Manchester Concert Attack BBC News Special

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You're watching BBC News. This is BBC News. I am Ben Brown

reporting live from Manchester. 22 people, including children,

are now known to have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated

a device at the end of a pop The youngest victim

was only eight years old - 18-year-old college student

Georgina Callander also died. Scores of others were injured

and others are still missing. I haven't seen her since five

o'clock last night. She was at the Ariana Grande

concert with her friend. If anyone has seen her,

please contact the police. Police say a man set off a homemade

bomb in the foyer of the arena. The Prime Minister condemned

what she called a callous act. The people of Manchester and of this

country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack, an attack

that targeted some of the youngest people in our society.

Police say they know the identity of the suicide bomber.

Armed police have arrested a 23-year-old man in South Manchester.

This has been the most horrific incident we have ever faced

here in Greater Manchester and one that we all hoped

Hello from Manchester, a city still trying to come to terms with what

happened here when 59 people were killed... 22 people, I'm sorry, were

killed, and 59 people were injured, when a suicide bomber detonated a

device at the Manchester Arena last night at a concert by an American

singer, Ariana Grande. The police are saying they are not yet

revealing the name of the suicide bomber, although we understand they

do have that name. It is the worst terror attack in the UK since the

July the 7th attacks back in 2005. Let us talk you through what we know

about the attack so far. The Greater Manchester Police are telling us

they were called to the scene at 10:33pm in the evening. The Prime

Minister called the attack on fans of the concept here is an act of

appalling, sickening cowardice. -- at the concert. The attack happened

streaming through the doors at the streaming through the doors at the

end of the concert. Release say lone male attacker died in the blast and

detonated an improvised explosive device -- police say. Security has

been tightened in the wake of the attack, surrounding streets have

been closed off and the station has been closed.

A warning that this report from Richard Galpin contains scenes

What had been a night of joy and elation for

Everyone's heard what they think is a bomb going off.

And the only thing now is to get out of this arena,

Then everyone started running towards us, screaming and crying.

Everyone just trampling over us to get out.

I saw parents with kids running out with blood all over them.

I picked this lady up who said she was looking for her grand kids,

who couldn't find her grand kids, she picked up a young girl

on the floor who was covered in blood with parents laying

There's glass and nuts, metal nuts, that have been

I can't think of anything else that's got nuts that

Traumatised and uncertain what to do, many of the youngsters

Some searching for their parents, who'd been waiting to pick them up

Others looking for relatives and friends who've gone missing

and today some families are still trying to

Having heard nothing from them since last night's concert. Children are

amongst the many casualties, all the major hospitals in Manchester being

used last night to receive the injured and the dead. And this

morning, the police confirmed it was a terrorist attack carried out by a

suicide bomber. This has been the most horrific incident we have ever

faced here in greater Manchester and one that we all hoped we would never

see. Families and many young people were out to enjoy a concert at the

Manchester Arena and have very sadly lost their lives and we believe at

this stage the attack last night was conducted by one man. The priority

is to establish whether he was acting alone or as part of a

network. The attacker I can confirm died at the arena. We believe the

attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device which he detonated,

causing this atrocity. In Downing Street, flags are flying at

half-mast in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack in Britain

since the suicide bombings on London transport 12 years ago. All acts of

terrorism or cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack

stands out for its appalling sickening cowardice, deliberately

targeting innocent defenceless children and young people who should

have been enjoying one of the most memorable nights of their lives. Let

us remember those who died and let us celebrate those who helped, safe

in the knowledge that the terrorists will never win. And our values, our

country and our way of life will always prevail. The horror of what

happened at the Arena last night led to many ordinary people offering to

help. Taxi drivers providing free lists for those who could not get

back home. Others offering rooms for anyone needing somewhere to sleep.

As for who was responsible for this attack, the police believe they do

know the person's identity. And already a 23-year-old man has been

arrested in connection with the bombing. Also this morning, the

first victim has been named. She is 18-year-old Georgina Callander, on

the left, posing with the singer Ariana Grande who was performing at

last night's answered. The children at the concert would never have

imagined they would end up like this, having to escape a terrorist

attack, but it is clear they were deliberately targeted and that has

provoked shock and revulsion in this country and around the world.

Richard Galpin, BBC News. I just want to bring you the news we

were breaking a few minutes ago about the police operation in

Fallowfield in the south of Manchester. You can see pictures

there from the air and we are hearing police carried out a

controlled explosion in the Fallowfield district, to the south

of the city centre, part of the investigation into the bomb attack

here at the Manchester Arena which has claimed 22 lives. A statement

from the police, they have executed warrants, one in Whalley Range and

one in an four were they say a controlled explosion took place. --

one in Fallowfield. Terrifying accounts have been emerging

throughout the day in Manchester. The people have been talking about

the distress as they were separated from loved ones. They sought nuts

and bolts from the blast flying through the air.

Danny Savage reports on those caught up in the attack.

Again, you may find some of the images in this

I have not seen her since 5.00 last night.

She was at the Ariana Grande concert with her friend.

If anybody has seen her, contact the police,

even if you think you have seen her, just let the police know, please.

Charlotte Campbell hasn't heard from her daughter, Olivia,

Her family has been out searching for the teenager for hours.

On the wards of numerous hospitals across Manchester,

the casualties have been treated and the bereaved

We thought it was a balloon that had popped.

The minute we heard the bells, we ran up to our hotel.

Outside city centre hotels, survivors recounted the horror

Towards the last song, she let a load of helium

We thought - I mean, we looked at each other

no, it can't be something that you see on the news, that doesn't

Everyone calmed around us and all of a sudden,

everyone started screaming and running in every direction.

There was one girl there, she tumbled over the seats.

On social media, numerous appeals soon appeared

Deborah Hutchinson from Newcastle wrote, "My daughter, Courtney Boyle,

and partner Philip have gone missing in an attack in Manchester.

Please share and help find them, I need them home safe."

People who were there tried to offer help online, too.

People who need help, who have nowhere to sleep,

Trying to get awareness out for people willing to help.

A picture of chaos and panic emerged.

I heard an explosion, I was like, we need to run, we started running

all the way down to the doors to the exit.

All I heard was people screaming and crying and running everywhere.

It is hard to imagine a softer target for this attack.

So many of the teenagers and children who were there last

night were given tickets as a Christmas or birthday present.

Thousands of teenagers and young people have gone

to school this morning knowing of a friend or a friend

of a friend who was at the concert last night and now numerous families

are having to arrange the funeral of a son or daughter,

who went out yesterday evening, so excited ahead of that concert.

It really is heartbreaking when you hear the ages of some of those

caught up in the explosion, in particular the eight-year-old girl

who died in the blast. 59 people injured as well as those casualties,

some with life-threatening injuries, we have been told by the Prime

Minister, being treated at hospitals in and around Manchester.

My colleague, Annita McVeigh, is at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Thank you. Nine people being treated here at the Manchester Royal

infirmary, but eight hospitals across the area in total involved in

caring for the victims of last night's attack at the Manchester

Arena. We heard a short while ago that some of the people injured have

very serious injuries in deed, they are requiring intensive care, we

were told they will be in hospital for a long time and some of them

have injuries that will have huge implications for their lives. We

heard, as I mentioned, from the chief officer of the Greater

Manchester health and social care partnership and also from the

medical director of the North West Ambulance Service which sent 60

ambulances along with some very highly specialised crews to the

scene of the attack last night in an effort to stabilise the injured at

the scene before transporting them to the eight hospitals. The doctor

said that if ever you wanted to see the NHS in operation, last night and

this morning, that was the time to experience it. From the most

dreadful of nights and mornings, he said, we also saw some of the best

Greater Manchester has to offer in terms of the response from people

and the emergency services, members of the public, they were queueing up

to donate blood and so on. The doctor from the Ambulance Service

was able to give us this update a short while ago. The hospital behind

me received nine patients, patients we took by ambulance, there were

also walking wounded. Another trauma centre received six patients. While

Manchester Children's Hospital received the most, 12 patients.

