A house in the town of Wigan in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom is being searched in connection with the investigation of Monday's deadly bombing at Manchester Arena, Greater Manchester Police said Thursday, Sputnik reported.

On Monday night, an explosion went off at the end of a concert of the US singer Ariana Grande, leaving at least 22 people, including minors, dead and dozens more injured.

"We made an arrest in Wigan yesterday in connection with the investigation into the horrific incident at Manchester Arena. Following this arrest a house in Wigan was raided this morning and is currently being searched," the police wrote on Twitter.

On Wednesday, Greater Manchester Police announced that a man carrying a suspicious package was arrested in Wigan in connection with the deadly Manchester attack.

According to the police's chief constable Ian Hopkins, a total of eight male suspects have now been arrested in relation to the tragic incident.</s>Katie Hopkins is to leave LBC with immediate effect, the radio station has confirmed.

The announcement comes shortly after Hopkins said that a "final solution" was needed following the Manchester terror attack that killed 22.

The since-deleted post appeared to call for genocide, her use of "final solution" presumably referring to the Nazi genocide of millions of Jews in the Second World War.

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"22 dead - number rising," she wrote on 23 May. "Schofield. Don't you even dare. Do not be a part of the problem. We need a final solution #Machester."

LBC told The Independent it would not be "commenting further [than the tweet below]".

Complaints were made to the Metropolitan Police about Hopkins' tweet, which she later said she stood by, but claimed the use of "final" was a typo, changing it to "true" in a new tweet.

Hopkins has consistently been referring to "Islamic terror" and "Islamic extremists" on Twitter, phrasing with implications to an entire religion that even President Trump has been conscious to try and avoid.

Though he used "Islamic" while campaigning, during his recent trip to the Middle East his speeches were on the threat of "Islamist terror" (though he misspoke in Saudi Arabia on Sunday and accidentally said "Islamic").

A spokesman for the Met said on Tuesday: "We can confirm that a complaint has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service on Tuesday, 23 May in relation to a tweet published on the same day.

"As is routine, the allegation will be reviewed and assessed by specialist officers."

Last year, MailOnline, whom Hopkins still works for, was forced to pay £150,000 to a Muslim family whom she falsely accused of extremist links.

Donald Trump thanked Hopkins in December 2015 for her "powerful writing on the UK's Muslim problems", describing her as a "respected columnist".

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Hopkins achieved fame in 2006 on BBC show The Apprentice, but it was her outspoken and often controversial opinions that furthered her career.

In 2015, she hosted a talk show on TLC called If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World which was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings. Her subsequent LBC show aired on Sunday mornings between 10am and 12pm.

Her "final solution" tweet was not the first time she has referenced the Holocaust, previously saying of the House of Lords: "Frankly, I don’t really mind if we seal up the room and gas the lot of them."

Hopkins is not a member of a political party, although, according to the Spectator, she has applied to join Ukip several times but has always been denied.

MailOnline and a representative for Hopkins declined to comment.

Update: Hopkins has indirectly responded to the news on Twitter</s>Broadcaster and commentator Katie Hopkins has been fired by LBC radio after posting a tweet in the aftermath of the Manchester attack calling for a "final solution."LBC said Hopkins' dismissal will take effect "immediately."The decision comes in response to her tweeting that a "final solution" is required in reaction to the suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena on Monday night, which killed 22 and injured 64.The tweet seemed to imply Hopkins was calling for a genocide against Muslims, as it mirrors the Nazi's 'Final Solution' of ethnic cleansing against the Jewish people.The tweet was quickly removed from Hopkins' account, but that did not stop people from reporting her to police.Hopkins, a columnist and media personality, first rose to fame after her appearance on TV show The Apprentice. She has gained notoriety for airing controversial views on immigration, the refugee crisis and Islam.Social media users have flocked to Twitter to celebrate Hopkins' dismissal.One applauded LBC for the decision, branding Hopkins' remarks "hate speech."Others mocked the commentator.One user said merely sacking Hopkins isn't enough.</s>Outspoken broadcaster Katie Hopkins is parting ways with LBC Radio “immediately” following a controversial tweet in which she called for a “final solution” to Islamic terrorism.

