Authorities are identifying the victims of the terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday night. Among them is an 8-year-old girl.Peter Rawlinson, deputy of the Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy in Croston, northwest of Manchester, told The Associated Press that the school confirmed Callander's death with members of her family.Rawlinson says "she was academically a very gifted student, very hard-working. Just lovely to speak to."The school posted a photo of Georgina on its website, smiling and looking smart in her school uniform. It said she died of injuries from the attack and described her as "a lovely young student who was very popular with her peers and the staff."Georgina, an Ariana Grande superfan, had posted a photo when she got to meet the star in 2015.Chris Upton, the headteacher at the Tarleton Community Primary School, where Saffie was a student, released a statement calling the girl's death a "tremendous shock," according to ABC News "I would like to send our deepest condolences to all of her family and friends," Upton said. "The thought that anyone could go out to a concert and not come home is heartbreaking. Saffie was simply a beautiful little girl in every aspect of the word. She was loved by everyone and her warmth and kindness will be remembered fondly. Saffie was quiet and unassuming with a creative flair."An ambulance official says 12 children under the age of 16 were among 59 injured in the attack as people left a pop concert.David Ratcliffe, medical director of North West Ambulance Service, told reporters Tuesday that the children were among those taken to hospitals after the explosion at Manchester Arena Monday night, where scores of teenagers and youngsters were attending an Ariana Grande concert.ABC News confirmed that 15-year-old Olivia Campbell was among the victims. Her mother posted on Facebook, "go sing with the angels and keep smiling."Lauren Ashleigh Lees said that her mother, 43-year-old Lisa Lees, was among the victims. She gave this statement to ABC News:</s>(CNN) It should have been a night they grew up to wistfully remember.

The Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena was a rite of passage for some youngsters -- their first live show with a major superstar.

They came, with their parents, with their friends and with their excitement, cell phones ready to capture every moment.

There were the tunes to sing along with, energetic dance routines and the soaring voice of the young woman dubbed "the new Mariah Carey" in her early career.

Instead, Monday evening was transformed into a night of terror and chaos after a bomb attack that left 22 people, including children , dead and at least 59 injured.

And while it's not the first time children have been the victims of a terror attack, an explosion ripping through a crowd as they left a pop concert goes to the heart of so many fears in the Western world, where recreation is more on minds than how to avoid a bombing -- especially at an Ariana Grande show.

Peruse #myfirstconcert on Twitter and the memories are pretty much the same, even when the decades are different.

There's thrill and often a bemused adult chaperone along for the ride -- grownups like Andy James, who took his 9-year-old brother to see Grande at the Manchester Arena as an early birthday present.

He ushered his little brother through the stampede of panicked concert goers, he said, and told him the loud noise was coming from the popping of pink balloons. (Grande always concludes her concerts with a balloon drop.)

"I just told my brother this is what it was, you know, that it wasn't an explosion. It was the balloons," recalled James, who lamented that the youngster's first concert would forever be marred with the frightening memory. "He's nine years old, he knows what goes on in the world. It's such a shame really."

At 23, Grande is not much older than some of the 21,000 fans who crowded into Manchester Arena to see her.

Groomed as a member of the Nickelodeon stable of stars, her role as aspiring singer-actress Cat Valentine on the kids show "Victorious" helped pave the way for her music career and her role as the quintessential pop ingénue.

With the exception of a 2015 controversy in which Grande appeared to lick some donuts for sale in a Los Angeles shop before making disparaging comments about the United States, the star has enjoyed a wholesome image that has garnered her more than 45 million Twitter followers.

And no where is the petite pony-tailed-performer with the powerhouse voice more beloved than in the United Kingdom.

This European tour was in support of the singer's first album to land at the top of the UK charts, 2016's "Dangerous Woman."

"It just makes you frightened to take your child anywhere," Lunt said. "It was her first proper concert and I'm just thinking, will she want to do anything again."

It is her hope that those who survived the Manchester Arena bombing are able to retain at least some of that joy.

"There were 21,000 people in Manchester Arena last night, some of those will have been at their first concert," Vincent wrote. "All of them will carry what happened with them, both the tragedy, and the good that went before it. Hopefully they'll come to remember the pink balloons as well as the bombs."</s>Image caption Eight-year-old Saffie Roussos and Georgina Callander, believed to be 18, are among the dead

Twenty-two people, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed and 59 injured when a suicide bomber attacked concertgoers at Manchester Arena.

