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• 'This trophy is for them' - Paul Pogba and Juan Mata dedicate Manchester United's Europa League win to victims of terror attack

  24-05-2017 23:47 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "We played for England, we played for Manchester, and we played for the people who died"
  
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• Manchester attack: Jane Tweddle-Taylor died waiting for children

  24-05-2017 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jane Tweddle-Taylor died as she waited in the arena foyer at the end of the concert.
  
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• Manchester attack: Alison Howe and Lisa Lees died while waiting for daughters

  24-05-2017 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two friends waiting to pick up their daughters died in the explosion at Manchester Arena.
  
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• Manchester attack: government 'furious' at US leaks of forensic photographs – live updates

  24-05-2017 23:06
  
  New York Times release suggests a sophisticated, powerful device984 troops to be deployed on streets around the UK
  12 victims named, including a Polish coupleSalman Abedi identified as Manchester attackerJonathan Freedland: Troops on our streets is a shock to the systemIf you’ve been affected, you can share your experiences with us 10.06pm BSTThe National Police Chiefs’ Council has waded into the row over US leaks. Its counter-terrorism policing spokesperson said:We greatly value the
  
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• Woman detained by police in Blackley as police make seven arrests in connection with Manchester bomb attack

  24-05-2017 23:05 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A loud blast was heard as armed police swooped on a block of flats in Blackley on Wednesday evening
  
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• Man Utd fans unite for minute's silence after Arena bombing

  24-05-2017 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United fans put the grief of Monday's bombing to one side to enjoy the Europa League final.
  
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• Theresa May to tackle Donald Trump over Manchester bombing evidence

  24-05-2017 23:02
  
  Prime minister will raise concerns at Nato summit that intelligence leaks from the US have damaged investigation Manchester bombing: latest updates
  Theresa May will confront Donald Trump over the stream of leaks of crucial intelligence about the Manchester bomb attack when she meets the US president at a Nato summit in Brussels on Thursday.British officials were infuriated on Wednesday when the New York Times published forensic photographs of sophisticated bomb parts that UK authorities fear cou
  
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• Multi-faith vigil held in St Ann's Square in memory of Manchester attack victims

  24-05-2017 22:41 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Religious leaders gathered in the city centre minutes away from where 22 people were killed - and more than 100 more injured - on Monday
  
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• Opinion: Stay strong our kid - we will get through this together

  24-05-2017 22:34 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Jennifer Williams says Manchester is down, but not out - and not divided
  
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• Ariana Grande cancels concerts after Manchester attack

  24-05-2017 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US singer suspends her European tour after a bomber killed 22 people at her Manchester show.
  
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• Eight-year-old attack victim a 'beautiful little girl'

  24-05-2017 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saffie Roussos, 8, described as "simply a beautiful little girl", was one of the first victims named.
  
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• Olivia Campbell's mother's plea: 'Don't let this beat any of us' – video

  24-05-2017 22:19
  
  Charlotte Campbell, the mother of 15-year-old Olivia who died in the Manchester Arena attack, makes a speech at a vigil in Bury on Wednesday. Campbell tells the crowd to ‘please stay together’Manchester attack: live updatesContinue reading...
  
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• Manchester attack: Minute's silence before Ajax match

  24-05-2017 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United fans observed a minute’s silence before the match with Ajax in the Europa League final.
  
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• Man 'carrying suspicious package' arrested in Wigan in connection with Manchester terror attack

  24-05-2017 22:15 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  GMP confirmed a man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the Manchester Arena bomb attack
  
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• Manchester Arena attack: Great Manchester Run will go ahead on Sunday

  24-05-2017 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Great Manchester Run will go ahead on Sunday following talks over security after the Manchester Arena attack.
  
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• Sorrell Leczkowski, 14, killed in Manchester terror attack

  24-05-2017 22:01 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been pouring in for the Leeds student and her mum and grandmother
  
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• Europa League final: Manchester Utd & Ajax pay tribute to Manchester victims

  24-05-2017 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United and Ajax players and fans observe a silence as a tribute to the victims of Monday's attack at the Manchester Arena.
  