Hopkins amended the tweet to read “true solution” soon after posting it on Tuesday, explaining that she had found the “typo” to be “disrespectful” to the victims of the attack on the Manchester Arena on Monday which killed 22 people.

But fellow Twitter users were quick to make the connection to the holocaust, labelling Hopkins a “Nazi”.

Later the same day Hopkins was accused of inciting racial hatred after she tweeted “Western men. These are your wives. Your daughters. Your sons. Rise up. Demand action. Do not carry on as normal. Cowed.”

Both tweets were reported to the police for hate speech. The Met’s Contact Centre Twitter account confirming that complaints had been received and would be “assessed by specialist officers”.

This is not the first time Hopkins’ tweets have landed her in trouble. In March, she was ordered to pay £24,000 in damages and £107,000 in costs to social justice activist Jack Monroe after wrongly accusing her of vandalising war memorials.

Hopkins had meant to direct her tweet to New Stateman columnist Laurie Penny, who had shown indifference to a memorial to the Women of World War II being sprayed with graffiti reading “Fuck Tory scum”.

On Friday morning, LBC Radio appeared to have reached breaking point with Hopkins, announcing via Twitter that she would no longer be hosting her two hour slot, “effective immediately”.

The station refused to either confirm or deny that Hopkins had been sacked. A spokesman probed for further details responded: “That’s all we’re saying.”

The BBC’s Amol Rajan has reported that there were “massive cheers and applause” from the station’s newsroom when her departure was announced.</s>Her tagline is: 'Telling it like it is'. But, for controversial journalist Katie Hopkins , that isn't always the formula for commercial success - as she learnt on Friday morning.

The 42 year-old and LBC Radio have agreed she will leave the station "immediately", it has said.

The broadcaster announced the news via Twitter, where it said: "LBC and Katie Hopkins have agreed that Katie will leave LBC effective immediately."

The message quickly garnered more than 3,000 'likes' and a slew of comments.

The decision to discontinue Hopkins' affiliation comes in the same week that she called for a "final solution" to Islamic extremism, following the Manchester attack on Monday evening.

The sickening attack saw 22 people killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber detonated a device as concert-goers left the Manchester Arena.

Hopkins hosted a weekly show every Sunday on the station.

Some social media users are already suggesting Hopkins will next score a lucrative contract from Fox News.

A regular guest on Tucker Carlson's hit show, she used an appearance on Tuesday to explain the poor choice of phrase behind her tweet.

"What I can say is there are certain thoughts are not allowed any more. I want people to use their anger to deport these people - and the people hiding them. Clearly, I accept that words matter and I used the term 'final solution' in a tweet and I would never want to use that with the inference other people put on it.

"What I meant was: 'we need a lasting solution. A resolution. That's what I meant".

Carlson said: "I get it. You gotta figure out How to fix this".

The Mirror have contacted LBC and Ms Hopkins for comment, but are yet to receive a response.</s>Controversial broadcaster Katie Hopkins and LBC have agreed that she will leave the radio station “immediately”, LBC has said.

They have parted company in the same week that she called for a “final solution” following the Manchester attack, which saw 22 people killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber detonated a device as concert-goers left the Manchester Arena on Monday night.

Hopkins hosted a weekly show every Sunday on the station.

Hopkins, a former Apprentice contestant and now a columnist and broadcaster, caused outrage earlier this week with a tweet that appeared to reference the term used by the Nazis for the Holocaust.

The now-deleted tweet, made in the hours after the explosion, read: “22 dead - number rising. Schofield. Don’t you even dare. Do not be a part of the problem. We need a final solution #Machester (sic).”

Complaints were made to the Metropolitan Police about Hopkins’ tweet.

A spokesman for the Met said on Tuesday: “We can confirm that a complaint has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service on Tuesday, 23 May in relation to a tweet published on the same day.

“As is routine, the allegation will be reviewed and assessed by specialist officers.”

The police have been contacted for an update.

Hopkins is currently employed by the MailOnline as a columnist.

The 42-year-old is known for being an outspoken commentator on far-ranging topics from terrorism and Islam, to children’s names and obesity.

She has also appeared on reality TV programmes I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! and Celebrity Big Brother, as well as fronting her own programmes on TLC entitled If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World and My Fat Story.

Following LBC’s announcement, Hopkins has posted on Twitter but has not referenced her departure.