A man set off a bomb in the foyer at 22:33 BST on Monday, at the end of a concert by Ariana Grande. Theresa May called the attack "sickening".

Armed police have arrested a 23-year-old man in Chorlton, south Manchester, in connection with the attack.

The Queen held a minute's silence at Buckingham Palace at 16:00 BST.

Three victims have been named so far, the latest being 28-year-old John Atkinson from Bury, Greater Manchester.

Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos was a pupil at Tarleton Primary School, in Lancashire.

Her head teacher, Chris Upton, said she had been "simply a beautiful little girl in every aspect of the word" and was "loved by everyone".

Image caption John Atkinson was the third victim named

Student Georgina Callander, believed to have been 18, has also been named as among the dead.

She had been studying health and social care at Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire.

The wounded are being treated at eight hospitals around the city, with 12 children under the age of 16 among them.

Several people are still missing, including teenagers Laura MacIntyre and Eilidh MacLeod, from Barra in the Outer Hebrides, 15-year-old Olivia Campbell, Chloe Rutherford, 17, and Liam Curry, 19.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said police were in contact with Laura and Eilidh's families, adding: "It is hard for any of us to imagine the anguish that their families are going through right now.

"They are in our thoughts."

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Theresa May says the Manchester attack was an act of 'sickening cowardice'

In a statement in Downing Street on Tuesday, the prime minister said the bombing had been a "callous terrorist attack" that targeted "defenceless young people".

She said the security services believed they knew the attacker's identity but were not yet able to confirm it.

Number 10 later said Mrs May had been updated "through [Monday] night" and had phoned Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at 04:00 BST to brief him.

It is the worst terrorist attack in the UK since the 7 July bombings in 2005, in which 52 people were killed by four suicide bombers.

So-called Islamic State has said - via IS channels on the messaging app Telegram - it was behind the Manchester attack, but this has not been verified.

'Fast-moving investigation'

The BBC understands the perpetrator was British or from the UK.

Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said the "fast-moving investigation" was now working to establish whether the attacker "was acting alone or as part of a network".

Officers have carried out raids at two properties, one in Whalley Range and one in Fallowfield, where a controlled explosion was carried out.

In its latest statement the force said the area around the arena remained cordoned off but said it wanted to "remind people that Manchester will not be defeated - the city is open for business."

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Mum Emma was 15 feet from blast at the Manchester Arena as she collected her children.

In other developments:

Relatives are using social media to hunt for missing loved ones, and an emergency number - 0800 096 0095 - has been set up

- has been set up Flags are flying at half mast outside Number 10 and political parties have suspended general election campaigning until further notice

Theresa May chaired a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee and is now in Manchester where she has visited the children's hospital and signed the book of condolence at the Town Hall

Extra armed officers will be deployed to Wembley and Twickenham on Saturday, while security at all upcoming events and venues in England are under review. The Met Police has also increased the numbers of officers on duty across the capital

World leaders have expressed solidarity with the UK, including US President Donald Trump, who called those behind the attack "evil losers"

Exam boards are telling schools directly affected by the attack that they can re-arrange GCSE and A-level exams in the wake of the attack

Police have established a help centre at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium, access Gate 11, for anyone who needs assistance in tracing loved ones

The Queen extended her "deepest sympathy" to all those affected and other senior royals have said they are "shocked and saddened"; Pope Francis offered "heartfelt solidarity" with the victims and their families

Take That are among a number a performers who have cancelled concerts "out of respect", including for the rest of the week at Manchester Arena

Witnesses at the arena described seeing metal nuts and bolts among the debris of Monday's bomb, and spoke about the fear and confusion that gripped concert-goers.

Andy Holey, who had gone to pick up his wife and daughter, said: "An explosion went off and it threw me about 30ft from one set of doors to the other set of doors."

Emma Johnson, who went to pick up her children, aged 15 and 17, said: "The whole building shook. There was a blast and then a flash of fire afterwards. There were bodies everywhere."

