Justice Saunders: Last News

here"It has made clear, I hope, that the deceased and their families are at the heart of this inquiry. "The terror attack on May 22, 2017, claimed 22 lives and left many more injured."They are not a number," Mr Justice Saunders added."Each of them is not just one of the 22 that died.

hereThe chairman of the inquiry, Sir John Saunders, asked if he could address the MacLeod family after the video tribute was played.He said it was a 'beautiful and fitting tribute'."Music has always played a great part in my life, but at the risk of upsetting the whole of Scotland, I have never been a great fan of the bagpipes," said Mr Justice Saunders."Watching that has begun to change my mind."Footage of Eilidh playing the bagpipes was shown - alongside treasured family album photographs."Whatever Eilidh wanted to do, she would have been good at," said her mum Marion."The whole world's been shattered into pieces."We miss her, always."Her amazing sense of fun and sense of humour would just come shining through and that was you, you had a

Survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing have been refused ‘core participant’ status during an inquiry into the attack.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has been asked to submit its views to a public inquiry on how the response of the fire service on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing could have been improved.The FBU has also been invited to set out whether recommendations should be made, or comment on whether changes made following the Kerslake Report were sufficient.The ruling was given today by Sir John Saunders, chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry, which will examine the atrocity.The union had submitted an application for 'core participant' status at the inquiry, which Mr Justice Saunders refused 'at present'.He said in the ruling: "I have given considerable thought to how I should deal with this matter while being fair to all parties, achieving

Mr Justice Saunders refused the application, but said they would still have a voice and encouraged them to contribute.