Hopkins, an avid tweeter, has said she is writing a MailOnline column about Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

An LBC spokesman said: “LBC and Katie Hopkins have agreed that Katie will leave LBC effective immediately.”</s>Controversial rent-a-gob Katie Hopkins has taken things too far, with a recent tweet concerning the Manchester terror attack calling for a “final solution” leading to LBC sacking her from her radio show.

The radio station announced on Friday morning (May 26th) that the divisive media personality and Daily Mail columnist, 42, will walk away from LBC by mutual consent. Tweeting the news, the station confirmed: “LBC and Katie Hopkins have agreed that Katie will leave LBC effective immediately.”

In the wake of the suicide bombing that claimed the lives of 22 people and injuring 119 others at the MEN Arena in Manchester this week, Hopkins sparked a new peak of backlash, even by her standards, after calling for a “final solution” regarding Islamic terrorism.

Katie Hopkins seems to have gone too far this time

The tweet, whose language echoed the Nazis’ Final Solution during the Holocaust, was quickly taken down, but not before many had screen-shot it and reported Hopkins to the police for inciting racial hatred.

Hopkins, who rose to fame initially after appearing on ‘The Apprentice’ back in 2006, has previous form for controversial comments over Islam, as well as for remarks mocking various celebs ranging from Russell Brand to the royal princes. However, it appears that this time she has gone too far, with the remark apparently costing her her job.

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Typically, the news was received in mixed fashion on Twitter: “Disgraceful!! Free speech LBC style! Political correctness gone mad! We [heart] You @KTHopkins,” one angry user wrote. However, others saw the sacking as justified, with another writing: “Good. I'm a huge supporter of free speech and the right to offend but ‘a final solution’ was neither. It was disgusting incitement.”

However, the loss of her Sunday morning two-hour slot on LBC doesn’t seem to have broken Hopkins’ stride, tweeting just minutes after the announcement a preview of her upcoming column for the Daily Mail’s online edition. “My column on Corbyn, exchanging dead kids for the terrorist sympathising vote-block, posting here soon @MailOnline.”

Back in December 2016, she apologised to a Muslim family she accused of being extremists after they were refused entry to America for a trip to Disneyland, with publishers MailOnline paying £150,000 in libel damages to the family.</s>Katie Hopkins is to leave LBC with immediate effect, the radio station has confirmed.

The announcement comes shortly after Hopkins said that a "final solution" was needed following the Manchester terror attack that killed 22.

The since-deleted post appeared to call for genocide, her use of "final solution" presumably referring to the Nazi genocide of millions of Jews in the Second World War.

"22 dead - number rising," she wrote on 23 May. "Schofield. Don't you even dare. Do not be a part of the problem. We need a final solution #Machester."

LBC told The Independent it would not be "commenting further [than the tweet below]".

Complaints were made to the Metropolitan Police about Hopkins' tweet, which she later said she stood by, but claimed the use of "final" was a typo, changing it to "true" in a new tweet.

Hopkins has consistently been referring to "Islamic terror" and "Islamic extremists" on Twitter, phrasing with implications to an entire religion that even President Trump has been conscious to try and avoid.

Though he used "Islamic" while campaigning, during his recent trip to the Middle East his speeches were on the threat of "Islamist terror" (though he misspoke in Saudi Arabia on Sunday and accidentally said "Islamic").

A spokesman for the Met said on Tuesday: "We can confirm that a complaint has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service on Tuesday, 23 May in relation to a tweet published on the same day.

"As is routine, the allegation will be reviewed and assessed by specialist officers."

Last year, MailOnline, whom Hopkins still works for, was forced to pay £150,000 to a Muslim family whom she falsely accused of extremist links.

Donald Trump thanked Hopkins in December 2015 for her "powerful writing on the UK's Muslim problems", describing her as a "respected columnist".

Hopkins achieved fame in 2006 on BBC show The Apprentice, but it was her outspoken and often controversial opinions that furthered her career.

In 2015, she hosted a talk show on TLC called If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World which was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings. Her subsequent LBC show aired on Sunday mornings between 10am and 12pm.

Her "final solution" tweet was not the first time she has referenced the Holocaust, previously saying of the House of Lords: "Frankly, I don’t really mind if we seal up the room and gas the lot of them."