University Hospital South Manchester received six patients. A hospital in

Stockport received six patients. Bolton Hospital received eight

patients. Royal London Hospital received seven and North Manchester

five patients. There were a good number of walking wounded. As yet,

we do not have a detailed breakdown of who is injured in terms of

numbers of adults and children, we know 12 children under the age of 16

are being treated at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. At

least one other child is at another hospital. We do not have the

detailed breakdown or of course the precise nature of the injuries

suffered yet. I also mentioned to you a moment ago the fact people

were queueing up to donate blood and I spoke a little earlier to Jane

green, chief nurse from NHS blood and transplant, who expressed her

thanks. But she said they wanted to try to manage the response a little

more now and to get the message across they do have sufficient

supplies of blood to meet their needs at the moment but they have

asked people who have appointments over the next few days, registered

donors, to keep those appointments, particularly if they are O negative.

That is the latest we have from Manchester Royal infirmary in terms

of the response of hospitals across the area and that Ambulance Service

across the area to last night's events. Back to you.

The Prime Minister is now in Manchester. She has been meeting the

Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and other senior

police commanders as they carry out the investigation into what happened

here last night. That is taught that Doctor Samantha Newbury from the

University of Salford, a lecturer in contemporary intelligence studies.

This Manchester Arena behind us, such a soft target for this

attacker. We know there are security checks for people going into the

arena, we do not yet know whether that is still the case for people

entering at the end of the show which seems to be what has happened

in this case. Even if security is very tight, there is of course going

to be crowds of people coming up at the end into an area which is much

harder to protect. The attacker must have known many of his victims were

going to be very young people, one of the fatalities as young as eight

years old. Yes, that is a very unusual aspect for this attack and

what makes it particularly shocking. So-called Islamic State have claimed

responsibility for this attack. Do you attach any credibility to that?

We know in the past they kind of jump onto any bandwagon and claim

responsible at you for an attack they did not know anything about in

advance. They have motive for doing that. Hopefully it will become

clearer. The authorities will release information on this

individual's motivations and whether they really were attached or just

inspired by so-called Islamic date or something else. The key question

for the police is whether it was an attacker acting alone, putting

together this home-made suicide bomb, or was acting with others.

What is your sense on that? To put together and expose the device of

that kind might require help. It does seem that help would have been

required to build a device that complex. A lot of that information

is available online, despite the authorities working hard to take

that kind of thing down, but to what extent this person was tied into

other people, whether inspired by what other people were saying online

or in person, whether they work actively involved in a terrorist

organisation, we will find out. The worst attack on British soil since

7/7, 2005. The intelligence services have foiled so many plots. They have

said many times that they cannot foil them all. Absolutely. We should

remember they do a fantastic job in preventing plots and the actions are

in quite an advanced stage of planning and then also stopping

people becoming radicalised in the first place. But there are instances

where attacks are still able to happen. We do not know yet the

identity of the attacker, but the police say they do know it but they

do not want to release it at the moment. Yes, it remains to be seen

who this person was. At this time, I think, yes, we want to know what

happened and why and understand the person's motivations, but it is good

to focus on the victims and families and survivors at this time as well.

Thank you very much indeed for being with us. I will hand you back to the

studio in London for some breaking news.

Thank you. Within the last few minutes, it has been announced the

former James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore has died at his home in

Switzerland after a short battle with cancer. His family have just

made the announcement on Twitter short time ago. An actor of

considerable renown but also latterly in his life, a Unicef

ambassador, as well as being an author. He was working on his 90th

birthday book, he brought a book out when he was 80. On October 14, when

he will turn 90, he was writing a book to celebrate that. It is with a

heavy heart, they say, we must announce our loving father, Sir

Roger Moore, has passed away after a short but brave battle with cancer.

Beloved by which he was surrounded in his final days cannot be

quantified in words alone. The affection are father felt buoyed him

hugely and kept him busy working into his 90s through to his last

appearance in November on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

The capacity crowd, it says, cheered him on and offstage, shaking the

very foundation of the building. Just a short distance from where he

was born. The statement ends, thank you for being you and for being so

very special to so many people, our thoughts must turn to supporting

Christina, his wife, at a difficult time, in accordance with our

father's wishes, there will be a private funeral in Monaco where he

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

Christina, her daughter died last year of cancer. Certainly, a death

that hit him and her very hard. If you are just joining, Sir Roger

Moore has died in Switzerland after a short battle from cancer. He was

89 years old. Starred in the Persuaders with Tony Curtis. Of

course, it is his role as James Bond in those movies which he will be

best remembered for. We will be talking more about his life. His

father was a policeman at the Magistrates' Court in London. Roger

Moore going into acting through RADA and a number of stage roles as well

before being spotted as a potential movie star. As I was saying, it was

his role in Unicef, which he was particularly proud of, in recent

years. There is the tweet from his family. They say, we are all

devastated. Roger Moore, 89 years old, has died after a short battle

with cancer. We will have much more on that breaking story later on. Let

us go back to Ben in Manchester. Simon, thank you. 22 people now

known to have died in the Manchester Arena last night after the

explosion, 59 are still being treated in hospital. Some of them

with life-threatening injuries. Theresa May, the Prime Minister, is

in Manchester now, meeting the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester

Police and other senior police commanders. She chaired a meeting of

Cobra earlier today and she will be back in London chairing another

meeting of Cobra later as well. We will, in terms of international

reaction to the atrocity, we will hear from readers around the world

condemning it. The Union Jack is flying in half mast at the EU in

Brussels too. Our correspondent, Paul Adams reports.

Forensic police at the scene this morning, beginning

What, if any, wider lessons need to be learned?

In and around the venue, there will be clues.

In London, ministers gathered for a meeting of the Government's

top security committee, Cobra.

After the first mass casualty attack in Britain for a dozen years,

what level of danger does the country now face?

That means a terrorist attack remains highly likely.

But the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre

which sets the threat level on the basis of the intelligence

available to them will continue to assess this throughout the day

Not since 2005 and the attacks of 7/7 have the authorities had

to deal with something on this scale.

Plenty of plots have been foiled in the years since and counterterror

police are still making arrests at an average rate of one a day.

But the public perception of the threats we face has changed.

Four years ago, Fusilier Lee Rigby was hacked to death near a London

barracks, and two months ago, an attacker using a car and a knife

Last night's atrocity was more sophisticated.

This attack does involve someone being able to get hold

Turn them into a belt and then make the effort of putting bolts

and things in that in order to kill people and then has used it at one

So, this is a much more professional style of attack.

Does this mean big venues up and down the country

There's no evidence yet that last night's attacker

passed unchallenged through security, but some

A few people we spoke to, friends that we met

before and after the gig, they said their bags

Usually, I am quite a regular gig goer and I am used

to getting my bags checked for security purposes.

A brief moment of panic this morning outside Manchester's Arndale Centre.

The danger, if any, passed, but the Arndale has been

In 1996, it was wrecked by an IRA bomb.

And eight years ago, a plot involving a car bomb

A Pakistani student was convicted in the US in 2015.

Investigators at the arena will want to know how

and where the attacker obtained the ingredients for his bomb

and crucially, was he acting alone or part of a cell?

In London, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, said

more officers have already been put on duty, the impact of last

night's attack will be felt right across the country.

We are going to talk to a couple of our correspondence now. Eleanor

Garnier in Downing Street. And Katrina at the headquarters of

Greater Manchester Police. That is where the Prime Minister arrived a

short time ago to talk to the Chief Constable about what happened here

last night. That is right. The Prime Minister is currently meeting with

the chief and stubble, Ian Hopkins. -- the Chief Constable, Ian Hopkins,

and the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd. We are expecting them to come out

shortly. What we know so far, in this fast moving investigation, a

23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with this investigation.

We expect other arrests to happen today. They controlled explosion has

happened in the Fallowfield area of South Manchester and we have had the

names of two of the victims, Saffie Roussos, eight, a pupil at Tarleton

Community Primary School, and Georgina Callander, 18, a student at

Runshaw College. We have been told that art other children among the

dead and 12 of the 59 injured at hospitals across greater Manchester

are children. This is a fast moving investigation. Key to this is to

find out if the attacker who died at the scene was working alone or as

part of a network, and crucial to establishing that is to find out

where and how the bomb is made and to see if that could connect him to

other people or establish whether he was working on his own. Andy

Burnham, the metropolitan mayor of Greater Manchester, was also here

earlier today, and he said that the city will not be seated and he urged

people to come to the vigil this evening at 6pm in Albert Square in

central Manchester -- will not be defeated. The police are working

hard to reassure members of the public in the Greater Manchester

area, there is an increased visibility, increased police

presents, to reassure people the police are working to support them.

