An Ariana Grande fan tells how security was playing on her mind during the gig after she noticed security were not checking bags and backpacks. Jane Young, 35, tells how she felt unsafe when security did not ask to look in her backpack before she entered the gig with her...
The distraught relatives of a mum-of-two last seen waiting to pick up her teenage daughter from the foyer of the Manchester Arena today said: "We feel so helpless." Wendy Fawell, 50, was waiting in the foyer after the Ariana Grande concert to pick up her 15-year-old daughter, Charlotte, when the...
A failure by the security and intelligence services is likely to have led to the Manchester bomb attack which killed at least 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert, according to a leading terror expert. Low tech attacks using stolen and hired vehicles to randomly ram into crowds have become...
The blast that killed 22 people at Manchester Arena deliberately targeted a security soft spot while concert goers got public transport home, a security expert said today. A suicide bomber detonated a homemade bomb inside the foyer of the arena following an Ariana Grande concert at the point where gig-goers...
A grandmother suffered a heart attack during a job centre employment meeting and was too scared to get up and leave, for fear of losing her benefits echoing the film I, Daniel Blake. In the Ken Loach film, the lead suffers a similar situation, but this woman had an attack...
Shocking pictures show more than 100 tonnes of rubbish - including dangerous asbestos - dumped by flytippers next to a beauty spot. The enormous mound of rubble, containing building materials and even human waste, will cost the taxpayer more than £20,000 to remove. Council workers are currently trawling through the...
Jon Wright commented on a Facebook profile posted by Catherine Atkinson who is standing for the Erewash seat in the general election. He suggested that she would not be able to do her job "whilst on maternity leave" and would be "too busy changing nappies to be a voice for...
Theresa May leading us down garden path again, says union. The GMB has described the Conservative Manifesto as a ‘great swindle’. The election pledge, unveiled today, offers a bleak vision for Britain’s future according to the union. Tim Roache, GMB General Secretary said: "It's all well and good talking up a great...
A 12ft crocodile which wandered into a religious temple was ejected by villagers - who wrestled it out with their bare hands. The croc walked into the Hanuman temple in search of food after drought caused the nearby Krishna River in southern India to dry up. So locals in the...