Thank you so much I'm very thankful because in all this work in the center of Manchester people have promised this where thank you means I pay respects to the victims all the attack us the Manchester Arena now it's nice to whisper in because people are quick to an effort that. Has been to differing here. Thanks so much also describe thank you thank you. It's. Thank you Lord that this is not believe it will turn out tonight it shows that they are the very few but we are all the many we are much. Thanks. As a small boy I passed this town hall a fish school day on my way from from home to my education and it symbolized all that was great about this city the symbolizes the a unity that we've had ever since we 1st was a city a unity that's been strengthened by our diversity we all the successful world says here we are because people have come from all parts of the world and we welcome them and they have made. And they have become one just. Thank. You. Thank you we will pull through the events of last night because we will stand together stand together whatever our background whatever our religion whatever our beliefs or our politics we will stand together to say that this city is greater than the force of the line itself against it and as we say that was sending a signal not just a Manchester but across the world that you cannot defeat us because love in the end is always stronger than hate Thank you. So tonight we're still in shock we're still grieving and we're angry but we can direct those feelings in a positive direction our grief can help us to draw close to those who've lost loved ones at this time. Our compassion it's hard not to help or draw close to those who will need support not just this day and this next week but those young people whose lives have been changed for the decades of life they still have ahead of them we need to look after them and see that we're there for them not just for now but for as long as they need is because they too whether they were local people or from far farther away from now on they Manchester to thank and even can be a force for good if we direct it not towards hatred but towards a determination for the terrorists can't win if we directed towards a determination. To work together to fight for the future of this city as our ancestors fought for its future in their generations this town hall which symbolizes so much of our civic life what is once again tonight the symbol of unity for munches service people of whatever faith please pray for us holders in your thoughts your hearts this night for that in itself to will strengthen us and remember this warm sunny evening in Manchester in which we have also welcome the world into our hearts to see us grieve and to know that our grief will not destroy us but will remake us thank you quickly much as thanks so. Intimate and intimate governor with you and I will ask you to McGovern with you on our last one the b.b.c. World Service David Walker the Bishop of Manchester was just speaking. I can't begin to tell you what your presence here this evening in your support will mean for my Greater Manchester Police colleagues and my emergency service colleagues who continue to work tirelessly on this terrorist atrocity they will be heartened by you all support and your applause and I thank you from the bottom of my heart thank you thank you Hopkins said she probably Greater Manchester Police speaking after her thank you. Today is a day that we all hope and prayed we would not ever say families young children when tired last night to enjoy themselves in our wonderful city and tragically lost their lives in a horrific way. As your Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and as a father I cannot begin to imagine how anyone could carry out such an unthinkable act murdering 22 people and injuring 50 annoyed by thoughts and those of all of my colleagues are very much with our families at this incredibly difficult time. Of course it is wider than just the families and my thoughts are very much with those who were affected in and around the bench a story in the area last night ordinary people who went to work last night ordinary people that went to enjoy the concert the emergency service workers dealing with that horrendous scene that they were faced with just after 10 30 pm last night. But last night in the most atrocious circumstances the people of Greater Manchester showed the world how much we care how much we care about each other and how much we were prepared to help those in need and I've heard some tremendous stories of doctors coming in to support of police officers ambulance workers giving up their days and turning up to help those in need. I want to thank everybody from those emergency services who worked tirelessly throughout the night to the members of the public for their solidarity for the rest of the world for holding us in their thoughts. Thank you thank you. Thank you Manchester Police in Albert Square part of the visual for the pics. The Manchester Arena. Especially David said the greatness of this city region is its style versity of people and its diversity of thought and we must all stand together and not let the terrorists defeat us not let them stop us going about it daily business and create fear and we must all live in harmony with each other as we stand together to defeat terrorism thank you very much thank you. Good evening. We started here in a truly great city in a truly great city region mining so many Walsh coming along fella it falls to me to try and sum up what makes the 60 people these communities so great with a poem. It's called Face is the place. This is the place in the northwest of England it's an ace it's the best in the songs that we seemed from the stones from our bonds set the whole planet shaking our inventions the legends this now we can't make and so we make