A greater number of police officers involved in the investigation and we

understand the UK counterterrorism network is involved in supporting

the Greater Manchester Police with the investigation. The public have

been asked for their help will stop if they have seen anything

suspicious, they have been advised to report it to the anti-terror

hotline. We have a number for that, 08 00 329 321. If people have

recorded any images or footage that would be of use to the police, they

are also asked if they can send that to UK police image appeal .co .uk.

We expect to be able to update you from what has happened in the

meeting in there with the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the

Chief Constable soon. Thank you very much indeed. Catreena

Renton reporting from Greater Manchester Police headquarters. Lian

Rugani eight is at -- Eleanor Garnier is at Downing Street.

Earlier on, Theresa May said general election campaigning is suspended

with agreement from other party leaders. She also chaired the

meeting, with the government emergency committee Cobra? Yes,

having been updated overnight, Theresa May chaired a Cobra meeting,

an emergency meeting of senior ministers, police and security

officials, they would have discussed the latest in the investigation and

as well the current level of terror threat across the UK, which still

remains at severe. I think Theresa May, when she came into the street

and gave a statement after that emergency meeting, she reacted to

the harsh realities of what has happened. Yes, with sadness, but

anger too, saying it was "A callous terrorist attack", an act of

sickening cowardice with young people having been deliberately and

indiscriminately targeted. She also touched on how did court it is to

take him what has actually happened, the emotional side and the scale of

what has happened. She says that the country spirit will not be broken,

it must take on and defeat the ideology behind the attack, saying

that there would be difficult days ahead but Britain's spirit will

never be broken, terrorists will never win and our way of life will

always prevail. She thanked emergency services in Manchester,

who reacted quickly to the attack. She also praised the public in

Manchester who had gone to help in various different ways. We know that

campaigning in the general election has been suspended, we do not know

yet when it will resume. I do not think there are discussions yet as

to when it will resume. It is far too early to go back to the cut and

thrust of the general election campaign. Yes, Theresa May is with

Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, in Manchester now and she will be

coming back to London to chair another emergency committee of those

senior politicians, senior police officers and security officials too,

where they will be updated on the latest in the investigation. Allen,

thank you very much indeed for being with us. I am joined in Manchester

outside of the Manchester Arena where this triple atrocity happened

last night by Colonel Richard Kemp, who knows all about Cobra, the

government's emergency committee -- terrible atrocity. You are ahead of

their Cabinet Office international terror is to team, what will they be

discussing at a Cobra meeting like this morning? The key issue is

whether we will see further attacks. It is possible that this attack,

like the 7/7 attack, are connected to other networks and attacks which

is the most important thing. There are issues like trying to identify

those members of the network, if it is a network, involved in this.

Making arrests and searching premises. As for issues like dealing

with casualties, political handling and media handling, these are all

discussed, and discussion with Allied intelligence agencies as to

how they may help us. The Prime Minister has two coordinate that

intelligence coming from different sources? She has a lot of stuff you

can do that but she will attend a number of Cobra meetings and update

and make decisions as to how the process goes forward. And one of the

key questions for police and intelligence services, was this bomb

acting alone? A lone wolf? Or part of a wider group out there? That is

a key question. Without having any inside information, my guess is that

this was not a person acting alone. He may well have carried out this

bombing alone but I assume he had a network that was directing him and

possibly making the explosive. Putting together a bomb that works

like this is not an easy process. It requires a degree of expertise, you

cannot simply learn it off the Internet unless you are very lucky.

In a sense it is very different to the Westminster attack where we saw

this attack are driving a higher car at pedestrians? It is very different

altogether. It may or may not be particularly sophisticated, it looks

that way, it's self detonated on the individual, packed with not only

home-made explosives, to get that mixture right is difficult, but with

males to make the carnage even greater, -- but with nails. We have

from eyewitnesses that there were nuts and bolts flying through the

air, it was designed to hurt and main not just ordinary civilians but

young civilians, younger than teenagers, just going to a pop

concert? Of course, we find it shocking but maybe we should not

find it shopping when we look at what Islamic State do and what

Islamic State inspired terrorists have done elsewhere, like at the

Bataclan theatre where they were targeting a slightly older audience

in that case. But they take no attention except for the horror that

they can grab, they just want to kill as many as they can in the most

horrific way. And so-called Islamic State have

claimed responsibility but they often do. It does not necessarily

mean that they knew about it in advance? It doesn't, they will

probably claim either way. My guess is that this person was at least

inspired by Islamic state, even if not specifically directed by them.

Colonel Richard Kemp, thank you for joining us in Manchester.

We can now go to Emily Winterbotham, a senior research fellow at the

Royal United services Institute in London.

They are asked for your thoughts, Emily, and whether you think that

this was a lone attacker who prepared a suicide bomb by himself,

or was working with other people? It is difficult to know, the police

are trying to establish that but what would history teach us about

that? I do think that it is important to

say that we are in the early stages of an investigation. It is important

not to speculate but as your previous speaker did say as well,

the fact that it was a suicide attack does indicate a high level of

sophistication, compare to other attacks that we have seen, most

recently with the Westminster attack, which used a vehicle. It

potentially implies that there were more than one, where there was more

than one person, at least, if not a bigger network involved. And

clearly, this was a soft target? Not only civilians, as we were

discussing, but very young civilians. The attacker must have

known that our young people at that concert last night? Yes, clearly the

attack was designed to target a soft location. I think going back to your

previous question as well in terms of looking back at history, the

attack was reminiscent of the attacks in Paris on the Bataclan

Theatre. The attacker, or attackers, had been aware of who was actually

inside of the building. And what about police priorities? Their

priorities are clearly to establish that, if there was a cell involved

in this, that remaining members are not still at large and potentially

dangerous, and potentially capable of carrying out further attacks?

That is the first priority of police in any kind of attack that occurs,

to try and attack who the -- to try and identify who the attacker was

and his background, and identify any links with other individuals or

groups of individuals, they clearly have been trying to do so in

Manchester today. We heard reports of possible arrests and of control

destinations, which reflects the fact that they are exploring other

avenues to pin down whether this was the work of one man or one man part

of a network. -- controlled destinations. Emily Winterbotham,

thank you very much for being with us.

John Cameron from the children's charity the NSPCC is with us now.

So many of these victims were young and so many people at the concert

was young, they may have survived that they will still be traumatised

by what they saw, heard and witnessed? Very much so, let me

express my deepest sympathies for all of those affected by this tragic

incident. At ChildLine, we've had a number of children calling us, on

the NSPCC helpline, we have had parents calling us. Both are very

concerned about their own safety. It has a huge impact on the emotional

well-being of children across the country.

Children are saying to us on ChildLine they are worried about

their own safety and older children are coming to us saying that they

have tickets for various music events, what should I do? What

should I look out for? What can I say to my parents? Parents are in a

very difficult situation because they want to make sure their

children can go and enjoy themselves but they also worry for their

safety. At the NSPCC and ChildLine, we are providing advice to parents

and children who have worries about terrorism, and are seeking to

provide support to them and reassurance. And, I suppose, some of

these young people at that concert may be traumatised for months or

even years ahead, especially those who witnessed the explosion and saw

the casualties? Indeed, it's important that local services on the

ground make sure that they have provisions available for some

probably long-term support for these children and indeed adults as well

who are traumatised by this. I cannot emphasise enough that it is

important for everyone listening to this programme now and in future, if

you have any worries whatsoever about your children's anxieties when

these events occur, you can call the NSPCC helpline which is free,

confidential and 24 hours. You can get advice from councillors and

importantly, for those children worried about their in safety and

the impact it will have on them witnessing these kinds of events, it

is important to talk to your parents and trusted adults, and come through

to ChildLine. We are here to support you and it is important that

children who are directly affected by these events, or indirectly, that

they get the fullest support possible so that they can move on

from these tragic incidents. It does seem, John Cameron from the NSPCC,

utterly un-thinkable. But it seems that this attack was not only a

terror attack on a concert hall but an attack where the attacker knew

that the victims were young, and were teenagers, or even children at

a primary school. Children like this are deeply affected. Adults are

equally affected but for children, they have their whole lives ahead of

them. There have been a number of young people whose lives have been

lost. The opportunities for them to grow and become successful adults

and enjoy life has been taken from them in this particular incident.

