Police investigating the Manchester bombing have found a car they say may be “significant” to their inquiry.
Officers have evacuated an area of the city while they assess the white Nissan Micra in Rusholme and are asking people to avoid the Banff Road area.
It comes as the Duke of Cambridge visited the city to meet some of the police officers who were first on the scene following the attack.
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people at Manchester Arena on 22 May.
Speaking about the car find, Det Ch Supt Russ Jackson said it was “potentially a significant development”. “We are very interested in anything people can tell us about the movements of this car, and who was in it, over the past months,” he added. “We are also interested in any information about who may have had access to the car or who may have gone to and from it.”
The Manchester Royal Infirmary remained open but people had been evacuated from Ronald McDonald House, which accommodates families of patients at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.