. > :36:23.Metro Mayor of Liverpool, thank you very much indeed for being with us.

:36:24. > :36:28.Let me ask you one more question, do you think that there needs to be

:36:29. > :36:31.enhanced, beefed-up security, at venues like this at the Manchester

:36:32. > :36:35.Arena where there are concerts, there will be lots of young people

:36:36. > :36:38.going to all sorts of concerts and festivals this summer, football

:36:39. > :36:41.matches, like the FA Cup Final, we're hearing Scotland Yard are

:36:42. > :36:46.putting more armed police there, but does there need to be a re-think on

:36:47. > :36:50.security or you know is that in a sense respond to go what the

:36:51. > :36:55.terrorists have done? Of course, we all need to be

:36:56. > :37:00.vigilant and ever aware of circumstances around us. What we can

:37:01. > :37:04.do is very limited in all honesty. If you look at what happened in

:37:05. > :37:09.Westminster, that was a person with murderous intent in a car.

:37:10. > :37:16.Yesterday, it was somebody who blew themselves up so you can't plan for

:37:17. > :37:20.every eventuality. We've had our local Cobra meeting, Gold Command

:37:21. > :37:24.meeting today to ensure that we have all the resilience possible, but at

:37:25. > :37:28.the end of the day, no one can guarantee 100% security for every

:37:29. > :37:31.single person. It's all our responsibility and I just hope that

:37:32. > :37:36.the message is loud and clear that people need to be very aware of

:37:37. > :37:42.their circumstances following this absolutely devastating tragedy last

:37:43. > :37:46.night. Well, Steve Rotherham, thank you so

:37:47. > :37:48.much for being with us and so pleased that your children are safe.

:37:49. > :37:53.Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you.

:37:54. > :37:58.Some news just coming in to us and we are hearing that at 4pm, this

:37:59. > :38:03.afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, there will be a one minute's silence

:38:04. > :38:09.observed at the Queen's Garden Party. That's for victims of the

:38:10. > :38:14.attack here at Manchester Arena. So a one minute's silence at Buckingham

:38:15. > :38:19.Palace at 4 o'clock British time and in attendance will be the Queen and

:38:20. > :38:25.the Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall,

:38:26. > :38:30.The Duke of York and Princess Eugenie of York as well. A one

:38:31. > :38:33.minute silence for the victims in Manchester and the Royal Family will

:38:34. > :38:38.come out of Buckingham Palace and pause at the top of the stes to the

:38:39. > :38:42.garden. Well, that's the very latest from Manchester in the wake of this

:38:43. > :38:46.attack here that has left 22 people dead and 59 injured. Some of them

:38:47. > :38:47.with life threatening injuries. Simon, back to you.

:38:48. > :38:55.Ben, thank you very much. The former James Bond

:38:56. > :38:57.actor Roger Moore has Nick Higham takes a look

:38:58. > :39:01.back at his life. He hardly looked like a ruthless

:39:02. > :39:10.operator licensed to kill - but with a touch of self-parody,

:39:11. > :39:12.Bond films were always most fun when Roger Moore

:39:13. > :39:19.was playing the lead. He started out impossibly handsome,

:39:20. > :39:28.as a male model and bit part actor. His first brush with fame came

:39:29. > :39:36.when he married Dorothy Squires, a huge singing star on both

:39:37. > :39:45.sides of the Atlantic. His first big break came

:39:46. > :39:48.in the television series Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe made him

:39:49. > :39:49.a pin-up, a heart-throb. But, as an actor, he

:39:50. > :39:52.seemed a little wooden. It was in The Saint that he first

:39:53. > :40:09.developed the classic He went on to star in The Persuaders

:40:10. > :40:14.with Tony Curtis, mixing action I play most heroes tongue-in-cheek

:40:15. > :40:35.because I really don't Although I play it as

:40:36. > :40:38.if it is all a joke. His tongue was never

:40:39. > :40:41.more firmly in his cheek In the end, he gave up acting

:40:42. > :41:00.for charity work as a goodwill It earned him his knighthood,

:41:01. > :41:03.but he could still make headlines, like when his third

:41:04. > :41:13.marriage broke up. I think he is attempting

:41:14. > :41:18.re-entry, sir. But this is how we will

:41:19. > :41:20.remember Roger Moore. Suave, sophisticated,

:41:21. > :41:34.and not remotely serious. David Sillito explained why so many

:41:35. > :41:39.people regard him as their favourite Bond. You have got to remember when

:41:40. > :41:46.he took the role on, we all think of it as a thing that goes on and on

:41:47. > :41:49.forever and is reinvented. Many people were thinking what would come

:41:50. > :41:55.after Connery? People thought well, what could he do with it? He brought

:41:56. > :42:02.something to the role, a bit of wit, a bit of charm, swarve, always the

:42:03. > :42:08.perfect English gentleman. You can pretty much say he was as successful

:42:09. > :42:13.in the box office as Connery was and considerably more so, the number of

:42:14. > :42:17.people who went to see those seven movies, he was 58 when he realised

:42:18. > :42:21.I'm too old for this carry on, but he always thought it was ridiculous

:42:22. > :42:25.and that's the joy of it, isn't it in You watch him and you see that

:42:26. > :42:30.you can follow the plots, and you can enjoy the action, but throughout

:42:31. > :42:36.it all is the little knowing wink when you're watching, there is the

:42:37. > :42:40.pleasure there and it's what he brought to The Saint, if you watched

:42:41. > :42:44.television over the last 50 years, you have probably watched an awful

:42:45. > :42:49.lot of Roger Moore, haven't you? Even after he'd given up on the

:42:50. > :42:53.James Bond film, he appeared in other films, some successful, some

:42:54. > :43:00.not, but it was his role in Unicef too, he was in the public eye right

:43:01. > :43:06.up until the end? Very much so. He, I think, rather enjoyed the Unicef

:43:07. > :43:09.role more than he did the guns and action of pretending to be the great

:43:10. > :43:13.action hero. I don't think he was a man had had any affection for guns

:43:14. > :43:17.and explosions at all and had more affection for the good that he could

:43:18. > :43:23.do as a Goodwill Ambassador around the world. Well, to meet him was to

:43:24. > :43:30.know he had so much charm. He was a pleasure to chat to. And he sort of

:43:31. > :43:39.raid ated the goodwill on screen as well as a Unicef ambassador and as

:43:40. > :43:44.an actor. A self deprecating man. He usually had a joke and it was

:43:45. > :43:50.usually at his own expense? Yes. He got a seven year contract from MGM

:43:51. > :43:59.and he said that he had a three letter designation at the end of MBG

:44:00. > :44:02.which he said was no bloody good! His films weren't particularly

:44:03. > :44:08.successful and he always knew what he was good at, and what he was good

:44:09. > :44:13.at was projecting charm and that character that he developed and it

:44:14. > :44:17.looks as though he comes from privilege, anything but, he grew up

:44:18. > :44:21.in South London, and born in Stockwell, his dad was a policeman

:44:22. > :44:25.and one of the stories I loved was that his dad got him his first work

:44:26. > :44:30.on set when a film director was robbed and his dad was dealing with

:44:31. > :44:34.the man and said, "My son's an aspiring actor, do you want to give

:44:35. > :44:39.him a chance?" That was his first little screen appearance. Of course,

:44:40. > :44:46.the war disrupted his, when he went to RADA, so he had been an actor for

:44:47. > :44:50.a long, long time even before Bond. So, when we look at Bond it is

:44:51. > :44:59.towards the end of his acting career and for many people, they will

:45:00. > :45:10.remember The Saint and Maverick. It's a lot of file and TV history in

:45:11. > :45:13.all of this. Sir Roger Moore who has died at the

:45:14. > :45:17.age of 89. Let us cross back to my

:45:18. > :45:19.colleague Annita McVeigh who is at the Manchester Royal

:45:20. > :45:24.Infirmary. Simon, thank you very much. This

:45:25. > :45:29.hospital here and seven other hospitals, eight hospitals in total

:45:30. > :45:33.around Manchester treating 59 people injured as a result of last night's

:45:34. > :45:36.attack at the Manchester Arena. Some of those people, we're told with

:45:37. > :45:44.injuries, that will affect them throughout their lives. Some of them

:45:45. > :45:47.in intensive care. We've also heard in the short while from Greater

:45:48. > :45:53.Manchester Policed identity of a third victim of last night's attack.