What we need to remember is that children are very fragile, and while

they have the capacity to recover, they have support from their loved

ones and from their teachers and other adults coming into contact

with them. A very strong message is to try and have conversations with

your children about this. A lot of children will remain quiet because

they feel they are unable to talk about it. Bring it up gently and

don't make the issue too complicated. Most importantly,

provide them with reassurances that those authorities out there, seeking

to protect us all across the UK, are doing their very best to help and

support us. John Cameron from the NSPCC, thank you very much for being

with us. That's the latest from here in Manchester where we now know that

22 people have died in the Manchester Arena behind me last

night, and 59 were injured. They are still being treated at eight

hospitals in and around the city of Manchester. Some of them, according

to the Prime Minister, have life-threatening injuries. Let me

hand you back to Simon in the studio. STUDIO: Ben, thank you.

Another breaking story now, former James Bond actor Roger Moore has

died at the age of 89. Mick Hynes looks back at his life.

Mr Bond... James Bond. He was an unlikely bond. He hardly looked like

a ruthless operator licensed to kill but with a touch of self-parody,

Bond films were always most fun when Roger Moore was playing the lead. A

feast form IIs! He started out impossibly handsome, as a male model

and bit part actor. His first brush with fame came when he married

Dorothy Squires, a huge star on both sides of the Atlantic. His first big

break came in the television series Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe made him a pin-up,

a heart-throb. But, as an actor committee seemed a little wooden. --

he seemed a little wooden. That was until The Saint. It was in that that

he first developed the classic Roger Moore screen character. Smart, sexy,

half humorous. He went on to star in the persuaders with Tony Curtis,

mixing action and laughs once more. I will buy you one! In blue? We

played it tongue-in-cheek. I play most heroes tongue in cheek, because

I really don't see myself as a hero. Although I play it as if it is all a

joke. His tongue was never more firmly in his cheek than when he

played James Bond. Is there time before we leave? For lesson number

three? Absolutely... In the end, he gave up acting for charity work as a

goodwill ambassador for Unicef. It earned him his knighthood, but he

could still make headlines, like when his third marriage broke up.

I think he is attempting re-entry, sir. But this is how we will

remember Roger Moore. Suave, sophisticated, and not remotely

Sirius. Let's speak to David Sillitoe, our

arts corresponded. Andrew Lloyd Webber said "Farewell,

dearest Roger". And also, "I loved the bones of

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

is my James Bond, it does not matter on your age. Aged 11 or 12, when you

go to the cinema and you see James Bond, he is forever your James Bond.

Remember, when he took the role on, you think of it as something that

goes on and on forever. And is reinvented. You wonder, what comes

after Sean Connery? What could you do with it? He brought something to

the role, some wit and charm, some suave. Always the perfect English

gentleman. You can pretty much say that he was a successful in the box

office as Sean Connery. Considerably more so, the number of people who

went to see those seven movies. He was 58 when he finally realised that

he was a bit too old for this carry on. But he's thought of as slightly

ridiculous. That is the joy of it. You can follow the plots and enjoy

the action but throughout it there is that knowing wink, even when you

are young and watching, there is enormous pleasure there. It is what

he brought through The Persuaders, and if you've watched television

over the last 50 years, the Uber watched a lot of Roger Moore,

haven't you? And even after he gave up on the James Bond films, he

appeared in other films. Some successful, others not. But his role

in Unicef, he was in the public eye right until the end? Very much so.

And I think he rather enjoyed the Unicef role more than he did the

guns and action of pretending to be the great action hero. I don't think

he is a man with any affection for guns and explosions at all. But more

affection for the good he could do as a goodwill ambassador around the

world. To meet him was to know that he had so much charm. He was a

pleasure to. He radiated that goodwill on screen as well, both as

a Unicef ambassador and as I -- as an actor. And he was

self-deprecating? He would have a joke and usually at his expense?

Yes, he got a seven year contract from MGM. He said that he had a

three letter designation at the end of MBG, which he said was" no bloody

good"! He always knew what he was good at -- MBG. He knew that he was

good at projecting charm and character. He looks as though he has

come from privilege, a posh background. Anything but. He was

born in Stockwell, his father was a policeman. I love the story that his

dad got him his first work on set, when a film director had been robbed

and his dad was dealing with the man and said, my son is an aspiring

actor, would you give him a chance? That was his first screen

appearance. The war interrupted when he went to RADA. He had been an

actor for a long time. Even before James Bond. When we look at James

Bond, it is towards the end of his acting career. For many people, they

will remember the Saint and the Persuaders, and will remember

Maverick. It's a lot of film and TV history in all of this. A sad day,

thank you very much, David Sillitoe. BBC News, let's get more on our main

story, let's go back over to Ben in Manchester.

Yes, this is a city trying to come to terms with the enormity of that

atrocity last night where 22 people died and 59 were injured. Theresa

May, the Prime Minister, was here this afternoon meeting the Chief

Constable of Greater Manchester Police and talked about the

cowardice of the attack are being met by the bravery of the emergency

services and of the people of Manchester. Our correspondent Dan

Johnson reports on a city trying to pull together.

Manchester streets, busy with shoppers. Some shocked, many sad,

but also determined to show that this city is not afraid. They are

proud to have the way that the people he responded. Absolutely

defiant. There is nobody in this world that would be able to keep us

away from the centre of Manchester. From its vibrancy and metropolitan

feeling. It is fantastic. No amount of evil will ever dampen any good

thought that there is about Manchester. Greater Manchester's new

Mayor shared their pride and defiance.

I want it thank the people of Manchester.

Even if the minute after the attack, they opened their doors

to strangers and drove them away from danger.

They gave the best-possible, immediate response to

And it'll be that spirit of Manchester

that will prevail and hold us together.

There were so many offers to donate blood,

this morning they had to turn people away.

Obviously, with the tragedy that has happened,

if we can help in that way, that would be beneficial.

So, it would be nice, you know, to do something to

I really wanted to come down and see if I could help at all.

An overwhelming response on social media.

I thought I would come down and try to give

Last night, an instinctive reaction from the city's

cab drivers, not to run from danger but to help others find their

just come down to see if

anyone needed a lift home f they were stranded

As a good citizen, it's the time where everyone needs to come

Trying to come down to help the people get home, free of

charge, without worry being paying to get home.

This city has felt destruction before.

An IRA bomb exploded at the Arndale shopping

centre in 1996, injuring hundreds of people, just yards

This post box was about the only thing that survived.

The city centre has been rebuilt around it, but it is a

reminder of the strength and resilience of the city and it is

that same spirit that people are relying on here today.

And this evening, people will come together

in the city centre to show their support in a vigil.

Tough, gritty resolve is a natural response here,

Let's get the latest on the casualties who are being treated at

eight hospitals in and around Manchester. Our health corresponded

Dominic Hughes is at Stepping Hill Hospital, one of the hospitals

treating those who are injured. What is the picture there? Then, you were

talking about the scale of the attack last night. You can see that

by the NHS response. A fleet of 60 ambulances responded to this

emergency. Not just from the north-west of England but support

from North Wales, the Midlands and Yorkshire, they have ferried the 59

worst injured people to hospitals around Greater Manchester. Here at

Stepping Hill Hospital they had nine major traumas are omitted. Three of

those people were still being operated on this morning, early this

morning. Some hours after the attack happened. Of those nine, one of

those was a child. Three people were still being operated on, obviously

in a very serious condition. We also know there were many people who

arrived at A having managed to drive back from the centre of

Manchester to Stockport in the south-east of Manchester. They

arrived at A to be treated for minor cuts and bruises. As a result

many staff came in when they heard what had happened, in the middle of

the night, to help out in A and operating theatres. So many staff

turned up that they had to turn some way, they know that the coming days

will be busy. We heard in Dan's report that the blood banks are full

but they say that if people could think carefully before going to

accident and emergency, that would help.

