(BBC) A senior police chief has admitted his force failed to work effectively with other emergency services in the Manchester Arena attack’s aftermath.
Robin Smith was the gold commander for British Transport Police (BTP) on the night of the 2017 bombing.
The Manchester Arena inquiry heard he only spoke to the gold commander at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) two hours and 45 minutes after the blast.
He also did not try to speak to senior fire and ambulance services officers.
Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.
