Manchester Arena bombing: MI5 says sorry for 'significant missed opportunity to take action'

Manchester United are 90 minutes away from reaching the Europa League quarter-finals and a potential two-legged tie against Premier League title contenders Arsenal.

Manchester United are 90 minutes away from reaching the Europa League quarter-finals and a potential two-legged tie against Premier League title contenders Arsenal.

Police have increased patrols around Didsbury Mosque amid fear of attacks after it was criticised in the third and final report of the public inquiry into the bombing at Manchester Arena.

Preventing extremist prisoners from radicalising people who visit them behind bars 'cannot effectively be achieved' under the current system, the chairman of the Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry has said.

Gemma Atkinson has jokingly said 'sorry' to her fiancé Gorka Marquez after making an observation about their daughter as she prepares to become a big sister. The Hits Radio host and her Strictly Come Dancing star beau announced back in January that they were expecting their second child together.

The father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing has said he is preparing to sue security services over failures to act on intelligence that could have prevented the attack.

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Leaders at Didsbury mosque have responded to criticism they faced in the Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry, denying they showed 'wilful blindness' to highly-charged political debate about conflict in Libya before the atrocity. The south Manchester mosque was yesterday (Thursday, March 2) heavily criticised in the third and final report of the public inquiry into the attack.

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Twenty-two people died and hundreds were injured when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated an explosive device in the foyer at the venue at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017.A 207 page report has found two pieces of information about Abedi were assessed at the time by the security service as not being terrorism-related, but Chairman Sir John Saunders said, having heard from MI5 witnesses at the recent hearings, he considered that did not present an “accurate picture”, reports BBC News.One officer admitted they considered a possible pressing national security concern on one of the pieces of intelligence but did not discuss it with colleagues straightaway and did not write up a report that same day.As a result of this, Sir John said: “The delay in providing the report led to the missing of an opportunity to take a potentially important investigative action. Based on everything the security service knew or should have known, I am satisfied that such an investigative action would have been a proportionate and justified step to take.

There was 'a significant missed opportunity to take action' on the part of MI5 that might have prevented the murders of 22 people in the Manchester Arena bombing, the third and final report of the public inquiry into the atrocity has found.

The wider family of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi ‘holds significant responsibility’ for his radicalisation while Manchester-based Islamic State ‘poster boys’ also encouraged him, the public inquiry into the atrocity has concluded.

Schools and colleges attended by Manchester Arena mass murderer Salman Abedi were not at fault in failing to identify he was at risk of radicalisation or of being drawn into terrorism, the third and final report arising from the public inquiry has found.

The third and final report from the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bomb attack has been published.

A mum who was badly injured in the Manchester Arena terrorist bombing has slammed the compensation offered to her as an 'insult'.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery hopes to see Emiliano Martinez win "many trophies" at Aston Villa after the goalkeeper's dad hinted at a future move.

Students who barricaded themselves inside University of Manchester buildings last month will face disciplinary action, the institution has confirmed.

Many of Greater Manchester's levelling up fund bids were 'guaranteed to fail' as the Government changed the selection criteria after applications had been received, councillors have heard. In January, Greater Manchester missed out on more than £276m of Levelling Up money in the latest round of funding announced by the government.

Bristol City defender George Tanner spent four years at Manchester United before leaving the youth system in 2020 for a move to Carlisle United.

The mothers of two teenage victims of the Manchester Arena bombing tragedy say they are still unable to grieve due to rules around registering a death if it is subject to an inquest. Lisa Rutherford and Caroline Curry met Home Office officials last week to discuss this issue - which they have been campaigning on for years - but have been left 'upset'.