Dominic, thank you very much. Dominic Hughes reporting there. The

Manchester Arena behind me is the biggest concert venue around

Manchester with a capacity for 20 1000. Performing last night, the

singer Ariana Grande. She has tweeted after the attack here that

she was broken, from the bottom of her heart. Take That have announced

they are postponing their plan show tonight in Liverpool. Colin

Paterson, of entertainment corresponded, reports.

It was a situation with which any parent could identify.

Dropping your children off at an event they've been looking

forward to for months and coming back to pick them up

They'd come to see Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour but ended up

Members of an audience which became the target of a terrorist attack.

The singer made her name as a children's TV star

and still attracts a very young, predominantly female fan base.

Many in the crowd pre-teens, some as young as seven or eight.

Entertainment stars expressed their horror at the night's event.

It shocks me every time we hear this sort of news,

that attacks like this can happen, but especially when there

will be so many children at this concert tonight.

We'll all go to bed holding our little ones even

Last year, Time Magazine named Ariana Grande as one of the 100 most

influential people on the planet, highlighting her 150 million social

media followers and the role it plays in attracting her young fans.

It was with a tweet she communicated after the attack,

From the bottom of my heart, I am so, so, sorry,

Now the world of music is using the same platform

to voice their support, both for her and the

Taylor Swift says she is offering her thoughts and prayers and tears

for all those affected by the Manchester tragedy.

Harry Styles described himself as "heart broken"

A sentiment shared by Katy Perry who says she is broken hearted

for the families and broken hearted for Ariana Grande.

And those stars can picture exactly where the attack took place

because the Manchester Arena is the second-largest indoor

music venue in Europe, and their world tours

Tomorrow night Take That were due to play the first of three

Harvey Goldsmith, the promoter behind Live Aid says last night's

attack has huge implications for the live music market.

The most vulnerable point is on the exit and, therefore,

I presume all the arenas and promoters together will review

how to deal with people leaving concerts but if it's outside

the concert area, the arena itself, where the concert takes place,

if it is on the way out, it is very difficult to do much more

It is believed that Ariana Grande will cancel the remaining

European dates of her tour, which was scheduled

The former child star is now having to deal with the most

This is BBC News, I'm Ben Brown reporting live from Manchester.

Where 22 people are now known to have died after a man detonated a

suicide bomb here at the Manchester Arena. Police say the man set off a

home-made bomb in the foyer a of the building, as the concert there was

ending. The youngest victim was only eight years old. Saffie Roussos, who

came from Lancashire. 18-year-old college student Georgina Callander

also died. Scores of others were injured, and others are still

missing. This is my daughter, Olivia. I haven't seen her since 5pm

last night. She was at the Ariana Grande concert with her friend. I'm

worried sick. If anyone has seen her, please contact police. The

Prime Minister is in Manchester today meeting local authorities.

Earlier she condemned what she calls a callous attack. The people of

Manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist

attacks, an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our

society. Police say they know the identity of the suicide bomber and

armed police have arrested a 23-year-old man in South Manchester.

This is being the most horrific incident we have ever faced in

greater Manchester and one we all hoped we would never see. We will

bring you all the latest developments from here in

Manchester. In other news, the actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for

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

Bond. He received a knighthood for his humanitarian work with Unicef.

Good afternoon from Manchester, which has experienced the UK's worst

terrorist attack since the July 7th attacks in London in 2005.

We are outside the Manchester Arena, where thousands of young

concertgoers were last night when a man detonated a suicide bomb shortly

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

know, piecing together what the police have told us. The police say

they were called at 10:33pm to Manchester Arena. The Prime Minister

has called this an attack of appalling and sickening cowardice.

The arena was full because people were streaming out of the doors at

the end of the concert by the American singer and -- Ariana

Grande. Surrounding streets had been sealed off and nearby Victoria

Railway Station has been close. Richard Galpin reports and I must

warn you that the report contains some distressing images. We will

bring that to you in a moment, actually, but let me just tell you

that Theresa May, we gather, is about to speak because she has come

to Manchester to meet the Chief Constable, and other senior

commanders and air of greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and other

civic leaders as Manchester tries to come to terms with this appalling

tragedy in which 22 people have lost their lives. We know that to them

were aged just eight years old and 18 years old, and that many of those

at that concert last night we young people, some of them at primary

school. Some at secondary school. Others were students. The Prime

Minister is here after chairing a meeting of Cobra, the Government

emergency committee in London, first thing this morning, where she

conferred with MI5 and senior police leaders in London with the

intelligence picture surrounding this attack and there will be

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

after the suspension of election campaigning. She is in Manchester

after meeting the Chief Constable. This is a terrible day, Prime

Minister. Are you confident everything is being done to make

sure that no one other than the bomber himself -- anyone, with the

exception of the bomber himself that was involved in this will be caught?

This was an attack on young people and children, it is callous and our

thoughts and prayers must be with the families of all those affected

by this terrible attack. I have been here today with the Greater

Manchester Police, talking to them about the investigation that is

continuing. Security services are working on whether there was a wider

group of people involved in this particular incident. We have had the

name of the young person that died, the youngest, an eight-year-old girl

from Lancashire. It's horrendous? It's an absolutely barbaric attacks

to cut off young lives in this way and it is absolutely devastating,

our thoughts and prayers must be with their families and friends

regarding this horrendous tragedy that has taken place. The police and

security services must have the resources they need to continue this

investigation and I would like to thank the police and those involved

in the emergency services for the amazing way they responded to this

terrible incident. I have been hearing of police officers, off

duty, turning up to make sure they could contribute and help. So many

people have helped. It's the spirit of Manchester, of Britain and one

thing I am sure of is that terrorists will not prevail. There

are other concerts and music festivals who will start to worry

about children and young people, will they be safe this summer? What

can you do to ensure this? The police and others will be looking at

the security of venues to make sure that people can continue to enjoy

some events, feeling secure. What is clear is that we are ensuring the

resources are available for the police in order to do the job they

need to do. This was a horrendous attack, absolutely horrific.

Barbaric in its nature, but what I want to be clear about is that we

will not let terrorists win. Our values will prevail. That is the

Prime Minister, here in Manchester this afternoon, saying that

terrorism will not prevail, you just heard her say. Our values will

prevail, is what she said. Let us tell you what we know. Richard

Galpin's report may have distressing images.

What had been a night of joy and elation for

Everyone's heard what they think is a bomb going off.

And the only thing now is to get out of this arena,

Then everyone started running towards us, screaming and crying.

Everyone just trampling over us to get out.

I saw parents with kids running out with blood all over them.

I picked this lady up who said she was looking for her grandkids,

who couldn't find her grandkids, she picked up a young girl

on the floor who was covered in blood with parents laying

There's glass and nuts, metal nuts, that have been

I can't think of anything else that's got nuts that

Traumatised and uncertain what to do, many of the youngsters

Some searching for their parents, who'd been waiting to pick them up

Others looking for relatives and friends who've gone missing

and today some families are still trying to find

their children having heard nothing from them

Children are amongst the many casualties.

All the major hospitals in Manchester being used last night

And this morning, the police confirmed it was a terrorist attack

This has been the most horrific incident we have ever faced

here in Greater Manchester and one that we all hoped

Families and many young people were out to enjoy a concert

at the Manchester Arena and have very sadly lost their lives

and we believe at this stage the attack last night was conducted

The priority is to establish whether he was acting alone

The attacker, I can confirm, died at the arena.

We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive

device which he detonated, causing this atrocity.

In Downing Street, flags are flying at half-mast in the aftermath

of the worst terrorist attack in Britain since the suicide

bombings on London transport 12 years ago.

All acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people,

but this attack stands out for its appalling,

sickening cowardice, deliberately targeting innocent,

defenceless children and young people who should have been enjoying

one of the most memorable nights of their lives.

