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‘Curate your own Glastonbury’: the BBC team bringing festival into millions of homes

Broadcasters including Jamz Supernova will host more than 90 hours of coverage across radio, iPlayer and TV

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2025

‘Mark E Smith said the Fall would only come on if I didn’t play piano’: Jools Holland on making Later …

‘I’ve been hosting the show for 31 years. That’s almost half my life. You don’t get that for armed robbery’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023

Manchester Arena bombing six years on - we must find the courage to remember

Tomorrow marks the sixth anniversary of Manchester Arena bombing - we must never forget, writes the M.E.N's John Scheerhout

Manchester Evening News · May 21, 2023

Grief, anger, and a sense of betrayal - the feelings that haunt the Manchester Arena families, five years after we lost the 22

The fifth anniversary of the May 2017 outrage has marked an important shift - the anger once aimed at the bomber is now directed towards the police and security services

Manchester Evening News · May 22, 2022

The 22 innocent victims killed in the Manchester Arena bombing five years ago

May 22, 2022 marks five years since the horrific Manchester Arena terror attack which claimed several North East victims among the 22 from across the country.

Chronicle Live · May 8, 2022

Manchester Arena bombing victims - the 22 people who lost their lives in the attack

Twenty two people sadly lost their lives in the horrific terror attack on May 22, 2017

Manchester Evening News · Apr 11, 2022