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Manchester Terror Attack

On 22 May 2017, there was a suicide bombing at Manchester Arena which killed 22 people (May 2017)

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LL
London Lite Founding member
Kay Burley has replaced Sarah-Jane Mee in Manchester.
:-(
A former member
Here are some of the pics: Hopeful more appear on TV Live sometime today:
From around 11pm last night.
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Inspector Sands
Kay Burley has replaced Sarah-Jane Mee in Manchester.

As if the people of Manchester haven't suffered enough...
Ant, BBCWalesToday and lobster gave kudos
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fusionlad Founding member
Kay Burley has replaced Sarah-Jane Mee in Manchester.

As if the people of Manchester haven't suffered enough...

Unfair.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Victoria Derbyshire is also on World, replacing GMT and the back half hour programmes.
RO
rob Founding member
Here's the first report from the BBC News Channel:
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AlexS



Confirmation of the current plans for the BBC coverage for the rest of the day
VM
VMPhil
Might be another incident happening? The Arndale's just been evacuated.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Colin Brazier is now in Manchester presenting from the Royal Infirmary.

And That's Manchester have been reporting using Twitter.


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Steve in Pudsey
The inflexibility of the local muxes to allow stations to go live in these situations really needs to be addressed.
Mouseboy33, Warbler and Brekkie gave kudos
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VMPhil
Channel 4 announcer just said over the end of the previous programme that there will be an extended lunchtime Channel 4 News
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Rolling News
Ben Brown taking over from Victoria Derbyshire in Manchester on BBC News at midday.

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