Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A police chief said he deliberately went against policy and national guidelines to save lives on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing.
Chief Inspector Dale Sexton, who was in charge of the initial Greater Manchester Police response to the terror attack in his role as Force Duty Officer (FDO), said he purposefully didn't tell the fire and ambulance services that he had declared a specific counter-terrorism response because he knew it would lead to the withdrawal of first responders from the blast zone and casualties wouldn't be treated.
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