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(BBC) The head of security at Manchester Arena on the night of a terror attack there had raised concerns four months earlier that risk assessments for the venue were not “extensive enough,” an inquiry heard. Tom Rigby, who works for Showsec, also […]

(BBC) Staff were not expected to check an area at Manchester Arena where Salman Abedi hid for nearly an hour before the venue bombing, a security boss said. Venue operator SMG and security provider Showsec had opposing views on whose responsibility it […]

(BBC) Risk assessments carried out by the Manchester Arena operators were “flawed” and “pretty much box ticking,” an inquiry has heard. Miriam Stone, SMG’s head of events, told the inquiry into the attack there was no specific assessment done for the Ariana […]

(BBC) Salman Abedi “blended in too well” to be picked up by security on the night he detonated a suicide bomb at the Manchester Arena, an inquiry has heard. James Allen, arena manager for SMG, said he was not aware that teenagers […]

(BBC) Behaviour is the major factor when identifying a terror suspect, rather than ethnicity, a security expert told the Manchester Arena inquiry. Tony Holyland from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) said Salman Abedi’s actions on the night he bombed the venue should […]

(BBC) Suicide bomber Salman Abedi was smiling as he walked to his death and murdered 22 bystanders by detonating his home-made bomb, a public inquiry has heard. Abedi, 22, was on his mobile phone as he made his “final walk” after waiting […]

(BBC) A security steward who worked on the night of the Manchester Arena bomb has told the inquiry looking for suspicious people “wasn’t at the top of my list.” The inquiry saw CCTV footage of Salman Abedi approaching Robert Atkinson nearly four […]