:45:54. > :45:57.He was 26-year-old John Atkinson from Radcliffe in Bury. 26-year-old

:45:58. > :46:32.John Atkinson and his name is added to the names of eight-year-old

:46:33. > :46:40.Saffie Rose Roussos and Georgina Callande. We can cross now to Fiona

:46:41. > :46:43.Trott. Now that the cordon has been moved to the far end of Deansgate,

:46:44. > :46:48.we are closer to the Manchester Arena. You can really see how this

:46:49. > :46:55.part of the city is still really very much shot shutdown to the

:46:56. > :47:00.public. You really get a sense at this end of town how this huge

:47:01. > :47:05.interchange, this part of Manchester is still completely closed off.

:47:06. > :47:10.We're at the far end of Deansgate, people who know this part of city

:47:11. > :47:13.know that there are bars, restaurants and offices here. Today

:47:14. > :47:17.you can walk down to Deansgate without bumping into anybody and

:47:18. > :47:23.without worrying about crossing the road, people are speaking in hushed

:47:24. > :47:27.tones. At St Ann's Church a special service was held for people to go

:47:28. > :47:31.and pay their respects. It was held by the Bishop of Boltonment he told

:47:32. > :47:35.us that people today here in Manchester are angry. He said that

:47:36. > :47:42.they are anxious because while the service was being held, there was

:47:43. > :47:46.police activity at the Arndale, a nearby shopping centre, we don't

:47:47. > :47:49.believe that is linked to this on going investigation, but the Bishop

:47:50. > :47:54.of Bolton said, "We are a tolerant city, a peaceful city and we respect

:47:55. > :48:00.people whoever they maybe. " I want to introduce you to someone who is

:48:01. > :48:04.from Manchester Cathedral. It is closed today. Have you been speaking

:48:05. > :48:09.to people in the community? What are their thoughts and feelings? I think

:48:10. > :48:13.people, the people of Manchester are very, very upset at this really

:48:14. > :48:25.horrific event, tragic, awful thing to happen to our city. But at the

:48:26. > :48:28.same time, it's showing how wonderful the city is because people

:48:29. > :48:32.are getting together and they are gathering, they're supporting each

:48:33. > :48:37.other and in our diverse city where we have people from all over the

:48:38. > :48:41.world living here, all different races, gender, religious affiliation

:48:42. > :48:44.or non and people are just getting together and praying together,

:48:45. > :48:49.supporting each other, and it is showing the world how wonderful the

:48:50. > :48:54.people of Manchester is in how we can deal with such a horrible thing.

:48:55. > :48:58.You have a book there with you, is that a book of condolence? Yes. What

:48:59. > :49:03.are people saying? We have got a message here from somebody saying,

:49:04. > :49:07."May the The lord hold you gently in his loving arms. " We have a message

:49:08. > :49:11.from somebody from Liverpool saying, "I am from Liverpool and I really

:49:12. > :49:16.feel your pain, Manchester. Our thoughts and prayers are with the

:49:17. > :49:22.people affected. Lots of love to Manchester." You really get a sense

:49:23. > :49:25.of that coming together? Absolutely. Not just the north, but from all

:49:26. > :49:31.over the country and indeed from abroad. We have had people from

:49:32. > :49:37.Canada, from the US, from Australia, trying to contact the cathedral to

:49:38. > :49:42.pass on their messages of condolences, of sympathy, they are

:49:43. > :49:45.praying for us and it is in a way frustrating that we can't go into

:49:46. > :49:50.the building and open its doors to welcome people so that they can

:49:51. > :49:54.light candles and have some time of quiet, but we brought the cathedral

:49:55. > :49:57.into the street. We usually have a morning prayer and a service at

:49:58. > :50:01.1.10pm and a service in the evening and because we couldn't get in, we

:50:02. > :50:05.had the prayers in the street. And people gathered and they were all

:50:06. > :50:12.with us and you can just look around you and see that people from all

:50:13. > :50:15.over the place, you know, and whatever religious affiliation or

:50:16. > :50:20.non, they have come to pay their respects and to show solidarity with

:50:21. > :50:25.each other. As we can see the cathedral is within the cordon

:50:26. > :50:29.itself still. Absolutely. When do you get a sense of when it may

:50:30. > :50:34.re-open? We don't know. It could be a couple of days. It could be even

:50:35. > :50:38.more. We're so close. We're a stone's throw from the arena. We are

:50:39. > :50:42.really, really close and last night we had people working on our sound

:50:43. > :50:46.system and the police came to evacuate and they were taken aback

:50:47. > :50:50.and in shock. Well, for you and people in the community let's hope

:50:51. > :50:56.it can be opened very, very soon. Thank you for speaking to us this

:50:57. > :50:58.afternoon. So this part of Manchester City Centre, 17 hours on

:50:59. > :51:06.in this police investigation and still shut down to the public.

:51:07. > :51:10.Fiona, thank you very much. Fiona Trott at Manchester Arena a short

:51:11. > :51:18.way across the city from where we are at the Manchester Royal

:51:19. > :51:24.Infurplry. Joining me now is Philippa Grey, a special educational

:51:25. > :51:27.psychologist who provides bereavement support via Winston's

:51:28. > :51:34.Wish which is a charity for bereaved children in the UK. Thank you very

:51:35. > :51:38.much for talking to us on BBC News. The scale of this attack, the fact

:51:39. > :51:42.that children, as young as eight have died, the manner of this

:51:43. > :51:49.attack, how do you begin to talk through this and to try and explain

:51:50. > :51:55.this to other children? Well, I think children will have a lot of

:51:56. > :51:59.information through a range of social media about the event. They

:52:00. > :52:06.will been exposed to information from a range of different sources so

:52:07. > :52:12.I think the message is to give children clear information, give

:52:13. > :52:17.factual information, about the events that have actually happened

:52:18. > :52:22.as they have unfolded. I think it's really important to make all parents

:52:23. > :52:26.and all teachers will be making sure that children understand that this

:52:27. > :52:30.is an exceptional event and when exceptional events happen we react

:52:31. > :52:35.in ways that don't feel normal because this is an abnormal event

:52:36. > :52:38.that they are experiencing or they're witnessing, albeit

:52:39. > :52:41.witnessing through the media. So, being able to talk to children,

:52:42. > :52:45.being able to explain to them that they will be feeling worried, they

:52:46. > :52:49.will be feeling anxious, but it doesn't mean that every day life

:52:50. > :52:58.isn't going to go on. And that they will be with them to help keep them

:52:59. > :53:02.as safe as possible. I know that sounds trite but these are important

:53:03. > :53:09.messages to embed into children's every day lives. Would you recommend

:53:10. > :53:13.at all that where possible perhaps children don't look randomly at

:53:14. > :53:17.social media about this over the next few days? Would you advice

:53:18. > :53:20.parents to perhaps keep their children aafrom social media where

:53:21. > :53:29.they maybe seeing all manner of things about this attack?

:53:30. > :53:37.Absolutely. Absolutely. Where that is possible certainly that is very

:53:38. > :53:44.important particularly for pre-teens who maybe avid Ariana Grande fans,

:53:45. > :53:48.but are not old enough to filter and process what is and isn't true

:53:49. > :53:53.information for example about the event that's happened. So yes, I

:53:54. > :53:58.think parents being very proactive about managing what the information

:53:59. > :54:02.that their children see, what they're exposed to and that they are

:54:03. > :54:10.there to talk to them and help them make sense of what is and isn't true

:54:11. > :54:16.and what is and isn't realistic about what might or might not happen

:54:17. > :54:20.next. For parents to stress to children that this is an exceptional

:54:21. > :54:26.event, what advice would you give to parents and teachers? I think it's

:54:27. > :54:29.important to reassure children that this is an exceptional event and

:54:30. > :54:35.they every day children and their families go about enjoying all sorts

:54:36. > :54:40.of activities, safely and without these things happening, but when

:54:41. > :54:44.they do happen, we feel worried, we feel anxious, we may not sleep for a

:54:45. > :54:48.little while, we may want to be much closer to our families and all of

:54:49. > :54:52.those are normal and natural reaction to say an abnormal event.

:54:53. > :54:55.If parents are not sure about how to talk to their children or if they

:54:56. > :55:01.feel their children are really anxious, then we would urge that

:55:02. > :55:06.they look at the information and the guidance on the Winston's Wish

:55:07. > :55:16.website or please telephone our helpline where there is guidance and

:55:17. > :55:23.support available and that is 08808021020021.