Let us remember those who died and let us celebrate those

who helped, safe in the knowledge that the terrorists will never

win and our values, our country and our way of life

The horror of what happened at the arena last night led to many

Taxi drivers providing free lifts for those

Others offering rooms for anyone needing somewhere to sleep.

As for who was responsible for this attack, the police believe they do

know the person's identity and already a 23-year-old

man has been arrested in connection with the bombing.

Also this morning, the first victim has been named.

She is 18-year-old Georgina Callander, on the left,

posing with the singer Ariana Grande who was performing at

And Saffie Roussos, who was just eight years old.

The children at the concert would never have imagined

they would end up like this, having to escape a terrorist

attack, but it is clear they were deliberately targeted

and that has provoked shock and revulsion in this country

Terrifying accounts of what went on last night. People separated from

their loved ones, not knowing where they were. People talking about the

explosion, saying nuts and bolts flying through the air, and seeing

casualties as well. Danny Savage has a report and you may find some parts

distressing. I have not seen her

since 5.00 last night. She was at the Ariana Grande

concert with her friend. If anybody has seen her,

contact the police, Contact somebody, let her know that

you've seen her. Even if you think you have seen her,

just let the police know, please. Charlotte Campbell hasn't heard

from her daughter, Olivia, Her family has been out searching

for the teenager for hours. I need my daughter home.

I need to know where she is. On the wards of numerous

hospitals across Manchester, the casualties have been treated

and the bereaved We thought it was a balloon

that had popped. Because we were so close to the

front, we didn't think it was an explosion.

The minute we heard the bells, we ran up to our hotel.

Outside city centre hotels, survivors recounted the horror

Towards the last song, she let a load of helium

We thought - I mean, we looked at each other

and we were like, no, no, it can't be something that

you see on the news, that doesn't happen to people like us.

Everyone calmed around us and all of a sudden,

everyone started screaming and running in every direction.

There was one girl there, she tumbled over the seats.

On social media, numerous appeals soon appeared

Deborah Hutchinson from Newcastle wrote, "My daughter, Courtney Boyle,

and partner Philip have gone missing in an attack in Manchester.

Please share and help find them, I need them home safe."

People who were there tried to offer help online, too.

People who need help, who have nowhere to sleep,

Trying to get awareness out for people willing to help.

A picture of chaos and panic emerged.

I heard an explosion, I was like, we need to run,

so we started running all the way down to the doors to the exit.

All I heard was people screaming and crying and running everywhere.

It is hard to imagine a softer target for this attack.

So many of the teenagers and children who were there last

night were given tickets as a Christmas or birthday present.

Thousands of teenagers and young people have gone to school this

morning knowing of a friend or a friend of a friend

who was at the concert last night and now numerous families are having

to arrange the funeral of a son or daughter,

who went out yesterday evening, so excited ahead of that concert.

We are hearing from Scotland Yard that there is a plan to put more

armed police officers on at Wembley for this cup final with Chelsea at

the weekend. Lets talk to Dominic grieve who is the chair of the

Commons intelligence committee. He joins us on the line. What are your

thoughts about this horrendous attack here in Manchester? It's an

act of appalling evil and I have no doubt that the police and security

services will do everything they can to try and understand how it came

about and whether there are any accomplices that need to be brought

to justice, or stopped. The reality is that our security services are

very good at stopping plots. We have seen this happen consistently over

the last few years, but I have been conscious that the risks have been

great and 100% security is impossible to give, even if we were

to abandon our freedoms and live in a security- dominated society, we

would still not be able to stop this and I am afraid we need to maintain

our values and show that terrorism cannot succeed, and three days

values, we will bring this to an end. This was Manchester Arena, the

softest of soft targets. Young people, children are primary school

among the audience and now the victims of this attack. The target

was specifically chosen, I suspect, to be a particularly horrible act

because this is what these terrorists appear to specialise in.

It's what they want to do. I couldn't possibly comment on the

security at the arena. It is far too early to say. You can provide

security within an area, but in its immediate passivity, that may be

more difficult. There are always lessons we can learn and these

incidents, and the security services and the police do just that. But

it's equally right to say that you can't provide that everything. If

there are individuals within society who wish to perpetrate murderous

acts and you don't have intelligence on beforehand it is very difficult

to stop them from doing it. The key question the police is whether this

suicide bomber was acting alone or with others, as part of the

conspiracy? That's what I would expect them to do. We do not know

because the identity of the individual hasn't been announced

although police believe they know who the years. They will follow up

the necessary leads to see if there is anything they knew about him,

whether he was on the edges of some sort of extremist ideology, and

seeing what they can do to follow that up and we will leave them to

the task of doing that. Scotland Yard are putting more armed police

on patrol at the cup final. Is that what has to happen now? Events need

beef- up -- to beef - up security? The police must decide as an

operational matter what the best thing is that them to do and to what

extent more security is needed. They want to target that as much as

possible, to places where there might be threat or risk. Seeing

police on the streets needs to not be diminutive or the other tasks

that they need to do. It is worth bearing in mind that over the last

few years, there have been a large number of plots that have been

stopped, the individuals prosecuted and imprisoned for trying to carry

out forms a terrorist outrage. That has been a great success story where

the United Kingdom has been in the lead. The work that is being done by

the security services, MI5, other agencies and the police, they had

been exemplary but unfortunately that does not abide us with 100%

protection. Dominick, thank you very much for being with us. He is chair

of the Commons security and intelligence committee. Let's go to

the Royal Infirmary in Manchester, one of eight hospitals treating the

59 people injured in last night's attack. What is happening there?

Here at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, one of the major trauma

centres for the region, there are nine people being treated. You also

have Salford Royal, the Royal Manchester children's hospital.

Royal Bolton, North Manchester hospital, many involved looking

after those 59 patients injured as a result of last night's atrocity. A

little earlier, we heard from people in charge of the health services

here, in greater Manchester, the health and social care partnership,

and he was speaking of if ever you wanted to see one NHS then last

night and this morning, this was a true example of it. The worst of

times, but bringing out the best in the people of Manchester who rallied

to help. Whether that is members of the public offering to donate blood,

ambulance staff volunteering to come in and help, the Ambulance Service

in particular, 300 people involved in the north-west Ambulance Service,

some on the rotor but many volunteers, coming in even though

they were not due to be on shift. Huge response from the medical teams

here. Let's talk to Hugh Pym our political editor. What are you

hearing about the medical response? We learned from the comments made by

the greater Manchester health care chief that the response was as good

as it could've been. The plan envisaged a scenario like this and

that enabled them to direct paramedics and ambulances very

quickly and taken to the eight hospitals, including a major trauma

centres. Manchester Royal and Salford Royal. It had gone off in a

way that they were proud of. We talk of one NHS, this squad operation

between the ambulance staff on the front line and then each hospital

having its own major incident plan, bringing in clinicians overnight,

doctors, nurses, coming in to ensure that the right staff are in the

right places. Some of the 59, some of them are intensive care and will

be in hospital for quite awhile, some severely injured. Tell us more

about the level of preparedness hospitals have four major incidents?

Hearing about the incident at 1046, several hospitals declared a major

incident so that trauma network but in their major response and the

Ambulance Services came in from the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the

East Midlands. 60 paramedic vehicles were involved which was a very quick

regional response, and then each hospital has its own plan which has

got off pretty effectively and we have heard about staff coming in

off- shift. We've heard about the public queueing up at blood donor

centres, including the one over the road here to the point where the

services have said they have not enough blood. It's been an

extraordinary response. -- that they have enough blood.

The services are extremely thankful to those who have donated blood last

night, over night and this morning but they now have enough to meet

their needs. They would ask people with on negative blood to continue

to donate. -- o negative. Let's go to Vicki Young in Downing Street.