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• Manchester bomber told family he was going to Saudi Arabia on a pilgrimage...but instead went into city to carry out attack

  24-05-2017 21:50 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "Salman Abedi told his father he was going to Saudi Arabia to Mecca...The next thing they saw him on TV."
  
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• Police focus on Libya amid reports of arrest of Salman Abedi's brother

  24-05-2017 21:31
  
  Hashem Abedi, 18, who lives in Libya, has reportedly been arrested by a Tripoli militia, which suspects him of Isis linksManchester attack: live
  Police and the security service are focusing upon the Libyan connections of the Manchester suicide bomber as they attempt to locate others involved in the attack that killed 22 concert-goers and injured more than 60 others.
  Salman Abedi travelled to see his mother, father, younger brother and sister in Libya last week, but Whitehall sources said they su
  
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• Bomber's father fought against Gaddafi regime with 'terrorist' group

  24-05-2017 21:27
  
  Ramadan Abedi fled Gaddafi regime in 1990s but fought during Libyan revolution in 2011, says fellow fighterThe father of Salman Abedi, the Manchester Arena suicide bomber, fought against the Gaddafi regime with a group that was designated a terrorist organisation by the US, according to a man who says he fought alongside him.Salman Abedi, 22, who was known to the British security services, is thought to have returned from Libya as recently as this week. His parents, Ramadan Abedi and Samia Tabba
  
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• Manchester United and Ajax remember attack victims before Europa League final – video

  24-05-2017 21:17
  
  Manchester United and Ajax players gather before the Europa League final on Wednesday to remember the victims of the Manchester bombing. 22 people were killed and another 59 were injured in the attack at the Manchester Arena on Monday nightAjax v Manchester United: follow the Europa League final liveContinue reading...
  
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• Ariana Grande suspends European tour after Manchester attack

  24-05-2017 21:11
  
  Shows at London’s O2 Arena among those cancelled after Manchester suicide bombing kills 22• Manchester bombing – latest updates
  Ariana Grande’s European tour has been suspended following the terror attack at her show at the Manchester Arena on Monday.The American pop singer had been due to perform two concerts at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday and Friday. “Due to the tragic events in Manchester, the Dangerous Woman tour with Ariana Grande has been suspended until
  
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• Yes we are defiant. But it's okay not to feel okay

  24-05-2017 21:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "We are a society and this has been an attack on everybody."
  
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• Photographs of Manchester bomb parts published after leak

  24-05-2017 20:50
  
  New York Times publishes series of images showing remains of bomb, detonator and what appears to be rucksack • Manchester attack – latest updatesExtraordinary details about the bomb used in the Manchester atrocity have been published in the New York Times, almost all of it forensic evidence gathered by the British police at the scene.A series of photographs of the remains of the bomb, the detonator and what appeared to be a rucksack were leaked. The preliminary investigation by the po
  
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• Libyans in UK 'warned about Manchester radicalisation for years'

  24-05-2017 20:42
  
  Members of Britain’s Libyan community say they told authorities that terrorist recruiters are operating openly in the city • Manchester attack – latest updatesMembers of Britain’s Libyan diaspora have said they warned UK authorities for years about Islamist radicalisation taking place in Manchester, as investigations continued into Salman Abedi’s contacts before the bombing in the city.Salah Suhbi, an MP in Libya who grew up in Sheffield, said Libyans in Manchester h
  
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• Didsbury mosque distances itself from Manchester bomber

  24-05-2017 20:37
  
  Manchester Islamic Centre and mosque attended by Salman Abedi call bombing ‘act of cowardice’ and urge anyone with information to contact policeA mosque attended by Salman Abedi and members of his family has called for anyone with information about the bombing to contact the police and attempted to distance itself from the attacker.In a strongly worded statement, Didsbury mosque and Manchester Islamic Centre called the bombing an act of cowardice and insisted it had worked peacefully
  
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• Manchester attack: Fundraising for victims tops £2m

  24-05-2017 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The "We Love Manchester Emergency Fund" hits £2m as donations flood in.
  
