West Midlands urged to be 'vigilant' after suicide bomb attack in Manchester

People in Coventry and the West Midlands are urged to be vigilant after last night’s appalling suicide bomb attack on a pop concert in Manchester



The message came from West Midlands police commissioner David Jamieson as West Midlands Ambulance Service revealed it had sent crews to the Manchester area to provide support.

Children are among the 22 people killed, and 59 have been injured from the blast from an improvised explosive device in the foyer at the Mancester Arena at 22:35pm last night (Monday), at the end of a concert by American star Ariana Grande.

Some families and friends were this morning still trying to locate missing loved ones. Six hospitals across Manchester are treating the injured.

Mr Jamieson issued the following statement: “The attack on Manchester was a vicious and truly dreadful attack on young people. It targeted people enjoying the simple pleasure of a music concert.

“My thoughts are with the people of Manchester in this difficult period.

“I would like to pay tribute to the emergency services who reacted rapidly and showed true dedication.

“I would urge people to be vigilant but to go about their daily lives as normal.

“If you see anything suspicious please report it to the police on 0800 789 321.”

West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “Our thoughts are very much with our colleagues in the emergency services and the people of Manchester after the explosion at the Manchester Arena last night.

“As part of a our well rehearsed contingency plans a number of ambulance resources were sent into the North West Ambulance Service area to provide support while NWAS were dealing with the incident.

“These resources have now been stood down and returned to their normal operating areas.

“We would like to thank the many staff who offered to stay late and work additional shifts.

As Home Secretary Theresa May kept cutting back on our police forces, now she will reap what she has sown. But, sadly, it is the general public who will pay the price.

[Melisandre]

My thought exactly Rebbonk.

Why !! to be told how would you like to be pulled out your seat being a suspect go back to your seat where your are sitting when a mother was suspicious of a woman at that concert and her daughter went and informed the security guard and that was his reply to her . They were not even searched nor bags when entering that concert the mother claimed on the news.

Strange is nt it how its close to the election just like the London Bridge incident of the Scottish one even Pearce Morgan bought that up.
Also strange how in the news that IDS and Morgan bought up about Face Book and Twitter holding peoples ID again on these forums as lots on face book and twitter were praising it is this their way if getting every ones details. Is this to get all our ID leagally not just these murders as that is what they are murders.

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I expect we'll be seeing another clamp down (erosion) on our freedoms, but it's all for our own good!

I've just listened to a couple of politicians on the Daily Politics show. They were dancing all round the issue rather than talking about tackling it head on. The average man in the street knows exactly what the problem is, but is stopped from talking about it because they'll be labeled as racist, islamophobic, etc. - Our own laws are being used against us by those that would do us harm!

Prevention is better than cure where I come from.

Yet its illeagal for our government not to represent its own people above others. The law is an ass and always have been

How can they prevent these murders when the bloke just walked in to that concert area un checked.
My daughter in Bradford her friends friend her daughter died in that concert the 15 year old that was missing Olivia .

My grand daughter in Bradford has recently read on Face Book they are going to decapitate childrens heads in a school next on GCSE day again our kids cant protect them selves against this weather they mean what they ve said or not.

ID Smith said to Pearce Morgan that the muslims them self should root them out I wonder what country does ID Smith and others live in a documentry not so long back the program went on to the streets and asked the ordinary muslims if they knew of one who belonged to these kind of groups would they inform on them most of them said no.

Manchester terror attack: Nuneaton property raided and man arrested

A man has been arrested in Nuneaton on Wednesday night in connection with the terror attack in Manchester that killed 22 people.

Greater Manchester Police raided an address in the town and searched the property following the arrest. It is the seventh arrest since the attack on the Manchester Arena on Monday night.

In a statement GMP said: "These searches are connected to an attack on the Manchester Arena, but this is a fast moving investigation and we are keeping an open mind at this stage."

The Telegraph's sister title the Nuneaton News had earlier reported claims that several armed police had been seen in the Earls Road area of the town.

Following the arrest in Nuneaton, Warwickshire Police issued a statement reassuring residents that extra officers were out on patrol.

Its getting closer and closer to us is nt it I wonder how many we have here in Coventry which are not known.

As Rebbonk said they were dancing around it on the politics show rather than tackling it head on the only time they will tackle it head on is when the mps and their kids get killed by one of these attacks.

Armed soilders on patrol in Bradford yet Coventry none its a joke I would want our schools protected and where children go not towns or City s . On the phone to my daughter last night in Bradford she said she heard they are going to hit where children go.

No charge for Nuneaton man arrested in connection to Manchester attack

A NUNEATON man arrested in connection with the investigation into the Manchester Arena attack has been released.

Greater Manchester Police has, this evening (Wednesday, May 31) released a statement to stay that a 21-year-old arrested in the town a week ago has been released without charge.

It says nothing else about the man, other than giving an update into the investigation and stressing that ten out of the 16 people arrested over the past week remain being questioned.

The term "Witch Hunt" springs to mind!

The term "Witch Hunt" springs to mind!

And of course, mud sticks!

Armed police step down in West Midlands but still available 24/7

Armed police might be adopting a lower profile now after taking to the streets in the weeks after the recent terror attacks but they are ever present and on standby 24/7, say West Midlands Police.

West Midlands Police’s own armed units worked alongside colleagues from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary on permanent postings at more than 20 strategic sites, including many in Coventry.

Those high-visibility teams have now been stepped down with the lowering of the UK’s terror threat − but the force’s firearms officers remain on mobile patrol and standby 24/7 to protect the public against the threat of gun or knife crime.

Chief Inspector Danny Delaney from West Midlands Police’s Firearms Unit, said: “Rest assured we have armed response vehicles (ARVs) patrolling the West Midlands around the clock to keep people safe.