The Prime Minister in Manchester having chaired that meeting. The

Government emergency committee. She says there's going to be another

Cobra meeting later as well. Dealing with the practicalities of this, we

note that as soon as news broke, she was kept informed throughout the

night about what was going on and then this morning, chairing the

meeting gave a chance for Government officials and Cabinet ministers,

senior police officers and people from the security services to meet,

and the Mayor of Manchester also joining by a video link. It allowed

them to get in the room to talk about what was going on, how the

emergency services are responding, the level of threat, all these

things brought together and shared by the Prime Minister. Of course, in

that role as Prime Minister, it's not just the practicalities. She

came out here and really tried to encapsulate how the nation is

feeling. The horror that people are feeling. Talking about how all

terrorist attacks are of course cowardly, but she says this was of

particular concern because it seemed to specifically target a venue where

they knew there would be young people, children. As we have heard,

that one of those who died was of primary school age. She is saying to

people not to dwell on the scenes of carnage but try to look at the Hope,

the positive side, take away from it that there were people who didn't

run away. They ran towards danger to try and help people. At a time when

people are despairing, because she isn't the first British prime

ministers to stand here and talk about how to respond to this

terrorist attack, she is saying to people to have hope as well. Thank

you. We now go to King's College, London. We speak to the profession

of national security studies. What are your thoughts, and what in

particular whether the intelligence agencies and police tried to do to

work out whether this was a lone wolf with a suicide bomb or part of

a wider conspiracy? It is unlikely that this individual is entirely

self-supporting. The production and delivery of a suicide bomb is a

complicated thing and this suggests there is something at the more

the intelligence services will look at it this is to be part of a wave

of suicide bombings, but fundamentally the challenge at the

moment is for the Prime Minister and the closest team around her to

strike that balance between appropriately shocked and

communicating how the public feels versus the needs to emphasise how

normal life can continue and that is a difficult message to pass on

today. The intelligence services, we know, for the last few years, have

quite often foiled several plots a year. We have now had the

Westminster attacks and now this, the most deadly attack on British

soil since the July seven attacks in 2005 and it is so difficult to stop

all the plots, all of the time. The success of the police is

something the country should be proud of it. It is unprecedented how

many plots have been disrupted or just haven't occurred because it is

so difficult to operate in the UK, but that doesn't mean that we can

achieve total security. I do think it is very worrying that we have had

our second major suicide attack. It is debatable whether certain other

attacks were suicide in nature such as the attack on Westminster. This

was a suicide attack and it must be of great concern. That said, most

terrorist plots are disrupted by intelligence, not by physical

security and we're constantly achieving success in the fight

against terrorists. It is important to remember that contrary to this

view I hear said which is the terrorists only have to be lucky

once. That's not correct. They have to be lucky every day not to be

caught by a sophisticated security apparatus that we have in this

country. Professor, thank you very much

indeed. We can now speak to Steve Rotheram -

the newly elected Metro Mayor His daughters were at

the concert but are safe. Yes, both my girls aged 19 and 20 #2

1 got it as a Chris has present as so many people did and went to

Manchester last night to watch a concert and were very excited about

it. Tell us what was their experience when they were there.

They got out, but did they see or hear the explosion? Yes, they were

already making their way towards the exit when a large bang, an explosion

took place to their left and that caused panic and pandemonium in the

arena with people climbing over chairs to see if they could get

quickly to the exits and people were jostling of course as you'd expect,

but it was quite frightening for them. When they got to the concourse

area they saw people with blood dripping from wounds. The whole

thing was a really frightening experience for them, but they were

lucky because they came home last night or in the early hours of this

morning anyway. And like any father of a child who was there and

survived, you must just feel so much relief today? Unbelievable. The

phone call I got from my wife to say don't panic, but was some of the

longest seconds of my life and the but was, the girls are safe, but

there has been a major incident in Manchester. All we were praying for,

if you like, is to get the girls home safely and that took several

hours and they were very, very long hours, but we're so lucky and so

fortunate, some parents last night didn't get their children back and

will never get them back. We're going to show pictures

actually of the Prime Minister arriving now at the Manchester Royal

Infirmary where some of the injured being treated today. Eight hospitals

altogether in and around Manchester where the casualties, the 59 injured

are being treated and Theresa May has been meeting the Chief Constable

of Greater Manchester and other police commanders now at the

hospital. One of the hospitals where the injured are being treated. Steve

Rotherham can I ask you one more question - what are your thoughts

about a terrorist attack not only on a soft target like this, but a soft

target where the attacker must have known that in the audience were very

young children as we have seen some of them just primary school age?

Just as a human being, never mind as a father, it's just difficult to get

your mind around what went through somebody's psyche, somebody's

mentality to not just target people to kill, to murder, to slay, but

specifically to young people and at a time when they knew that those

people were leaving and they there would have been a large gathering of

young people. Just on a human level I can't understand it, you'd need to

speak to psychiatrists and criminal gists all I've got is anger and

disdain and hatred for people who perpetrate such crimes. Of course,

traditionally, there is a lot of rivalry between Manchester and

Liverpool, certainly in footballing terms, but what is their sense of

solidarity today between these two great cities of the north-west?

Well, huge solidarity. Both myself and Andy Burnham have made public

statements just a couple of weeks ago about bringing our two great

cities together and of course, there is rivalry, that's existed for a

long, long time, when you get beneath of the veneer of rivalry,

there is a lot that we have that is similar in both city regions and

today, I know it has been said, but we're all Mancunians, aren't we? And

our hearts and prayers go out to the people of Manchester and of course,

we'll stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them and we will offer them any

support that we can possibly provide to that great city. Steve Rotherham,

Metro Mayor of Liverpool, thank you very much indeed for being with us.

Let me ask you one more question, do you think that there needs to be

enhanced, beefed-up security, at venues like this at the Manchester

Arena where there are concerts, there will be lots of young people

going to all sorts of concerts and festivals this summer, football

matches, like the FA Cup Final, we're hearing Scotland Yard are

putting more armed police there, but does there need to be a re-think on

security or you know is that in a sense respond to go what the

terrorists have done? Of course, we all need to be

vigilant and ever aware of circumstances around us. What we can

do is very limited in all honesty. If you look at what happened in

Westminster, that was a person with murderous intent in a car.

Yesterday, it was somebody who blew themselves up so you can't plan for

every eventuality. We've had our local Cobra meeting, Gold Command

meeting today to ensure that we have all the resilience possible, but at

the end of the day, no one can guarantee 100% security for every

single person. It's all our responsibility and I just hope that

the message is loud and clear that people need to be very aware of

their circumstances following this absolutely devastating tragedy last

night. Well, Steve Rotherham, thank you so

much for being with us and so pleased that your children are safe.

Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you.

Some news just coming in to us and we are hearing that at 4pm, this

afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, there will be a one minute's silence

observed at the Queen's Garden Party. That's for victims of the

attack here at Manchester Arena. So a one minute's silence at Buckingham

Palace at 4 o'clock British time and in attendance will be the Queen and

the Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall,

The Duke of York and Princess Eugenie of York as well. A one

minute silence for the victims in Manchester and the Royal Family will

come out of Buckingham Palace and pause at the top of the stes to the

garden. Well, that's the very latest from Manchester in the wake of this

attack here that has left 22 people dead and 59 injured. Some of them

with life threatening injuries. Simon, back to you.

Ben, thank you very much. The former James Bond

actor Roger Moore has Nick Higham takes a look

back at his life. He hardly looked like a ruthless

operator licensed to kill - but with a touch of self-parody,

Bond films were always most fun when Roger Moore

was playing the lead. He started out impossibly handsome,

as a male model and bit part actor. His first brush with fame came

when he married Dorothy Squires, a huge singing star on both

sides of the Atlantic. His first big break came

in the television series Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe made him

