The people of Manchester are being urged to mark the third anniversary of the Arena atrocity at home by lighting a candle to remember the 22 people who died.
As plans for a permanent memorial to those who died emerged, civic leaders detailed exactly how Friday's third anniversary would be marked.
They urged people not to leave tributes such as flowers, but to stay home because of the coronavirus lockdown, light a candle and pay respects online by watching a service which is being live streamed from Manchester Cathedral.
Salman Abedi killed himself and 22 others, seriously injuring 92 more, when he detonated a bomb in his backpack as mainly young concert-goers were leaving an Ariana Grande gig at the Arena at 10.31pm on Monday May 22nd,
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