Hopkins is not a member of a political party, although, according to the Spectator, she has applied to join Ukip several times but has always been denied.

MailOnline and a representative for Hopkins declined to comment.

Update: Hopkins has indirectly responded to the news on Twitter</s>LBC have sacked presenter Katie Hopkins days after she suggested there should be a "final solution" in the wake of the Manchester terrorist attack.

The radio station confirmed that they have agreed that Hopkins will leave LBC "effective immediately" following a wave of criticism over her remarks in the wake of the terrorist attack which left 22 people dead.

Responding to a tweet from Go Good Morning Britain presenter Phillip Schofield, Hopkins tweeted: "22 dead – number rising. Schofield. Don't you even dare. Do not be part of the problem. We need a final solution."

The 42-year-old later deleted the tweet but not before Twitter users condemned her for appearing to use Nazi terminology to suggest how to deal with Islamic terrorism.

She was also reported to the police over the tweet over allegations it amounted to hate speech.

A spokesperson for the Met said: "We can confirm that a complaint has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service on Tuesday, 23 May in relation to a tweet published on the same day.

 "As is routine, the allegation will be reviewed and assessed by specialist officers."

Hopkins, who joined LBC last April, hosted a weekly show every Sunday on the station.

In the past, Hopkins has also been criticised for suggested using "gunships" to prevent migrants entering the UK and described them as "cockroaches" and for retweeting a Neo-Nazi twitter account which was agreeing with her views.

Elsewhere, Hopkins was fined £150,000 and forced to apologise after falsely claiming a Muslim family had links to al-Qaeda while writing for the Mail Online.</s>Katie Hopkins is to leave LBC with immediate effect, the radio station has confirmed.

The announcement comes shortly after Hopkins said that a "final solution" is needed following the Manchester terror attack that killed 22. A controversial tweet even by her standards, the since-deleted post appeared to imply that, in her eyes, there ought to be a genocide, her use of "final solution" presumably referring to the Nazis' plan to murder all Jews within reach.

"22 dead - number rising," she wrote on 23 May. "Schofield. Don't you even dare. Do not be a part of the problem. We need a final solution #Machester."

LBC told The Independent it would not be "commenting further [than the tweet below]".

Complaints were made to the Metropolitan Police about Hopkins' tweet, which she later said she stood by, but claimed the use of "final" was a typo, changing it to "true" in a new tweet.

Hopkins has consistently been referring to "Islamic terror" and "Islamic extremists" on Twitter, phrasing with implications to an entire religion that even President Trump has been conscious to try and avoid. Though he used "Islamic" while campaigning, during his recent trip to the Middle East his speeches were on the threat of "Islamist terror" (though he misspoke in Saudi Arabia on Sunday and accidentally said "Islamic").

A spokesman for the Met said on Tuesday: "We can confirm that a complaint has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service on Tuesday, 23 May in relation to a tweet published on the same day. As is routine, the allegation will be reviewed and assessed by specialist officers."

LBC (Leading Britain's Conversation) is known for its outspoken, often defiantly right-wing discussions, so it is quite an egregious move for the station to part ways with a presenter.

Last year, MailOnline, whom Hopkins still works for, was forced to pay £150,000 to a Muslim family whom she falsely accused of extremist links.

Donald Trump previously thanked Hopkins in December 2015 for her "powerful writing on the U.K.'s Muslim problems", describing her as a "respected columnist".

Hopkins achieved fame in 2006 on BBC show The Apprentice, but it was her opinions rather than her business acumen that furthered her career, the 42-year-old carving out a niche saying things that even the most polemic of conservative columnists wouldn't.

Her "final solution" tweet was not the first time she has referenced the Holocaust, previously saying of the House of Lords: "Frankly, I don’t really mind if we seal up the room and gas the lot of them."

Hopkins is not a member of a political party, although, according to the Spectator, she has applied to join UKIP several times but has always been denied.

We have contacted MailOnline and a representative for Hopkins for comment.
Right-wing media personality Katie Hopkins is to leave LBC with "immediate effect" after Hopkins posted on Twitter calling for a so-called "final solution" to the United Kingdom's Islamic terrorism problem following the Manchester Arena bombing which left 22 people dead.