:55:24. > :55:28.Philippa, thank you very much four your advice. Let's talk to someone

:55:29. > :55:33.who is also trying to communicate about what has happened with,

:55:34. > :55:38.communicate with children, Hayley who is a Newsround presenter. Thank

:55:39. > :55:42.you for chatting with me again. As Philippa was saying there, advice

:55:43. > :55:46.for parents and teachers to try to explain to children that this is an

:55:47. > :55:50.xetional event. What sort of advice are you giving to your young

:55:51. > :55:55.viewers? Yeah, that's right. We don't shy away from these stories on

:55:56. > :56:00.Newsround, we explain the facts, but we come about it from a reassuring

:56:01. > :56:04.way and a very truthful way and we don't show images that are upsetting

:56:05. > :56:08.or can cause fear in our audience. Usually when we cover stories like

:56:09. > :56:12.this, they are far away, but this is perhaps one of the first time our

:56:13. > :56:16.audience would have seen an attack that happened in this country on

:56:17. > :56:21.their doorstep and at a concert that's on their radar, so we do know

:56:22. > :56:24.that children are talking about, they are getting social media, they

:56:25. > :56:27.are talking about it in the playground and it's really important

:56:28. > :56:32.that we give them the facts, we're a trusted source that they can come

:56:33. > :56:38.to, but without scaring them. We have graph sized the story so they

:56:39. > :56:41.can look at the events that unfolded without seeing disturbing footages,

:56:42. > :56:45.there is animation and graphics which gives them distance to look at

:56:46. > :56:48.the story and we've interviewed children and we have been to a

:56:49. > :56:51.school and we have spoken to a boy who was there last night and seeing

:56:52. > :56:55.other children who were involved and children that are coping actually

:56:56. > :57:01.gives our audience the ability to cope themselves.

:57:02. > :57:04.Hayley, what other communications, what other messages have you had

:57:05. > :57:09.from children today about what happened here last night? We have

:57:10. > :57:13.had people contacting us and we have been to schools to speak to them as

:57:14. > :57:17.well. We spoke to a boy who was in the audience who although was

:57:18. > :57:21.overwhelmed by the panic and the chaos, was very reassured by all the

:57:22. > :57:28.help that he saw and the people that were coming to help others. We spoke

:57:29. > :57:32.to children this morning who are actually considering they're 10 and

:57:33. > :57:36.11 are strong and said things like, "A bomb won't stop me going to an

:57:37. > :57:40.Ariana Grande concert again. These people shouldn't get away with

:57:41. > :57:44.stopping our lives." Children's comments like that, where they're

:57:45. > :57:48.feeling positive, they're appreciative of the guide on

:57:49. > :57:52.Newsround. It stopped them listening to other rumours they were hearing

:57:53. > :57:55.in the playground, but all in all, we're hearing children are positive

:57:56. > :58:02.about the help and the wonderful things that are happening around

:58:03. > :58:11.this story. Hayley that's good to hear.

:58:12. > :58:13.So I'm here at Greater Manchester Infirmary, Royal Manchester

:58:14. > :58:21.Infirmary, one of eight hospitals around the area treating the 59

:58:22. > :58:24.wounded from last night's attack. We haven't had confirmation that the

:58:25. > :58:28.Children's Hospital which is just nearby to this location maybe having

:58:29. > :58:36.a visit from the Prime Minister, but for now, you'll hand you back to Ben

:58:37. > :58:40.Brown. Yes, we're in Manchester by the

:58:41. > :58:46.Manchester Arena. We're in Manchester by the Manchester Arena

:58:47. > :58:52.where 22 people died and 59 were injured. Now, at Buckingham Palace,

:58:53. > :58:56.there is going to be a minute's silence held at Buckingham Palace in

:58:57. > :58:59.attendance the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. The Prince of Wales, and

:59:00. > :00:46.the Duchess of Cornwall. So the Royal Family there, leading A

:00:47. > :00:54.minute's silent at Buckingham Palace.

:00:55. > :01:02.Coming out and pausing at the top of the steps to the garden and then we

:01:03. > :01:09.heard the drum roll, signalling the start of the one-minute silence in

:01:10. > :01:16.memory of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing. We've had

:01:17. > :01:21.a message from the Duke of Cambridge, who says "Like everyone,

:01:22. > :01:25.Catherine, Harry and I are left shocked and saddened by the tragedy

:01:26. > :01:32.that unfolded in Manchester overnight. " The Duke of Cambridge

:01:33. > :01:36.saying "Hundreds of parents, friends, children and partners are

:01:37. > :01:45.confronting unimaginable grief today and we send our thoughts to them

:01:46. > :01:49.all. We also send our our thanks to the people of Manchester, for their

:01:50. > :01:54.display of strength, decency and community, that is an example to the

:01:55. > :02:04.world. ." Words of sympathy and support there, from the Duke of

:02:05. > :02:11.Cambridge. The #r0i8 -- the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace,

:02:12. > :02:14.observing a minute's silence for the 22 people killed and 59 injured in

:02:15. > :02:20.Manchester. You are watching BBC News.

:02:21. > :02:29.Well, this is a city now, trying to come to terms with the horror of

:02:30. > :02:33.what happened here last night. In the Manchester Arena, just behind

:02:34. > :02:38.me, thousands of young people had gone to that concert by Ariana

:02:39. > :02:47.Grande, the 23-year-old American actress-turned singer and, just

:02:48. > :02:52.hoping it would be a fantastic night out but then, just after 10.30 last

:02:53. > :02:56.night, 10.33 was when the Greater Manchester Police got their first

:02:57. > :03:01.imagine call. At 10.30, the suicide bomber let off the device and it is

:03:02. > :03:05.a device, we gather, that not only caused a huge explosion, but also

:03:06. > :03:17.sent nuts and bolts flying through the air there. But also causing a

:03:18. > :03:22.good deal of panic. Many people running for their lives. People who

:03:23. > :03:26.were confused and separated from their loved ones, horrified by what

:03:27. > :03:30.was unfolding. The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has been here in

:03:31. > :03:33.Manchester this afternoon. She chaired a meeting of Cobra, the

:03:34. > :03:36.Government's emergencies' committee earlier on this morning and she will

:03:37. > :03:41.chair another Cobra meeting later on. But for the moment, she's here

:03:42. > :03:45.in Manchester. She's been meeting the Chief Constable of the Greater

:03:46. > :03:48.Manchester Police force, and also she's been visiting the Manchester

:03:49. > :03:52.Royal Infirmary, where some of those who are injured are being treated

:03:53. > :03:57.right now. One of eight hospitals where they are being are treated.

:03:58. > :04:01.This report now from Richard Galpin. You should say you may find some of

:04:02. > :04:06.the images in his report distressing.

:04:07. > :04:13.What had been a night of joy and elation for

:04:14. > :04:20.Everyone's heard what they think is a bomb going off.

:04:21. > :04:22.And the only thing now is to get out of this arena,

:04:23. > :04:33.Then everyone started running towards us, screaming and crying.

:04:34. > :04:38.Everyone just trampling over us to get out.

:04:39. > :04:43.I saw parents with kids running out with blood all over them.

:04:44. > :04:46.I picked this lady up who said she was looking for her grandkids,

:04:47. > :04:52.who couldn't find her grandkids, she picked up a young girl

:04:53. > :04:55.off the floor who was covered in blood with parents laying

:04:56. > :05:01.There's glass and nuts, metal nuts, that have been

:05:02. > :05:08.I can't think of anything else that's got nuts that

:05:09. > :05:20.Traumatised and uncertain what to do, many of the youngsters

:05:21. > :05:25.Some searching for their parents, who'd been waiting to pick them up

:05:26. > :05:33.Others looking for relatives and friends who've gone missing

:05:34. > :05:35.and today some families are still trying to find

:05:36. > :05:37.their children having heard nothing from them

:05:38. > :05:45.Children are amongst the many casualties.

:05:46. > :05:48.All the major hospitals in Manchester being used last night

:05:49. > :05:56.And this morning, the police confirmed it was a terrorist attack

:05:57. > :06:04.This has been the most horrific incident we have ever faced

:06:05. > :06:05.here in Greater Manchester and one that we all hoped

:06:06. > :06:11.Families and many young people were out to enjoy a concert

:06:12. > :06:14.at the Manchester Arena and have very sadly lost their lives

:06:15. > :06:17.and we believe at this stage the attack last night was conducted

:06:18. > :06:25.The priority is to establish whether he was acting alone

:06:26. > :06:30.The attacker, I can confirm, died at the arena.

:06:31. > :06:34.We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive

:06:35. > :06:39.device which he detonated, causing this atrocity.

:06:40. > :06:44.In Downing Street, flags are flying at half-mast in the aftermath

:06:45. > :06:48.of the worst terrorist attack in Britain since the suicide

:06:49. > :06:51.bombings on London transport 12 years ago.

:06:52. > :06:55.All acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people,

:06:56. > :06:58.but this attack stands out for its appalling,

:06:59. > :07:07.sickening cowardice, deliberately targeting innocent,

:07:08. > :07:09.defenceless children and young people who should have been enjoying

:07:10. > :07:12.one of the most memorable nights of their lives.

