The Mancunian Way: The bees still buzz
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMay 22 will forever be a difficult day for our city. Seven years have now passed since 22 innocent people were cruelly snatched away in a terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena.
They had come to the city to watch one of the world’s biggest pop stars and never returned home. Today - as on each of the past six anniversaries - Manchester fell silent in honour of those murdered in the bombing - and the many left injured and affected.
Special memorial services are being held at Manchester Cathedral throughout the day while at 10.31pm - the exact time the bomb was detonated on May 22, 2017 after an Ariana Grande concert - the cathedral's bells will ring out from its tower 22 times.
A memorial service was also held at Victoria station - just yards from where the attack happened - this lunchtime. As the rain hammered the station roof, friends, families and passers-by stood united and paid their respects.
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