brilliant music we make brilliant bombs we make goals that make souls leap from seats in the stands and we make things from steel we make things from cotton we make people laugh take up make some rotten and we make you a home we make you feel welcome we make someone happy and we can't seem to help it and if you're looking for history then yes we have a wealth. But the monks use the way. He's to make yourself. Make has a record and you number want to make is a pretty while you go on and make us feel proud that you're winning the league a make you sing louder make because believe it that this is the place that has helped shape the world this is a place where I munch just a girl name of Emily pine cursed from the streets of mush I thank you from the streets of must side let the Suffragette City with sisterhood pride and this is the place with appliance of science wait on it's a child make we start with defiance in it in the face of a challenge we owe East on tall Mancunians in union if you leave it all searches housing and libraries and health education and unions and co-ops the 1st railway station so we sorry bear with those. We invented commuters. But we hope you forgive us. We invented computers headed to invade us the is the place Thank you he says the place Henry Roy strolled with rolls and we've wrought and we've rolled with our Oh no then so and so they say is the place to do business then dunce go get his and go set as no live a chance and this is the place where we 1st played as kids. And their mom. Lived and died and she lived. He did. And this is the place where folks came to work where they struggled and put those they hurt in the dirt and they built as a 60 they built as these towns and they coughed on the cobbles to the deafening sound of the steaming machines and the screaming of slave state was scheming for greatness they dream to their graves and they left was just spirits they left to survive that Mike union way to survive and to thrive and to work consider build interconnecting creates great some months used his greatness he's keepin it great and so this is the place now with kids of our own some a bone here some drawn here but we all call it home and they've covered the couples but they'll never defeat all the dreamers and schemas who still team through the streets because this is a place that has been through some hard times oppressions recessions depressions and dark times but we keep fighting back with great cement used to spirits northern Great Northern waiting great summer months used to lyrics in these hard times again thank you Ok and that's hard times again thank those hard times again in the streets of our city but we won't take defeat and we don't want your pity because this is the place where we stand strong together with a smile on our face Mancunians for ever because this is the place in our hearts in our homes because they see is the place that's a part of our bones because Manchester gives us such strength from the fact that this. Is the place. So that we should give something back. Oh ways remember. Never forget. Forever months just choose love much you so thank you if I thank you on. This day and I pause for a long take a tiny waltz right now wouldn't you say poet and how beautiful it was. Thanks to you describe this since it was the sun beams down on the people cranks and Albert Square. Thank you for giving us Tony that moment of defiance of a definition of what mantra is we're going to respond to your words very appropriate now with a minute's silence a minute in which we quietly each of us ourselves in our own hearts hold up our own feelings this night for those who died for those who were maimed for all those caught up in the tragedy and we pledge ourselves silently to be so build up not just in silence. Thank you man just a thank you for that. Was you want to last from the b.b.c. World Service we are in all the square you were just listening to a minute silence after that the final that was performance by Tony Walsh people looking off towards the town hall here in the center of Munch Chester city. Across many cultures and traditions a candle is a sign of hope where Thanks a lot to count I'm going to try and lodge it outside despite the the wind around here if that fails will lodge it inside that whenever it's too late this condo may be Chinee may be almost invisible against the bright sunlight of the sea even with this council represents the un quenching light that darkness can never destroy. Music of the American composer Samuel Barber I guess we are in Albert Square in the center off Manchester massive Fitch Oh. For the victims of the we're joining Ariana Grande to Manchester and remount attack July formal vigil is over grounds where you can hear you know for as long as you feel it's appropriate to do so then go go back to your faces of work to your homes to your schools your places of education go to build and rebuild this city and even dream thank you thank you. Thank you Stacey thank final words as interruption. Cost this square they did it and sometimes I think I'm going to want to. But I think say. People are standing side by side they are trying to enter the square bus. And I believe so here we are out there. Listen I was. Was. Was raised in the area thank you for the people. To put into this city that were out in space that was fun to the town hall make their way down the steps of the big chill House and Senate but nobody's going to bring people continue to come and I think probably want to spend a little bit more time in this atmosphere. And. There are some banners that are also on the. Roof few Jews. To be enemies on the other side off this square is held up just to where at the officials are beginning to make their way down those steps some people begin this leave the square but I'm really struck by the difference off the people that are here young and old different ethnicities religion. I can see a young man with dyed hair speaking to a pastor in full length row that kind of begins to give you an idea of who is here the baseball caps as I mentioned because the head scarves I can see some military police with their Green Berets all around us here in this square show we meet up again we hear what they made of it I'm actually just on one of the steps so. I'm. Now what's happening. And one of the corner is the English like is being held up by a couple of people who are shouting Manchester Oh oh I am sure and shouting No Surrender Oh keep an eye they also have a Manchester flag that they are flying high. 