:07:13. > :07:15.Let us remember those who died and let us celebrate those

:07:16. > :07:19.who helped, safe in the knowledge that the terrorists will never

:07:20. > :07:21.win and our values, our country and our way of life

:07:22. > :07:31.The horror of what happened at the arena last night led to many

:07:32. > :07:37.Taxi drivers providing free lifts for those

:07:38. > :07:46.Others offering rooms for anyone needing somewhere to sleep.

:07:47. > :07:54.As for who was responsible for this attack, the police believe they do

:07:55. > :07:57.know the person's identity and already a 23-year-old

:07:58. > :08:18.man has been arrested in connection with the bombing.

:08:19. > :08:22.ON the left,is 18-year-old Georgina Callander

:08:23. > :08:25.And Saffie Roussos, who was just eight years old.

:08:26. > :08:27.The children at the concert would never have imagined

:08:28. > :08:30.they would end up like this, having to escape a terrorist

:08:31. > :08:32.attack, but it is clear they were deliberately targeted

:08:33. > :08:34.and that has provoked shock and revulsion in this country

:08:35. > :08:43.The 59 casualties who were injured in the attack here at the Manchester

:08:44. > :08:45.Arena have been taken to eight hospitals in and around Manchester

:08:46. > :08:50.where they have been treated now. Anita McVey is at one of them. The

:08:51. > :08:55.Manchester Royal Infirmary. Anita, what's the latest? Thank you, here

:08:56. > :08:58.at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, where nine of those injured in last

:08:59. > :09:04.night's attack are being treated. This is one of the area's major

:09:05. > :09:08.trauma centres, along with the trauma centre at Salford Royal where

:09:09. > :09:12.another six of the victims are being treated for their injuries. We heard

:09:13. > :09:16.a little earlier, in a news conference, that some people are

:09:17. > :09:23.requiring intensive care, that some people will be in hospital for what

:09:24. > :09:28.was described as "a long time." And that others will have life-changing

:09:29. > :09:32.injuries. But beyond that, no further detail or specific detail on

:09:33. > :09:36.how many of those injured are children and how many are adults. We

:09:37. > :09:40.do know that 12 children, children under the age of 16, are being

:09:41. > :09:44.treated at the royal Manchester Children's Hospital but we know of

:09:45. > :09:49.at least one other child in another hospital, so it is not possible at

:09:50. > :09:57.this stage to give a specific breakdown on those numbers. Now, we

:09:58. > :10:04.think that the Prime Minister - and you heard her speaking at the Cobra

:10:05. > :10:08.meeting this morning, talking about how the cowardice of the attacker

:10:09. > :10:14.was met by the bravery of the emergency services. We think that

:10:15. > :10:17.she may be at the hospital behind me or maybe the adjoining Children's

:10:18. > :10:21.Hospital. The press officers in the last few minutes saying she could

:10:22. > :10:25.neither confirm nor deny the Prime Minister's presence. We saw some

:10:26. > :10:29.police outriders earlier but it would make sense that Theresa May

:10:30. > :10:33.may want to very discreetly go and talk to hospital staff and thank

:10:34. > :10:44.them personally for the work they are doing here. Akneeia at that, of

:10:45. > :10:47.course, big hospitals like the royal Manchester infirmary, they -- aknow

:10:48. > :10:50.at that, they do train and practice for this kind of emergency, this

:10:51. > :10:55.incident? Absolutely they do. We have heard about that today.

:10:56. > :10:59.Certainly we've had representatives from the north-west Ambulance

:11:00. > :11:01.Service and also the chief officer of Greater Manchester health and

:11:02. > :11:06.social care partnership who came out to talk to the media here around

:11:07. > :11:11.lunch time, talking about the plans that they reverse, the physical

:11:12. > :11:16.rehearsals, the desktop exercises and so on that they go through to

:11:17. > :11:23.make them ready for a major incident like this, but we also heard that,

:11:24. > :11:28.not in the news conference, but in a tweet, that nothing can prepare them

:11:29. > :11:31.for the sorrow, the shock, the sadness, of dealing with the reality

:11:32. > :11:37.of something like this. So, I think what we saw in the news conference

:11:38. > :11:42.earlier was a very professional approach, of course, what you would

:11:43. > :11:47.expect, not wanting to go into too much detail because of the nature of

:11:48. > :11:51.the injuries that some of the people in this hospital and the other

:11:52. > :11:56.hospitals are being treated for, out of respect and sensitivity to them

:11:57. > :12:01.and their families but, you know, behind that very professional

:12:02. > :12:05.approach, you can sense the emotion that is there, that the emergency

:12:06. > :12:10.services are feeling in having to deal with an incident like this, no

:12:11. > :12:14.matter how much they might prepare in theory, for something like this,

:12:15. > :12:19.as that simple tweet said t can't prepare them for the reality, the

:12:20. > :12:24.shock, the sorrow of treating real victims in a real situation. But, of

:12:25. > :12:27.course, they are getting on to the very best of their abilities with

:12:28. > :12:35.looking after those 59 patients. They dealt with the walking wounded

:12:36. > :12:39.last night. Still 49 59 patients -- still 59 patients to care for and,

:12:40. > :12:45.of course, to support their families as well. Ben, back to you.

:12:46. > :12:48.Thank you very much indeed Anita, reporting there from the Manchester

:12:49. > :12:52.Royal Infirmary. Let's get the latest on the police investigation.

:12:53. > :12:56.We have heard that the police know the identity of the suicide bomber,

:12:57. > :13:00.who caused such carnage here at the Manchester Arena but they are not

:13:01. > :13:06.releasing that information, that identity at the moment. Let's go to

:13:07. > :13:09.Daniel Sandford our Home Affairs correspondent who is at the Greater

:13:10. > :13:12.Manchester Police headquarters. The Prime Minister has been there

:13:13. > :13:16.talking to the Chief Constable, and other senior police commanders

:13:17. > :13:20.there, what did she have to say? Yes, she spent about an hour here

:13:21. > :13:23.earlier on this afternoon, a very sombre mood. Very different to the

:13:24. > :13:29.electioneering of the recent days. She arrived with the Home Secretary,

:13:30. > :13:33.amber Rudd in a large convoy with extra police outriders, more than

:13:34. > :13:37.she normally travels with. The police headquarters here is

:13:38. > :13:40.surrounded by armed officers today, patrolling a much higher sense of

:13:41. > :13:45.security here and she went on to meet the team who are running the

:13:46. > :13:49.investigation, the Silver Control as it is called. She spent ban hour

:13:50. > :13:53.here and we asked what confidence she had that the men involved in

:13:54. > :13:58.carrying out this attack, if there was a wider circle, would be caught?

:13:59. > :14:02.It's an absolutely horrific attack, particularly given that the victims

:14:03. > :14:08.were young people and children, amongst others. It is an absolutely

:14:09. > :14:12.callous act that has taken place and our thoughts and prayer must be with

:14:13. > :14:15.the families and friends of all those who've been affected by this

:14:16. > :14:18.terrible attack that has taken place. I have been here today at

:14:19. > :14:21.Greater Manchester Police. I have been talking to the police about the

:14:22. > :14:25.investigation that is continuing and they and the Security Services are

:14:26. > :14:28.working, obviously, to identify whether there was a wider group of

:14:29. > :14:33.people involved in this particular incident. I mean we've now had the

:14:34. > :14:37.name of the youngest of the people who have died, a young

:14:38. > :14:43.eight-year-old girl from Lancashire. That really is completely

:14:44. > :14:48.horrendous, isn't it? It is an absolutely barbaric attack that has

:14:49. > :14:52.taken place. To kauft young lives in this way -- cut off young lives in

:14:53. > :14:57.this way, it is devastating. Our thoughts and prayers must be with

:14:58. > :15:01.their families and friends at this horrendous tragedy that has taken

:15:02. > :15:04.place. I'm very clear that the police and Security Services have

:15:05. > :15:11.the resources they need to ensure they continue their investigation. I

:15:12. > :15:14.would like to thank those involved, the police and other emergency

:15:15. > :15:17.services for the way they responded to this terrible incident. I have

:15:18. > :15:20.just been hearing of police officers who were off duty turning up,

:15:21. > :15:25.wanting to ensure that they could contribute, that they could help. So

:15:26. > :15:29.many people have helped. That's the great spirit of Manchester, the

:15:30. > :15:33.spirit of Britain. One thing I'm clear is that the terrorists will

:15:34. > :15:37.not prevail People looking into the summer where there will be lots more

:15:38. > :15:41.concerts and music festivals will be starting to worry whether their