a pin-up, a heart-throb. But, as an actor, he

seemed a little wooden. It was in The Saint that he first

developed the classic He went on to star in The Persuaders

with Tony Curtis, mixing action I play most heroes tongue-in-cheek

because I really don't Although I play it as

if it is all a joke. His tongue was never

more firmly in his cheek In the end, he gave up acting

for charity work as a goodwill It earned him his knighthood,

but he could still make headlines, like when his third

marriage broke up. I think he is attempting

re-entry, sir. But this is how we will

remember Roger Moore. Suave, sophisticated,

and not remotely serious. David Sillito explained why so many

people regard him as their favourite Bond. You have got to remember when

he took the role on, we all think of it as a thing that goes on and on

forever and is reinvented. Many people were thinking what would come

after Connery? People thought well, what could he do with it? He brought

something to the role, a bit of wit, a bit of charm, swarve, always the

perfect English gentleman. You can pretty much say he was as successful

in the box office as Connery was and considerably more so, the number of

people who went to see those seven movies, he was 58 when he realised

I'm too old for this carry on, but he always thought it was ridiculous

and that's the joy of it, isn't it in You watch him and you see that

you can follow the plots, and you can enjoy the action, but throughout

it all is the little knowing wink when you're watching, there is the

pleasure there and it's what he brought to The Saint, if you watched

television over the last 50 years, you have probably watched an awful

lot of Roger Moore, haven't you? Even after he'd given up on the

James Bond film, he appeared in other films, some successful, some

not, but it was his role in Unicef too, he was in the public eye right

up until the end? Very much so. He, I think, rather enjoyed the Unicef

role more than he did the guns and action of pretending to be the great

action hero. I don't think he was a man had had any affection for guns

and explosions at all and had more affection for the good that he could

do as a Goodwill Ambassador around the world. Well, to meet him was to

know he had so much charm. He was a pleasure to chat to. And he sort of

raid ated the goodwill on screen as well as a Unicef ambassador and as

an actor. A self deprecating man. He usually had a joke and it was

usually at his own expense? Yes. He got a seven year contract from MGM

and he said that he had a three letter designation at the end of MBG

which he said was no bloody good! His films weren't particularly

successful and he always knew what he was good at, and what he was good

at was projecting charm and that character that he developed and it

looks as though he comes from privilege, anything but, he grew up

in South London, and born in Stockwell, his dad was a policeman

and one of the stories I loved was that his dad got him his first work

on set when a film director was robbed and his dad was dealing with

the man and said, "My son's an aspiring actor, do you want to give

him a chance?" That was his first little screen appearance. Of course,

the war disrupted his, when he went to RADA, so he had been an actor for

a long, long time even before Bond. So, when we look at Bond it is

towards the end of his acting career and for many people, they will

remember The Saint and Maverick. It's a lot of file and TV history in

all of this. Sir Roger Moore who has died at the

age of 89. Let us cross back to my

colleague Annita McVeigh who is at the Manchester Royal

Infirmary. Simon, thank you very much. This

hospital here and seven other hospitals, eight hospitals in total

around Manchester treating 59 people injured as a result of last night's

attack at the Manchester Arena. Some of those people, we're told with

injuries, that will affect them throughout their lives. Some of them

in intensive care. We've also heard in the short while from Greater

Manchester Policed identity of a third victim of last night's attack.

He was 26-year-old John Atkinson from Radcliffe in Bury. 26-year-old

John Atkinson and his name is added to the names of eight-year-old

Saffie Rose Roussos and Georgina Callande. We can cross now to Fiona

Trott. Now that the cordon has been moved to the far end of Deansgate,

we are closer to the Manchester Arena. You can really see how this

part of the city is still really very much shot shutdown to the

public. You really get a sense at this end of town how this huge

interchange, this part of Manchester is still completely closed off.

We're at the far end of Deansgate, people who know this part of city

know that there are bars, restaurants and offices here. Today

you can walk down to Deansgate without bumping into anybody and

without worrying about crossing the road, people are speaking in hushed

tones. At St Ann's Church a special service was held for people to go

and pay their respects. It was held by the Bishop of Boltonment he told

us that people today here in Manchester are angry. He said that

they are anxious because while the service was being held, there was

police activity at the Arndale, a nearby shopping centre, we don't

believe that is linked to this on going investigation, but the Bishop

of Bolton said, "We are a tolerant city, a peaceful city and we respect

people whoever they maybe. " I want to introduce you to someone who is

from Manchester Cathedral. It is closed today. Have you been speaking

to people in the community? What are their thoughts and feelings? I think

people, the people of Manchester are very, very upset at this really

horrific event, tragic, awful thing to happen to our city. But at the

same time, it's showing how wonderful the city is because people

are getting together and they are gathering, they're supporting each

other and in our diverse city where we have people from all over the

world living here, all different races, gender, religious affiliation

or non and people are just getting together and praying together,

supporting each other, and it is showing the world how wonderful the

people of Manchester is in how we can deal with such a horrible thing.

You have a book there with you, is that a book of condolence? Yes. What

are people saying? We have got a message here from somebody saying,

"May the The lord hold you gently in his loving arms. " We have a message

from somebody from Liverpool saying, "I am from Liverpool and I really

feel your pain, Manchester. Our thoughts and prayers are with the

people affected. Lots of love to Manchester." You really get a sense

of that coming together? Absolutely. Not just the north, but from all

over the country and indeed from abroad. We have had people from

Canada, from the US, from Australia, trying to contact the cathedral to

pass on their messages of condolences, of sympathy, they are

praying for us and it is in a way frustrating that we can't go into

the building and open its doors to welcome people so that they can

light candles and have some time of quiet, but we brought the cathedral

into the street. We usually have a morning prayer and a service at

1.10pm and a service in the evening and because we couldn't get in, we

had the prayers in the street. And people gathered and they were all

with us and you can just look around you and see that people from all

over the place, you know, and whatever religious affiliation or

non, they have come to pay their respects and to show solidarity with

each other. As we can see the cathedral is within the cordon

itself still. Absolutely. When do you get a sense of when it may

re-open? We don't know. It could be a couple of days. It could be even

more. We're so close. We're a stone's throw from the arena. We are

really, really close and last night we had people working on our sound

system and the police came to evacuate and they were taken aback

and in shock. Well, for you and people in the community let's hope

it can be opened very, very soon. Thank you for speaking to us this

afternoon. So this part of Manchester City Centre, 17 hours on

in this police investigation and still shut down to the public.

Fiona, thank you very much. Fiona Trott at Manchester Arena a short

way across the city from where we are at the Manchester Royal

Infurplry. Joining me now is Philippa Grey, a special educational

psychologist who provides bereavement support via Winston's

Wish which is a charity for bereaved children in the UK. Thank you very

much for talking to us on BBC News. The scale of this attack, the fact

that children, as young as eight have died, the manner of this

attack, how do you begin to talk through this and to try and explain

this to other children? Well, I think children will have a lot of

information through a range of social media about the event. They

will been exposed to information from a range of different sources so

I think the message is to give children clear information, give

factual information, about the events that have actually happened

as they have unfolded. I think it's really important to make all parents

and all teachers will be making sure that children understand that this

is an exceptional event and when exceptional events happen we react

in ways that don't feel normal because this is an abnormal event

that they are experiencing or they're witnessing, albeit

witnessing through the media. So, being able to talk to children,

being able to explain to them that they will be feeling worried, they

will be feeling anxious, but it doesn't mean that every day life

isn't going to go on. And that they will be with them to help keep them

as safe as possible. I know that sounds trite but these are important

messages to embed into children's every day lives. Would you recommend

at all that where possible perhaps children don't look randomly at

social media about this over the next few days? Would you advice

parents to perhaps keep their children aafrom social media where

they maybe seeing all manner of things about this attack?

Absolutely. Absolutely. Where that is possible certainly that is very

important particularly for pre-teens who maybe avid Ariana Grande fans,

but are not old enough to filter and process what is and isn't true

information for example about the event that's happened. So yes, I

think parents being very proactive about managing what the information

that their children see, what they're exposed to and that they are

there to talk to them and help them make sense of what is and isn't true

and what is and isn't realistic about what might or might not happen

next. For parents to stress to children that this is an exceptional

event, what advice would you give to parents and teachers? I think it's

important to reassure children that this is an exceptional event and

they every day children and their families go about enjoying all sorts

of activities, safely and without these things happening, but when

they do happen, we feel worried, we feel anxious, we may not sleep for a

little while, we may want to be much closer to our families and all of

those are normal and natural reaction to say an abnormal event.

If parents are not sure about how to talk to their children or if they

feel their children are really anxious, then we would urge that

they look at the information and the guidance on the Winston's Wish

website or please telephone our helpline where there is guidance and

support available and that is 08808021020021.

Philippa, thank you very much four your advice. Let's talk to someone

who is also trying to communicate about what has happened with,

communicate with children, Hayley who is a Newsround presenter. Thank

you for chatting with me again. As Philippa was saying there, advice

for parents and teachers to try to explain to children that this is an