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News with Marian Marshall people attending a vigil in the British city of Manchester have observed a minute's silence to honor the victims of Monday's suicide bomb attack at a pop concert $22.00 people were killed including several children one of them 8 years old another 60 were injured earlier the senior police officer in Manchester in Hopkins named the suspected bomber a Samana Beatty speaking at the vigil Mr Hopkins said the community must come together the greatness of this situation is it started versity of people in its diversity of thought and we must all stand together and not let the terrorists defeat us not let them stop us going about our daily business and create fear and we must all live in harmony with each other as we stand together to defeat terrorism thank you very much. The former director of the CIA John Brennan has told the u.s. 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World Service new McGovern with you perhaps you've been with me over the past few hours in Manchester as we meet the people that are trying to make sense of the attack that took place last night in their city there's been a vigil has taken place just a few steps away from where I'm speaking to you but in those steps between the stage in front of the town hall in her square in the center of Manchester in this couple's stone Plaza many are hundreds of people they turned out in their droves and their remaining because I did much and they probably want to stay in this sphere a little while longer it is peaceful and it is comforting there's a poster I can see to one and love for all hatred for none there's the I Heart mc or I heart Manchester as so many of them that are held aloft throughout this square . I'm struck by the differences that are in people that are here but obviously together with a common cause as well now we're on the steps at the base of the statue enough a couple ladies that have been here for a while that were watching the vigil with me and I want to introduce yourself to our listeners Yeah hi I'm sorry I work at the university much of the students' union is the campaigns of so. I live opposite the road from the m.e. Rena's cry on a personal level it's quite an eventful evening last night so you can join to tell us what happened oh yeah I'm happy to say I sort of live on the west side of the arena so we had we had a bang from where I live. But we did 2 of like oh was that an initial We saw at night to take a back and then we as I looked across you could see people. Like you know in a few minutes like there's a window into the I mean any We saw these you know young girls it was a Ariana Grande because they're running from one side we were like and initially we thought oh they're just like running to see if they can get a picture with her or something like that but we're like what's going on and they move around back and then you know within them. In 8 minutes there were you know we knew that something wasn't quite right it was obvious that usually gets crowded as people leave but not that crowd is not that sort of busy and ambulances are there and we didn't actually realise what it was made of really hoping to suit went on Twitter to see what was that it was just you know speak ahead to something like that you know when we wake up this morning and it was and I think that's right talked a little bit earlier with the B.B.C.'s robots and about the optimism of human spirit that we always want to think that it that is not the worst now beside you is now now I'm going to pop down one of these large steps there we go I've got a thing called a wizzy com for listeners so that means I can walk around and chat to the lovely people of Manchester you've just been watching the future with me how are you feeling what are you thinking about the visual is really powerful there's so many different people in so many as you say in early the same the different types of people really sort of represented Manchester and I think that poem was absolutely incredible it was so beautiful really powerful and it just really makes you feel proud to live in the city and see the resilience in there but also really heartfelt emotional for the you know the people who lost their lives and some of them are still fighting for their lives in hospital and it's not he said I mean there are to recount maybe our listeners are heard that there is a life patron all the latest developments that we've also been bringing you in o.s.b. 22 people died we know the youngest victim 8 years of age her name was Sofie 59 injured some of them with life threatening injuries we've heard from people who were working at the brother was working in a any. Hospitals in the city right now battling to help those people on negative is the blood type that they're looking for so. It's kind of incredible that this beautiful part of the day one of the most beautiful times of the day as the sun gets ready to set in the next hour or so and the people that have come together it's a real juxtaposition it really is because it's usually raining. I'm pouring down among just that but today is a beautiful day