:15:42. > :15:45.children and their young people can be safe this summer. What can you do

:15:46. > :15:49.to reassure people that people will be safe going to concerts and

:15:50. > :15:53.festivals this summer? Well, the police and others, will, of course,

:15:54. > :15:57.be looking at the security of venues to ensure that people can continue

:15:58. > :16:02.to enjoy summer events feeling secure and enjoy those events. What

:16:03. > :16:07.is clear is that we are ensuring that the resources are available for

:16:08. > :16:12.the police in order to be able to do the job that they need to do. This

:16:13. > :16:16.was a horrendous attack, absolutely horrific. Barbaric in its nature but

:16:17. > :16:24.what I'm also clear about is that we will not let the terrorists win. Our

:16:25. > :16:27.values will prevail. The Prime Minister, Theresa May, talking to us

:16:28. > :16:33.just earlier this afternoon while she was visiting the police

:16:34. > :16:40.headquarters here. We are hoping at 4.30pm, we will get the latest

:16:41. > :16:44.update from the Chief Constable, Ian Hopkins who should be giving us the

:16:45. > :16:48.latest update on the investigation at 4.30pm. Back to you, Ben. Thank

:16:49. > :16:52.you very much. We'll have full conference of that police press

:16:53. > :16:55.conference at 4.30. Now more on the injured being treated in eight

:16:56. > :16:59.hospitals around the city and outside the city as well. Stepping

:17:00. > :17:02.Hill hospital in Stockport and that's where Dominic Hughes, our

:17:03. > :17:06.health correspondent is for us this afternoon.

:17:07. > :17:10.Dominic, what are you being told about the casualties there and how

:17:11. > :17:13.you are being treated? Yes, good afternoon, Ben. Well, one of the

:17:14. > :17:19.things we have learned this afternoon is that within the last

:17:20. > :17:23.month emergency workers, health workers in Manchester had rehearsed

:17:24. > :17:26.for exactly this kind of big event, disaster scenario but I think very

:17:27. > :17:33.few people could have' anticipated it being put into action quite so

:17:34. > :17:46.soon but it is clear that planning did play-off, that fleet of

:17:47. > :17:49.ambulances, were joined by ambulances from other areas,

:17:50. > :17:56.ferrying the people to hospitals across the region. We know here at

:17:57. > :17:59.stepping hill nine serious trauma victims were brought overnight.

:18:00. > :18:04.Three were being operated on still this morning, so in a very serious

:18:05. > :18:07.condition. One of those nine people was a child. Many of the children

:18:08. > :18:12.went to the central Children's Hospital in the centre of the city.

:18:13. > :18:17.Now we know, also, that here at the hospital, many staff heard about the

:18:18. > :18:21.incident and arrived on their day off, when they weren't scheduled to

:18:22. > :18:24.work to try to lend a hand, if they could in the Accident Emergency

:18:25. > :18:27.department and in the operating theatre. In fact the hospital had to

:18:28. > :18:32.send some home because they know that the coming days are going to be

:18:33. > :18:36.busy as watch it is clear there has been a tremendous response from the

:18:37. > :18:41.NHS We also know that the blood banks are fully stocked. The NHS

:18:42. > :18:44.says locally they don't need any extra blood although people had been

:18:45. > :18:47.queueing up but they are asking those who may be think being coming

:18:48. > :18:50.to Accident Emergency departments to think carefully because obviously

:18:51. > :18:57.the system is experiencing greater pressure at the moment. Dominic,

:18:58. > :19:11.thank you very much. That's Dominic Hughes, there at

:19:12. > :19:13.Stepping Hill Hospital. Well, terrifying accounts have been

:19:14. > :19:19.emerging through the day, really, from what happened here last night

:19:20. > :19:24.and people who saw it, who got separated from friends and loved

:19:25. > :19:27.ones, the horror that that entailed as they search for those people and

:19:28. > :19:33.also the horror when they saw and heard the explosion and saw the nuts

:19:34. > :19:36.and bolts flying through the air that had been packed inside the

:19:37. > :19:39.device. Danny Savage reports on the accounts we have been hearing from

:19:40. > :19:44.some of the people who were at that concert last night.

:19:45. > :19:50.I have not seen her since 5.00 last night.

:19:51. > :19:52.She was at the Ariana Grande concert with her friend.

:19:53. > :19:56.If anybody has seen her, contact the police,

:19:57. > :19:59.even if you think you have seen her, just let the police know, please.

:20:00. > :20:04.Charlotte Campbell hasn't heard from her daughter, Olivia,

:20:05. > :20:11.Her family has been out searching for the teenager for hours.

:20:12. > :20:19.On the wards of numerous hospitals across Manchester,

:20:20. > :20:22.the casualties have been treated and the bereaved

:20:23. > :20:28.We saw families and stuff, crying and shaking.

:20:29. > :20:32.We thought it was a balloon that had popped.

:20:33. > :20:38.We were so close to the front, we didn't see the explosion.

:20:39. > :20:41.Then we heard the evacuation bells and the minute we heard the bells

:20:42. > :20:44.we just ran up to our hotel, which is just here.

:20:45. > :20:45.Outside city centre hotels, survivors recounted the horror

:20:46. > :20:51.Towards the last song she let a load of helium balloons

:20:52. > :20:59.We thought - I mean we looked at each other and we were like, no,

:21:00. > :21:02.no, it can't be something that you see on the news, that doesn't

:21:03. > :21:11.Everyone calmed around us and all of a sudden,

:21:12. > :21:13.everyone started screaming and running in every direction.

:21:14. > :21:18.There was one girl there, she tumbled over the seats.

:21:19. > :21:27.On social media, numerous appeals soon appeared

:21:28. > :21:37.Deborah Hutchinson from Newcastle wrote: "My daughter, Courtney Boyle

:21:38. > :21:40.and partner Philip have gone missing tonight, in an attack in Manchester.

:21:41. > :21:44.Please share and help find them, I need them home safe."

:21:45. > :21:46.People who were there, tried to offer help online, too.

:21:47. > :21:51.People who need help, who have nowhere to sleep,

:21:52. > :21:57.Trying to get awareness out for people who are willing to help.

:21:58. > :22:00.A picture of chaos and panic emerged.

:22:01. > :22:04.I heard an explosion, I was like - we need to run, we started

:22:05. > :22:09.running out the doors, all the way down to the hotel.

:22:10. > :22:12.All I heard was people screaming and crying and running everywhere.

:22:13. > :22:17.It is hard to imagine a softer target for this attack.

:22:18. > :22:21.So many of the teenagers and children who were there last

:22:22. > :22:29.night were given tickets as a Christmas or birthday present.

:22:30. > :22:31.Thousands of teenagers and young people have gone

:22:32. > :22:34.to school this morning, knowing of a friend or a friend

:22:35. > :22:37.of a friend who was at the concert last night and now numerous families

:22:38. > :22:39.are having to arrange the funeral of a son or daughter,

:22:40. > :22:42.who went out yesterday evening, so excited, ahead of that concert.

:22:43. > :22:56.Let me tell you that Greater Manchester Police are telling us n a

:22:57. > :22:58.tweet, that there are no more unaccompanied children in hotels

:22:59. > :23:03.around the Manchester Arena. Last night quite a few children, who'd

:23:04. > :23:07.got separated from their friends and who were unaccompanied, were taken

:23:08. > :23:12.to hotels around here and looked after by the staff. But they've all

:23:13. > :23:15.been collected, we're hearing. No unaccompanied children, according to

:23:16. > :23:19.the police, are still in those hotels. Let's bring in our assistant

:23:20. > :23:23.Political Editor, Norman Smith who is at Westminster. Norman, what is

:23:24. > :23:26.the latest there at Westminster on this? Downing Street have been

:23:27. > :23:30.giving us a few more details about the Prime Minister's movements

:23:31. > :23:33.today. We learned that she was at the Manchester Children's Hospital

:23:34. > :23:38.this afternoon. Now we've not been given any more details about that

:23:39. > :23:45.visit. I presume, obviously, it will be to have visited some of those

:23:46. > :23:48.injured in the atrocity. Number Ten are describing it as a private

:23:49. > :23:52.visit. In other words, Mrs May went there. She clearly didn't want the

:23:53. > :23:57.sort of media hullabaloo around there. She wanted it just to be a

:23:58. > :24:01.discreet visit, I presume, to be able it talk to victims and their

:24:02. > :24:06.relatives. Of course we now know the age of some of the Vic tirges the

:24:07. > :24:12.youngest victim just eight years' old. Mrs May this morning really

:24:13. > :24:14.stressing her abhorrence that a terrorist should have targeted

:24:15. > :24:20.children, specifically targeted children. We also learned that

:24:21. > :24:24.overnight Mrs May was kept briefed through the night. One was left with

