Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A high-ranking cop at British Transport Police has admitted to a series of failures on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing.
Communication broke down between BTP officers and with other emergency services, Assistant Chief Constable Sean O'Callaghan has conceded.
The force also failed to send any officials to six of nine key multi-agency meetings to discuss how to deal with such attacks in the two years before the bombing.
Although individual officers acted 'swiftly and bravely' on the night, communications broke down and BTP's 'bronze commander' only arrived at the arena two-and-a-half hours after the bombing, the inquiry was told. READ MORE:Man, 38,
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