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Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media.

UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times. It came after the name of bomber Salman Abedi was leaked to US media just hours after the attack, which killed 22 – including children – and injured 64.

Theresa May is to raise concerns with Donald Trump at a Nato meeting later.

Greater Manchester Police hopes to resume normal intelligence relationships – a two-way flow of information – soon but is currently “furious”.

The force – which is leading the investigation on the ground – gives its information to National Counter-Terrorism, which then shares it across government and – because of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing agreement – with the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

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A fifth man has been arrested in the UK over Monday’s bombing at a pop concert at Manchester Arena, as police said they were investigating a “network”.

Suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 – including children – and injured 64 outside an Ariana Grande gig.

The UK terror threat level is now at its highest level of “critical”, meaning more attacks may be imminent.

Police said the fifth man, who was arrested in Wigan, had been carrying a package which is now being “assessed”.
Eyewitness Connor Britton said the man had been held by “undercover armed police”. He said workers in his office had been told to stay inside and lock their windows, and that a red package had been “moved to a clear part of the street”.

Meanwhile, military personnel are being deployed to protect key sites after the terror threat level was raised.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: “[Monday’s attack] was more sophisticated than some of the attacks we’ve seen before, and it seems likely – possible – that [Abedi] wasn’t doing this on his own.”
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A man has been arrested at Stansted Airport in Essex by counter-terror police who suspected he was planning to travel to Syria.

The 37-year-old was due to board a flight for Turkey on Tuesday evening when he was held on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism.

His arrest is not connected to Monday night’s suicide bomb attack at Manchester Arena, Scotland Yard said.

Two residential addresses in north London are being searched.

The UK’s terror threat level has been raised in the wake of the arena attack, which killed 22 people and injured 59. It stands at its highest level of “critical”, indicating further attacks may be imminent.

Tributes have been paid to the 22 people killed in the attack at Manchester Arena, some of them children.

Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos, Olivia Campbell, 15, John Atkinson, 28, Georgina Callander – thought to be 18 – and Kelly Brewster are the first five to have been named.

A vigil was held in Manchester on Tuesday evening to show support for victims and their families, and those still searching for people after the attack on 22 May at a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.

A hotline has been set up for people concerned about loved ones: 0800 096 0095. Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that the attack targeted “innocent children, young people and their families”.

Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos, was “simply a beautiful little girl in every sense of the word,” said Chris Upton, head teacher at Lancashire’s Tarleton Community Primary School. “She was loved by everyone and her warmth and kindness will be remembered fondly,” he said.

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Theresa May has raised the UK terror threat level to critical – meaning an attack is expected imminently – after 22 people died and 59 were injured by a suicide bomber in Manchester.

The prime minister made a statement after a meeting of Cobra, the government’s crisis response committee, on Tuesday evening.

Here is her speech in full:
I have just chaired another meeting of Cobra, where we again discussed the callous and cowardly terrorist attack in Manchester last night, and the operational response from the security service, the police and other emergency services. It remains the case that, other than the terrorist himself, 22 people were killed in the attack. Fifty-nine people remain injured, and many of them have life-threatening conditions.

As Greater Manchester Police confirmed earlier today [Tuesday], the perpetrator was Salman Ramadan Abedi, a 22-year-old who was born and brought up in Britain. And as the emergency services have confirmed throughout the day, his victims were innocent children, young people and their families.

Our thoughts and prayers are with them all.

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