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• Couple guide distraught children to safety of hotel after bombing

  24-05-2017 20:33
  
  Chloe Nayman and her partner, Andy Andrews, gathered unaccompanied children from the street outside Manchester ArenaManchester bombing: latest updatesA couple have described how they guided distraught children to safety after the terrorist attack in Manchester, shielding them from horrific scenes and helping to reunite them with their parents.Chloe Nayman and her partner, Andy Andrews, had been at the Ariana Grande show in Manchester Arena with their two daughters when the bomb went off, causing
  
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• The Guardian view on defending democracy: avoid the politics | Editorial

  24-05-2017 20:17
  
  It was right to halt the election campaign. But May must be scrupulous not to let national tragedy play to her advantageWe are heading into a general election that may be one of the most consequential of our lifetimes: one that will mandate the reshaping of the state, allow new treaties to be drawn up with our nearest neighbours, and perhaps even end with national borders redrawn. Yet it is entirely understandable that the election campaign was suspended. The awful cold-blooded murder of innocen
  
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• Greater Manchester's top police officer tells of horror of witnessing bombed Arena foyer after terror attack

  24-05-2017 20:12 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  "The level of destruction is pretty severe."
  
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• Enough of Theresa May’s outrage. We need a tough response to terror | Simon Jenkins

  24-05-2017 20:08
  
  The prime minister is playing into the hands of terrorists by politicising the Manchester attack. Her job is to allay public anxiety, not promote itWhat public purpose is served by the prime minister declaring she has raised Britain’s “threat level” to “critical”? Before she thought another terrorist attack was “highly likely”. It is now “expected immediately”.What are we supposed to do with this information, other than feel vaguely 
  
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• Noel Gallagher: 'This atrocity will take quite a while to heal'

  24-05-2017 20:04 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The former Oasis star said Ariana Grande's Manchester Arena concert was the type of show his teenage daughter might go to and spoke of his shock that young fans had been targeted
  
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• ‘We are not objects. We are queens’: how Ariana Grande became an unlikely pop hero

  24-05-2017 20:02
  
  The star who attracted so many young fans to the Manchester Arena may have started her career in a cheesy kids’ sitcom, but from her spectacular voice to her feminist convictions, she is no industry puppetAriana Grande is an unusual star to be at the centre of a British tragedy in a northern city. If Monday’s attack had taken place two days later, when Take That were due to play the venue, their music would have undoubtedly formed a central part of the coverage. As it
  
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• UK political parties to resume national campaigning on Friday

  24-05-2017 19:43
  
  Parties agree some local campaigning will restart on Thursday, following minute’s silence for Manchester attack victimsPolitical parties will resume campaigning for the general election on Friday, after all sides paused the contest as a mark of respect for the victims of the Manchester terror attack.Labour’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn, discussed the issue of when to return to the campaign trail with the prime minister on Wednesday, in the latest conversation between the pair since the Man
  
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• Roots of the hate-filled thinking behind the Manchester bombing | Letters

  24-05-2017 19:43
  
  Ayesha Malik on our common enemy, Dr Rufus Duits on seeing the attack as an act of gender violence, Malcolm Fowler on the rule of law, Karen Laurence on promoting peace instead of war, and Elizabeth Noyes on the role of schoolingThe news of the horrifying terror attack in Manchester sent me reeling down memory lane. In Pakistan, where I was born and raised, such attacks have sadly become commonplace. On my daily commute to work, I would often witness anxious mothers escorting their toddlers thro
  
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• 'I still feel raw': nurse tells of treating Manchester bombing victims

  24-05-2017 19:42
  
  Joe O’Brien talks of a patient who smiled despite horrific injuries and a doctor, whose daughter was at the arena, returning to treat the wounded • Manchester bombing - latest updatesJoe O’Brien is a senior sister in the surgical department of Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport, where six of the 59 injured in the Manchester bombing were treated.On Monday, I worked from 8am until 6pm as a surgery sister at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport. I was in bed that night listening t
  
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• Entertainment world pays tribute to Twitter icon and "beautiful soul" Martyn Hett