:24:25. > :24:30.the impression she was pretty much up all night. She rang the Labour

:24:31. > :24:36.Leader at around 4.00am, we are told, to brief him on the situation

:24:37. > :24:42.and also to agree to suspend the general election. On that, we're

:24:43. > :24:46.told that the general election is quotes "suspended until further

:24:47. > :24:52.notice." Talking to senior figures in the main parties, the expectation

:24:53. > :24:56.is that it probably will be suspended for a few more days, quite

:24:57. > :25:01.possibly until the general election and then it'll probably begin at a

:25:02. > :25:09.local level before the national campaigns timely resume. Norman,

:25:10. > :25:13.thank you very much indeed. That's Norman Smith our assistant Political

:25:14. > :25:17.Editor. Well, just to paint the picture here, after the devastating

:25:18. > :25:23.attack here at the Manchester Arena behind me, 22 people killed in that,

:25:24. > :25:25.59 injured. The Prime Minister said that some of those injured

:25:26. > :25:30.casualties have life-threatening injuries. We know they are being

:25:31. > :25:35.treated in eight hospitals in and around Manchester. The police

:25:36. > :25:40.investigation clearly continuing here in Manchester and around the

:25:41. > :25:46.country as well. The police say they do know the identity suicide bomber

:25:47. > :25:50.who died in the attack but they are not, at the moment, revealing that

:25:51. > :25:54.identity and they are asking the media not to reveal that identity

:25:55. > :25:58.either. The big question, of course, for the police here in Manchester

:25:59. > :26:02.and MI5 and the intelligence services, is - was that man acting

:26:03. > :26:06.alone or was he part of a wider conspiracy and a wider cell? You are

:26:07. > :26:30.watching BBC News, from Manchester. outside Manchester Arena by Firkan

:26:31. > :26:34.Nieem, from Greater Manchester Citizens. You are helping to

:26:35. > :26:37.organise the vigil there is this evening and to remember those who

:26:38. > :26:41.were caught newspaper this horrendous attack last night? First

:26:42. > :26:46.of all our thoughts go out to the victims of last night's attack. I

:26:47. > :26:50.think what you have seen in Manchester is people coming from to

:26:51. > :26:53.the. Taxi drivers, people opening up their homes and community centres to

:26:54. > :26:59.show the true solidarity of what Manchester is. I think what there

:27:00. > :27:02.was here in the city last night, was people itching to do something,

:27:03. > :27:05.coming together. I think it was absolutely rightly organised there

:27:06. > :27:09.would be a vigil tonight. It is co-ordinated with the mayor's office

:27:10. > :27:12.and Greater Manchester Police. I believe there will be hundreds if

:27:13. > :27:15.not thousands of people coming together, showing solidarity with

:27:16. > :27:19.the people and victims and their families who tragically lost loved

:27:20. > :27:27.ones last night. Did you ever think there would be an attack like this

:27:28. > :27:32.in Manchester? I remember the tragic day in 1996 andmy family were here,

:27:33. > :27:38.we remember that day fondly. The IRA bombing. Yes, the recent bombings,

:27:39. > :27:41.Manchester is the city second, he were conscious something could

:27:42. > :27:46.happen, you never thought about t I was not looking forward to this day

:27:47. > :27:53.but unfortunately it was last night. I walk past the arena, I'm inside it

:27:54. > :27:56.a lot, the McDonald's at Victoria station but the horrendous thing was

:27:57. > :28:00.it was a children's concert a day they would remember for the rest of

:28:01. > :28:06.their lives. Whoever did this, evil is not even the word. You cannot

:28:07. > :28:10.even describe what monster would do something like this to young

:28:11. > :28:14.children and it has sent shock waves around the world but the important

:28:15. > :28:17.message here is that communities across Manchester are standing up

:28:18. > :28:21.and we will not let hit red divide us at all. This attack, it wasn't

:28:22. > :28:23.just a terrorist attack, it was an attack where the attacker, the

:28:24. > :28:27.bomber clearly knew that his victims would be very young indeed. We have

:28:28. > :28:32.heard one of the fatalities just eight. It is horrendous, just

:28:33. > :28:36.calculated. He knew there were children there. He waited to the end

:28:37. > :28:41.of the concert until lots of people were leaving. We saw images and

:28:42. > :28:45.videos of people inside the arena, this was clearly a calculated

:28:46. > :28:48.attack. The messages from the authorities, from our new mayor,

:28:49. > :28:51.Andy Burnham and the rest of the people across the UK, including the

:28:52. > :28:57.Prime Minister, has to be a strong message that we should not be could

:28:58. > :29:01.youed by the terrorists and their actions -- cowed.

:29:02. > :29:07.We will not let people break up our way of life. #130b89 for this attack

:29:08. > :29:11.has been claimed by so-called Islamic State. What is your reaction

:29:12. > :29:15.to that? No words. We have seen the barbaric actions they have done in

:29:16. > :29:18.Syria beheading innocent people. Throwing gays and Christians off the

:29:19. > :29:21.top of buildings and now they are coming to our streets here in the

:29:22. > :29:28.UK, in Manchester and it's now a time for all of us communities, not

:29:29. > :29:33.just the Muslims but everyone to stand together. I stand here as a

:29:34. > :29:37.proud Muslim, of my faith but I will not let anyone hijack my religion

:29:38. > :29:41.for their utter ignorance and we have to send a strong message out,

:29:42. > :29:46.we will not be cowed, it is unfortunate here in this beautiful

:29:47. > :29:50.city, because it has a great tradition of radical but people

:29:51. > :29:55.coming together. For me we should focus on a bit of the positive that

:29:56. > :29:59.has come out in the last 12 hours, where you have seen people come out

:30:00. > :30:01.in their droves, open up their homes, community centres, offering

:30:02. > :30:04.free lifts. The true spirit of Manchester. It is a beautiful city,

:30:05. > :30:07.a beautiful sunny day as well. The vigil tonight will be rightly

:30:08. > :30:10.performed in the best of ways with leaders, with our mayor, the police,

:30:11. > :30:14.with communities all coming together. And just for anyone

:30:15. > :30:18.whoonts to go to that vigil in Manchester, tell us where it is. --

:30:19. > :30:23.and just for anyone who wants to go? . It is at 6.00pm, outside the Town

:30:24. > :30:26.Hall in Albert Square. I would suggest get there early. I think

:30:27. > :30:30.there will be hundreds if not thousands of people trying to cram N

:30:31. > :30:35.it is not a huge area. Come in early. I think the time will be

:30:36. > :30:39.short. 6pm to 7pm, but afterwards between 7pm and 9pm, we want people

:30:40. > :30:43.to come together. Show solidarity. People may hold hands, go for a

:30:44. > :30:48.walk, show the true togetherness of Greater Manchester. We want people

:30:49. > :30:53.to come together and show and send a strong message of the world because

:30:54. > :30:57.the eyes of the world are on our communities and the people of

:30:58. > :31:01.Manchester and it is our chance and opportunity to show what resilience

:31:02. > :31:04.and what a beautiful city we truly are.

:31:05. > :31:11.Thank you very much for being with us. That's a community organiser who

:31:12. > :31:16.is co-ordinating that vent tonight. That vigil at 6pm. Let me just tell

:31:17. > :31:20.you we are expecting a news conference from Greater Manchester

:31:21. > :31:24.Police at their headquarters with the latest on the investigation.

:31:25. > :31:27.That should be getting under way in the next two or three minutes. So as

:31:28. > :31:31.soon as it does we will bring you news from that. So a news conference

:31:32. > :31:36.with the latest on the police investigation and perhaps on the

:31:37. > :31:39.casualties as well from Greater Manchester Police, at their

:31:40. > :31:43.headquarters which was visited earlier on today by the Prime

:31:44. > :31:48.Minister, Theresa May. Let's bring in my colleague Fiona Trott who is

:31:49. > :31:54.here not to far from where I am outside the Manchester Arena. Fiona,

:31:55. > :31:58.what's the latest? The police have moved the cordon now. So you can get

:31:59. > :32:02.closer to the arena which is just behind me where the green windows

:32:03. > :32:06.are and that railway bridge. This road is the main road into the city

:32:07. > :32:10.centre. So when you see all this closed off by the police

:32:11. > :32:13.investigation, this interchange, you get a real sense of how this police

:32:14. > :32:18.investigation is having a huge impact on the city. We're at the end

:32:19. > :32:22.of Deansgate, people that know this part of Manchester will tell you

:32:23. > :32:27.that it is full of bars, restaurants and offices. I can see a few police

:32:28. > :32:33.officers in front of me, a fire engine, you can walk down Deansgate

:32:34. > :32:37.into anyone or without worrying into anyone or without worrying

:32:38. > :32:42.about crossing the road. People are speaking in hushed tones. There was

:32:43. > :32:45.a church service held at St Ann Church in the middle of the day.

