Current Affairs Manchester Arena

[Toast]

Tim Farron pays tribute
Tim Farron, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has said:

This is a shocking and horrific attack targeting children and young people who were simply enjoying a concert.

My deepest sympathies are with the victims, and with families who have lost loved ones, as well as those desperately waiting for news.

I would like to pay tribute to the bravery and dedication of the emergency services.

This is an attack on innocent people and the nation is united both in its grief and its determination to stand up to this deplorable attack.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/22/manchester-arena-evacuated-reports-gunshots-explosion/

^ that is strange right?

Let's give Tim the button for our nuclear weapons..

 

[GwladysBlue]

Tim Farron pays tribute
Tim Farron, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has said:

This is a shocking and horrific attack targeting children and young people who were simply enjoying a concert.

My deepest sympathies are with the victims, and with families who have lost loved ones, as well as those desperately waiting for news.

I would like to pay tribute to the bravery and dedication of the emergency services.

This is an attack on innocent people and the nation is united both in its grief and its determination to stand up to this deplorable attack.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/22/manchester-arena-evacuated-reports-gunshots-explosion/

^ that is strange right?

He's surely jumped the gun saying it's terror.

 

[tsubaki]

The sad thing is, there's no stopping it now. TV has to compete with social media, which is the epitome of instant news.

Social media isn't much better, within minutes, you have someone saying it was "just a speaker exploding", then you have some cretins posting a picture of a training exercise, and then you have some two bob actress from Corrie chucking in her completely inaccurate information to her 100,000+ followers just to confuse everything that little bit more. Infuriating.

It can certainly be stopped, we just need to have the will to do it. Social media / 24 hour news did not exist of almost all of human history and (as we probably agree) there are loads of reasons why it shouldn't exist in times of crisis such as this.

 

[orly]

Tim Farron pays tribute
Tim Farron, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has said:

This is a shocking and horrific attack targeting children and young people who were simply enjoying a concert.

My deepest sympathies are with the victims, and with families who have lost loved ones, as well as those desperately waiting for news.

I would like to pay tribute to the bravery and dedication of the emergency services.

This is an attack on innocent people and the nation is united both in its grief and its determination to stand up to this deplorable attack.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/22/manchester-arena-evacuated-reports-gunshots-explosion/

^ that is strange right?

Going to bed, this is a new low. Not even confirmed reports of what's happened and it's a politician rushing a statement out.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

An explosion rocked the area around the concert venue.It definitely sounds like a terrorist attack.It's horrible a concert is all about having fun and something like this happens.I just feel so sorry for the people caught up in this.The sad reality is that the world is a hell of a lot more dangerous place nowadays.Of course we have to continue to live our lives regardless and do our business as normal.As horrible and scary as it is we can't allow these people to set the agenda and dictate how we live our lives.

 

[Zezti]

On the updating BBC News feed at 0:09 there's a video taken from inside. I'm no expert but there doesn't seem to be any smoke or debris like what I'd expect from an explosion? Think I do hear voices in it something along the lines of "its fine... balloons, its fine"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-manchester-40007967

 

[GwladysBlue]

Bomb disposal unit is on the way to the Arena according to The Echo.

 

[longers]

On the updating BBC News feed at 0:09 there's a video taken from inside. I'm no expert but there doesn't seem to be any smoke or debris like what I'd expect from an explosion? Think I do hear voices in it something along the lines of "its fine... balloons, its fine"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-manchester-40007967

BBC eyewitness said it happened outside the main arena, nearer the entrances.

 

[paulbefc]

Never seen anything like this.

Horrified to hear people may have died. Children.

 

[Toast]

Going to bed, this is a new low. Not even confirmed reports of what's happened and it's a politician rushing a statement out.

Andy Burnham needs to pipe up.
Lively.

 

[tadao]

To be fair, the speaker rumour was why most sensible media outlets were cautious in reporting the incident. Even people in the arena were tweeting that's what they thought it was.

The training exercise photo that was doing the rounds is the absolute pits though. As bad as it gets. Shouldn't be too difficult for Twitter to find the 'source' of it.

This is where a portion of focus should be applied to!
Scumbags wanting a bit of fame etc.
Eliminate that and maybe..actually don't know what the maybe is but, let's just get rid of the abhorrent attitude to life getting cut short?

 

[heatmeiser]

On the updating BBC News feed at 0:09 there's a video taken from inside. I'm no expert but there doesn't seem to be any smoke or debris like what I'd expect from an explosion? Think I do hear voices in it something along the lines of "its fine... balloons, its fine"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-manchester-40007967

I doubt balloons would be heard in flats and apartments in the surrounding area though?

 

[tsubaki]

Bomb disposal unit is on the way to the Arena according to The Echo.

This doesn't really mean anything (that isn't a go at you by the way) - there will be loads of abandoned bags, cases and whatnot in the aftermath of something this, and they'll have to clear them so that they can make treating the wounded who remain at the scene safer.

 

[Donald Twain]

Just horrendous! What a terrible nightmare we live in ! Feel like waking the children to hug them !

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

From the Echo live updates:

Statement from British Transport Police
Officers are at Manchester Arena following reports of an explosion within the foyer area of the stadium at 10.30pm this evening.Emergency services are at the scene and we are working to establish more information regarding the explosion and will provide further updates as soon as possible.