  24-05-2017 19:24 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street and Real Housewives of Cheshire stars remember Corrie superfan Martyn
  
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• How the world stood together with Manchester following devastating terror attack

  24-05-2017 19:22 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Landmarks around the globe were lit red, white and blue in a show of support for our city
  
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• Muslim leaders in Manchester report rise in Islamophobic incidents

  24-05-2017 19:17
  
  Senior members of Muslim community say they have received reports of abusive behaviour since Manchester Arena attackMuslim leaders in Manchester have expressed concern about a number of Islamophobic incidents in the city, from verbal abuse to criminal damage to mosques.Senior members of the Muslim community say that they have received reports of abusive behaviour since the attack on Manchester Arena earlier this week.Continue reading...
  
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• Did support for anti-Gadaffi paramilitary group pave way for Salman Abedi to become a suicide bomber?

  24-05-2017 19:16 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  The Abedi family were one of many Libyan families to make a home in Manchester as refugees in the 90s as they fled Colonel Gaddafi
  
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• Manchester attack: Family of Michelle Kiss 'devastated'

  24-05-2017 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Relatives of Michelle Kiss said she was a "loving" wife and mother to whom "family meant everything".
  
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• Firefighters are infuriated after they were stopped from helping bomb victims at Manchester Arena

  24-05-2017 19:09 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Firefighters have spoken of their "shame" after they were prevented from helping victims of the Arena bomb in the immediate aftermath
  
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• Arianators assemble: Ariana Grande’s fans weave a web of support

  24-05-2017 19:06
  
  The pop star declared herself ‘broken’ after the Manchester suicide bombing but her army of fans are fighting to reframe the way that terrible evening ended
  As anyone who has met Ariana Grande will confirm, before you get to Ariana, you meet the Arianators. They are the mainly teenage, mainly female fan base, who have followed Grande since she was an elfin starlet on the Nickelodeon series Victorious. The Arianators are legion, bumping up her Twitter and Instagram followings to 46m a
  
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• Stefan Ratchford: Warrington Wolves and England full-back signs new deal

  24-05-2017 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warrington Wolves and England full-back Stefan Ratchford signs a new deal with the Super League side until 2020.
  
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• Great Manchester Run WILL go ahead after Manchester terror attack

  24-05-2017 19:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Organisers have confirmed the 10k race and half marathon will still be held in the city on Sunday May 28
  
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• Salman Abedi: why Manchester bomber fits profile of other terrorists

  24-05-2017 18:52
  
  While experts stress there is no ‘typical’ extremist, details of the 23-year-old’s life show parallels with other Islamist attackersManchester bombing: latest updatesWhat we know so farNow details of the life of Salman Abedi, the Manchester Arena bomber, are slowly emerging, many analysts will be struck by how many key aspects of his life are familiar from the profiles of previous terrorists. Officials and experts stress that there is no single path to extremist violence, but t
  
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• Inspiring new Northern Quarter street art reminds us what Manchester is really all about

  24-05-2017 18:39 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  A mural featuring the city's famous bee emblem has replaced Sloth from The Goonies on The Outhouse in Stevenson Square
  
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• Tom Hardy launches fundraising drive for Manchester bomb victims

  24-05-2017 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor said he was shocked by the "barbaric" attack on families and children at the Ariana Grande concert.
  
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• Mum Michelle Kiss killed in Manchester Arena bombing

  24-05-2017 18:11 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Michelle, from Blackburn, was among the 22 victims confirmed dead following the devastating blast at Manchester Arena on Monday night.
  
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• Manchester is wearing its wound with pride: it’s where the light gets in | Remona Aly

  24-05-2017 18:02
  
  With countless acts of solidarity, kindness and empathy across racial and religious lines, the city is showing that hate can never defeat compassionI will never forget my first gig. It was back in the late 90s. I was 16 and charged with teenage adrenalin at the thought of seeing Bryan Adams live at Wembley. The lights went out, the crowd roared loud, and we sang the Summer of ‘69 at full throttle, our carefree hearts beating in time with the music.The gig at Manchester Arena will be someth
  
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