:32:46. > :32:50.People went to pay their respects and they started to lay flowers

:32:51. > :32:53.there. It was held by the Bishop of Bolton. He said that people in

:32:54. > :32:58.Manchester are feeling angry and anxious, but he also said we are a

:32:59. > :33:03.tolerant city, we're a peaceful city. We respect people whoever they

:33:04. > :33:07.maybe. Earlier too, we heard from Canon Wall who is from Manchester

:33:08. > :33:14.Cathedral which is just behind me here and because it is within the

:33:15. > :33:17.cordon, of course, it is closed, people can't go there and pray and

:33:18. > :33:21.remember what was atecteded, what the canon was telling us, we decided

:33:22. > :33:24.to take the church out on to the street instead. She had a Book of

:33:25. > :33:29.Remembrance. She went out and they had a pen and people were writing

:33:30. > :33:33.messages and sending their thoughts and prayers to the families affected

:33:34. > :33:37.by this. She said they have had messages from all over the world and

:33:38. > :33:42.as you mentioned earlier Ben, a vigil is being held in the city

:33:43. > :33:45.centre later tonight at Albert Square at 6pm so people can express

:33:46. > :33:52.their thoughts and feelings about what has happened to Manchester.

:33:53. > :33:57.Fiona Trott, thank you very much indeed.

:33:58. > :33:58.Well, around the world there has been condemnation of what happened

:33:59. > :34:12.in Manchester last night. Leaders from around the world have

:34:13. > :34:14.condemned the attack - flags are flying at half mast

:34:15. > :34:16.in Downing Street, and at the European Union

:34:17. > :34:18.headquarters in Brussels. All election campaigning has

:34:19. > :34:20.been suspended today Paris and St Petersburg,

:34:21. > :34:22.Brussels and Berlin. The threat of terrorism is one that

:34:23. > :34:26.few nations can avoid and many leaders must face and today

:34:27. > :34:28.it was their turn to share solidarity with

:34:29. > :34:30.the people of Britain. On the latest stage of his tour

:34:31. > :34:33.of the Middle East, a place that's had its fair share of suicide

:34:34. > :34:36.attacks, President Trump said what he called the wicked ideology

:34:37. > :34:38.behind terrorism had So many young, beautiful,

:34:39. > :34:40.innocent people living and enjoying their lives,

:34:41. > :34:48.murdered by evil losers in life. I won't call them monsters,

:34:49. > :34:53.because they would like that term. They would think

:34:54. > :34:58.that's a great name. I will call them,

:34:59. > :35:04.from now on, losers. Because that's what they

:35:05. > :35:09.are, they're losers. The President's spokesman said

:35:10. > :35:12.he had telephoned Theresa May to express his condolences,

:35:13. > :35:14.the first of many world leaders The newly elected president

:35:15. > :35:21.of France, Emmanuel Macron, also spoke to the Prime Minister

:35:22. > :35:24.and offered her all means of cooperation to help Britain

:35:25. > :35:29.in the fight against terrorism. In Berlin, the Union

:35:30. > :35:31.flag was at half-mast And Germany's Chancellor

:35:32. > :35:42.offered her support and sympathy. This suspected terrorist attack,

:35:43. > :35:44.she said, will merely strengthen our determination

:35:45. > :35:45.to continue working together with our friends in the UK to combat

:35:46. > :35:49.those who plan and carry out People in the UK can rest assured

:35:50. > :35:56.Germany stands shoulder In Brussels, flags at

:35:57. > :36:02.the European Commission and here at the European Parliament

:36:03. > :36:05.were also lowered out The president of the European

:36:06. > :36:14.Council, Donald Tusk, tweeted: The Commission president,

:36:15. > :36:20.Jean-Claude Juncker, In a telegram to Mrs May,

:36:21. > :36:29.President Putin offered to step up Russia's counter-terrorism

:36:30. > :36:32.cooperation with Britain and other leaders around the world offered

:36:33. > :36:36.their condolences and support. Japan's Prime Minister said this

:36:37. > :36:39.week's G7 meeting in Italy would show their determination

:36:40. > :36:41.to stand up to terrorism. The president of China,

:36:42. > :36:46.who visited London last year, telephoned the Queen to say China

:36:47. > :36:48.stood with Britain at And in Australia's parliament

:36:49. > :36:51.in Canberra, the Prime Minister there condemned what he called

:36:52. > :36:56.a vile attack directed at teenagers. Surely, there is no

:36:57. > :37:06.crime more reprehensible This is a direct and brutal attack

:37:07. > :37:10.on young people everywhere, It was a message that

:37:11. > :37:13.echoed around the world, Well, what are the security

:37:14. > :37:42.implications of what happened here? Professor of National Security

:37:43. > :37:54.Studies at King's College London. The delivery of it a is a

:37:55. > :37:57.complicated thinlying and this suggests something at the more

:37:58. > :38:03.sophisticated end that doesn't thz doesn't mean the bomb will be the

:38:04. > :38:06.most sophisticated. The intelligence services been focussed on whether

:38:07. > :38:10.Britain is about to suffer a wave of suicide bombings and how far we can

:38:11. > :38:13.identify linkages between this individual who it seems they have

:38:14. > :38:17.already identified by name, but they haven't released that yet and what

:38:18. > :38:23.it means for international co-operation, but fundamentally, the

:38:24. > :38:27.challenge at the moment is for the Prime Minister and the close team

:38:28. > :38:31.around her to strike that balance between being appropriately shocked

:38:32. > :38:37.and communicating how the public feels versus the need to emphasise

:38:38. > :38:44.how normal life can continue and that's a very difficult message to

:38:45. > :38:48.be passing on today. The intelligence services, we know,

:38:49. > :38:54.that for the last few years they have quite often foiled several

:38:55. > :38:59.plots a year we had the Westminster attacks and now we've had this the

:39:00. > :39:03.most deadly terrorist attack on British soil since the 7th July

:39:04. > :39:08.attacks 2005 and it is just so difficult, isn't it, to stop all of

:39:09. > :39:12.the plots all of the time? Yes, I think the success of the

:39:13. > :39:15.intelligence services, the Security Service and the police is something

:39:16. > :39:21.the country should be rightly proud of. It's pretty unprecedented how

:39:22. > :39:24.many plots have been either disrupted or just haven't occurred

:39:25. > :39:28.because it's just so difficult to operate in the UK, but that doesn't

:39:29. > :39:32.mean that we can achieve total security. I do think it's very

:39:33. > :39:37.worrying that we have had our second major suicide attack. I think it's

:39:38. > :39:41.debatable whether certain other attacks were suicide in nature such

:39:42. > :39:45.as the attack on Westminster, but this was, it seems, a suicide

:39:46. > :39:48.attack, and it must be of great concern. That said most terrorist

:39:49. > :39:52.plots are interrupted by intelligence, not by physical

:39:53. > :39:55.security and we're con stontly achieving success in the fight

:39:56. > :39:59.against terrorists. It's important to remember that contrary to this

:40:00. > :40:04.view I often hear said which is the terrorist only have to be lucky

:40:05. > :40:08.once, that's not correct, they have to be lucky every day not to be

:40:09. > :40:15.caught by a very sophisticated apparatus that we have in this

:40:16. > :40:19.country. Let's show you the scene at Greater

:40:20. > :40:24.Manchester Police headquarters and we are expecting a news conference

:40:25. > :40:29.there in the next few minutes with an update from police commanders on

:40:30. > :40:34.their investigation into the atrocity at the Manchester Arena and

:40:35. > :40:38.perhaps on the casualty numbers as well, an update on that. We know

:40:39. > :40:42.that the Prime Minister, Theresa May, was there at Greater Manchester

:40:43. > :40:47.Police headquarters earlier on this afternoon. She spent about an hour

:40:48. > :40:53.there. She talked to the Chief Constable, Ian Hopkins, and other

:40:54. > :40:58.police commanders as they pursue this investigation, trying

:40:59. > :41:04.principally to establish whether the man who carried out this attack, the

:41:05. > :41:07.suicide bomber was acting alone or more likely with others in a

:41:08. > :41:13.conspiracy with others. So we'll bring you that news conference just

:41:14. > :41:18.as soon as it gets under way. Well, Manchester is a city trying to come

:41:19. > :41:22.to terms with bhapd here, the deaths of so many young people and the

:41:23. > :41:24.injuries to so many young people at the Manchester Arena. John Johnson

