The Latest Breaking News from Manchester Arena

The Arena bombing happened after the security services let us down. Why won't they tell us why?

In a modern democracy we should be entitled to shine a brighter light on the work of the people tasked with keeping us safe. Opportunities were missed, tragedy followed. Aren't the families entitled to know the information that wasn't acted on?

Manchester Evening News · Mar 2, 2023

Manchester Arena inquiry: victims’ families respond to final report

People who lost loved ones and their representatives speak out as MI5 is accused of a ‘devastating’ failure

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023

‘Cataclysmic failure’: Father of Manchester Arena bombing victim says MI5 ‘not fit to keep us safe’

Andrew Roussos, whose daughter Saffie-Rose, eight, was killed in blast, said his daughter lost her life due to security service failings

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Council tax rise confirmed in Wigan after four hours of debate

Council tax in Wigan will rise by 4.99 per cent after a majority vote in Wigan Town Hall

Manchester Evening News · Mar 2, 2023

'We will never forgive you': Mum of South Shields Manchester Arena bomb victim Liam Curry blasts MI5 for failures

Four people from the North East were among the 22 killed when suicide bomber Salman Abedi struck at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in 2017

Chronicle Live · Mar 2, 2023

MI5 ‘profoundly sorry’ for not preventing Manchester Arena attack

Director general Ken McCallum spoke after the inquiry found the bombing might have been prevented if MI5 had acted on key intelligence

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023

An extremist ‘Petri dish brimming with germs’: How Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi was radicalised

Terrorist had extremist parents who took him to fight in Libyan civil war, as well as Isis-supporting friends

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

'Significant opportunity' to prevent Manchester Arena bombing missed by MI5, inquiry finds

A damning report finds the UK's domestic security service failed to act on key pieces of intelligence that the Manchester Arena bomber was plotting the attack.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Authorities ‘underestimated’ national security risk from Libya returnees

UK-born bomber Salman Abedi flew in from the North African country four days before his attack on the Manchester Arena.

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

MI5 apologises for not preventing Manchester Arena attack

Director general Ken McCallum spoke after the inquiry published its report.

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023