:41:25. > :41:29.reports on a city pulling together. Manchester's streets,

:41:30. > :41:32.busy with shoppers. Some shocked, some

:41:33. > :41:34.sad but determined. There is nobody in this world that

:41:35. > :41:47.will keep us away of coming to the centre of Manchester,

:41:48. > :41:53.it's vibrancy, it's Metropolitan feeling, it's fantastic and no

:41:54. > :41:56.amount of evilness will ever, ever dampen any good thought

:41:57. > :42:00.there is about Manchester. Greater Manchester's new mayor

:42:01. > :42:05.shared their pride and defiance. I want to thank the

:42:06. > :42:10.people of Manchester. Even if the minute after the attack,

:42:11. > :42:13.they opened their doors to strangers They gave the best possible,

:42:14. > :42:21.immediate response to those And it will be that spirit

:42:22. > :42:27.of Manchester that will prevail There were so many offers to donate

:42:28. > :42:33.blood, this morning they had Obviously, with the tragedy that has

:42:34. > :42:37.happened, if we can help in that So, it would be nice, you know,

:42:38. > :42:43.to do something to help. I just really wanted to come down

:42:44. > :42:47.and see if I could help at all. There has been an overwhelming

:42:48. > :42:51.response on social media. I thought I would come down

:42:52. > :42:54.and try to give blood. And last night,

:42:55. > :43:00.an instinctive reaction not to run from danger but to help

:43:01. > :43:04.others find their families I've just come down to see

:43:05. > :43:09.if anyone needed a lift home if they were stranded

:43:10. > :43:13.or lost or anything. As a good citizen, it's

:43:14. > :43:16.the time where everyone I thought I'd try to come down

:43:17. > :43:27.to help the people get home, free of charge,

:43:28. > :43:29.without worry being paying This city has felt

:43:30. > :43:31.destruction before. An IRA bomb exploded at the Arndale

:43:32. > :43:34.shopping centre in 1996, injuring hundreds of people,

:43:35. > :43:38.just yards from last night's attack. This post box was about the only

:43:39. > :43:43.thing that survived. The city centre has been rebuilt

:43:44. > :43:50.around it, but it is a reminder of the strength and resilience

:43:51. > :43:52.of this city and it's that same spirit that people

:43:53. > :43:55.are relying on here today. And this evening, people will come

:43:56. > :43:57.together in the city centre Tough, gritty resolve

:43:58. > :44:15.is a natural response here, I have been getting analysis on the

:44:16. > :44:20.terror attack here in Manchester from Emily who is senior research

:44:21. > :44:24.fellow at the royal united services institute and she compared for us

:44:25. > :44:29.this attack with other recent terror attacks.

:44:30. > :44:32.The fact that it was a suicide attack does indicate a higher level

:44:33. > :44:36.of sophistication than perhaps other attacks we have seen most recently

:44:37. > :44:42.with the Westminster attack which was the use of a vehicle. So it

:44:43. > :44:46.potentially does imply that there were more than one, where there was

:44:47. > :44:50.more than one person at least if not a bigger network involved. And

:44:51. > :44:54.clearly, this was really a soft target, wasn't it? Not just

:44:55. > :44:58.civilians as we were discussing, but very young civilians. I mean the

:44:59. > :45:05.attacker must have known that they were young people at that concert

:45:06. > :45:10.last night? Yes, I mean, clearly, the attack was designed to target a

:45:11. > :45:14.soft location. I mean, I think, going back to your previous question

:45:15. > :45:18.as well in terms of looking back at history the attack was reminiscent

:45:19. > :45:23.obviously of the attacks in Paris on the Bataclan, so the attacker or

:45:24. > :45:28.attackers would have been aware of who was actually inside the

:45:29. > :45:33.building. And what are the police, their

:45:34. > :45:38.priorities now, are clearly, to establish that there aren't any, if

:45:39. > :45:42.there was a cell involved in this, that it's remaining members are not

:45:43. > :45:45.still at large and potentially dangerous and potentially capable of

:45:46. > :45:50.carrying out further attacks? That's the first priority of the police in

:45:51. > :45:54.any sort of attack that occurs. It's to try and identify who the attacker

:45:55. > :45:59.was, what his background is and to try and uncover any possible links

:46:00. > :46:03.with other individuals or groups of individuals. They clearly have been

:46:04. > :46:09.trying to do so in Manchester today. We've heard reports of possible

:46:10. > :46:12.other arrests, also reports of a controlled detonation which does

:46:13. > :46:16.reflect the fact that they are exploring all avenues to try and

:46:17. > :46:24.actually pin down whether this was the work of one man or one man

:46:25. > :46:28.working as part of a network. Let's tell you about the Manchester

:46:29. > :46:34.Arena where the attack happened last night. It's the biggest venue for

:46:35. > :46:39.pop concerts in this city. It has a capacity of 21,000 and it was pretty

:46:40. > :46:43.packed last night. Now, Ariana Grande who was giving that concert

:46:44. > :46:48.has tweeted to say she is is broken about what happened last night, Take

:46:49. > :46:53.That who were due to be performing in Liverpool this evening have

:46:54. > :46:57.postponed that concert. Colin Patterson reports now on the

:46:58. > :47:04.fall-out for the music industry of what happened here last night.

:47:05. > :47:06.It was a situation with which any parent could identify.

:47:07. > :47:08.Dropping your children off at an event they've been looking

:47:09. > :47:11.forward to for months and coming back to pick them up

:47:12. > :47:17.They'd come to see Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour but ended up

:47:18. > :47:26.Members of an audience which became the target of a terrorist attack.

:47:27. > :47:29.The singer made her name as a children's TV star

:47:30. > :47:35.and still attracts a very young, predominantly female fan base.

:47:36. > :47:38.Many in the crowd were pre-teens, some as young as seven or eight.

:47:39. > :47:42.Entertainment stars expressed their horror at the night's event.

:47:43. > :47:46.It shocks me every time we hear this sort of news,

:47:47. > :47:51.that attacks like this can happen, but especially when there

:47:52. > :47:55.will be so many children at this concert tonight.

:47:56. > :47:58.We'll all go to bed holding our little ones even

:47:59. > :48:07.Last year, Time Magazine named Ariana Grande as one of the 100 most

:48:08. > :48:12.influential people on the planet, highlighting her 150 million social

:48:13. > :48:16.media followers and the role it plays in attracting her young fans.

:48:17. > :48:18.It was with a tweet that she communicated after the attack,

:48:19. > :48:21.simply saying, "Broken. From the bottom of my heart,

:48:22. > :48:24.I am so, so, sorry, I don't have words."

:48:25. > :48:26.Now the world of music is using the same platform

:48:27. > :48:28.to voice their support, both for her and the

:48:29. > :48:35.Taylor Swift says she is offering her thoughts and prayers and tears

:48:36. > :48:38.for all those affected by the Manchester tragedy.

:48:39. > :48:40.Harry Styles described himself as "heart broken"

:48:41. > :48:45.A sentiment shared by Katy Perry who says she is broken hearted

:48:46. > :48:50.for the families and broken hearted for Ariana Grande.

:48:51. > :48:55.And those stars can picture exactly where the attack took place

:48:56. > :48:58.because the Manchester Arena is the second-largest indoor

:48:59. > :49:00.music venue in Europe, and their world tours

:49:01. > :49:06.Tomorrow night Take That were due to play the first of three

:49:07. > :49:17.Harvey Goldsmith, the promoter behind Live Aid, says last night's

:49:18. > :49:20.attack has huge implications for the live music market.

:49:21. > :49:22.The most vulnerable point is on the exit and, therefore,

:49:23. > :49:25.I presume all the arenas and promoters together will review

:49:26. > :49:27.how to deal with people leaving concerts but if it's outside

:49:28. > :49:30.the concert area, the arena itself, where the concert takes place,

:49:31. > :49:34.if it is on the way out, it is very difficult to do much more

:49:35. > :49:45.It is believed that Ariana Grande will cancel the remaining

:49:46. > :49:47.European dates of her tour, which was scheduled

:49:48. > :49:52.The former child star is now having to deal with the most

:49:53. > :50:06.And we're still waiting for that news conference from the Greater

:50:07. > :50:09.Manchester Police with the latest update on their investigation into

:50:10. > :50:16.what happened here. So we'll bring you that as soon as it begins and

:50:17. > :50:19.then also at 6pm, that vigil in Manchester City Centre to remember

:50:20. > :50:23.those who died and who were injured here. 22 dead and 59 injured. That's

:50:24. > :50:26.the latest from Manchester. Back to you in the studio.

:50:27. > :50:28.STUDIO: Ben, thank you very much.