Teenager Abigail Walker, who was at the concert, told the BBC: "I had to make sure I had my sister. I grabbed hold of her and pulled hard. Everyone was running and crying.

"It was absolutely terrifying."

The explosion happened shortly after US singer Ariana Grande had left the stage and the 23-year-old actress-turned-singer, tweeted: "broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words".

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Eyewitness Andy: "When I got up, there were about 30 people scattered, some of them looked dead"

Image copyright Goodman/LNP/REX/Shutterstock Image caption The wounded are being treated at eight hospitals around the city

Analysis: Gordon Corera, BBC security correspondent

The UK threat level has been judged to be severe for nearly three years - which means an attack is considered highly likely.

But in recent months the tempo of counter terrorist activity has been increasing with - on average - an arrest every day.

After the attack in Westminster by Khalid Masood in March, police and security officials have been warning that further attacks were almost inevitable.

But they also believed that those were more likely to be low-tech involving knives or vehicles. The fact that the Manchester attack involved explosives will worry them.

It may not have been at the level of complexity seen in Paris in 2015, when multiple attackers sent from Syria used guns and suicide belts, but it will still have required planning.

Read more from home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani

Image copyright Mark Worswick Image caption A 23-year-old man was arrested in Chorlton on Tuesday in connection with the attack

The blast happened close to the entrance to Victoria railway and tram station. The station has been closed and all trains cancelled.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the city would "pull together", adding: "That's what we are. That's what we do. They won't win."

The Manchester Arena is the city's largest indoor venue with a concert capacity of about 21,000.

A spokesman for the arena called the event "a senseless tragedy", but praised the emergency services for their response.

Police are encouraging anyone with footage from the scene to upload it at ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk or ukpoliceimageappeal.com. Other information can be reported to the anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789 321.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Ian Hopkins from Greater Manchester Police gave an update on casualties

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Get news from the BBC in your inbox, each weekday morning</s>MANCHESTER, England — A lone attacker blew himself up at a pop concert filled with teenagers, killing 22 in an apparent effort to harm as many young people as possible, Manchester police said Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said it was “now beyond doubt” that it was a “callous, terrorist attack.”

“This attack stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice deliberately targeting innocent defenseless children and young people who should have been enjoying one of the most memorable nights of their lives,” she said, speaking outside of Downing Street, where flags are flying at half mast.

She called it among the worst terrorist incidents in Britain and “the worst ever to hit the north of England.”

Authorities believe they know the identity of the assailant, she added, “but at this stage of their investigations, we cannot confirm his name.”

In a statement, the Greater Manchester Police said that they arrested a 23-year-old man in south Manchester in connection with the attack as hundreds of police swarmed through the city in the aftermath of the blast.

Authorities are trying to determine if the suicide bomber acted alone or was part of a larger network. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which injured 59 others.

“We believe at this stage the attack last night was conducted by one man,” said Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins at a televised news conference. “We believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device, which he detonated, causing this atrocity.”

Messages of support poured in from around the world, including from President Trump.

“We stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the United Kingdom,” he said at a news conference in Bethlehem, and called those responsible “evil losers in life.”

The bombing appeared intended to inflict the maximum possible damage on young concertgoers — many of them in their early teens — who were making their way out of the Manchester Arena. Police said the blast occurred about 10:30 p.m., minutes after pop star Ariana Grande had finished her set.

The explosion set off a panicked reaction as fans struggled to flee and parents and teens searched for one another amid the carnage. Well into Tuesday morning, fathers and mothers who had lost contact with their children posted desperate pleas for information on social media using the hashtag #ManchesterMissing.

Charlotte Campbell told the BBC on Tuesday morning that she’s “phoning everybody,” including hospitals and centers trying to locate her 15-year-old daughter Olivia. She last spoke to her daughter on Monday night at the concert.

“She’d just seen the support act and said she was having an amazing time, and thanking me for letting her go,” she said in an emotional interview.

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, called it an “evil act” but praised the “spirit of Manchester that will prevail and hold us together.”

He said that Manchester is “grieving today, but we are strong.”

It is the worst terrorist strike on British soil since 2005, when Islamist extremists bombed the London subway and a bus, killing 54 people .

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said late Monday that there was “no information to indicate a specific credible threat involving music venues in the United States,” but added that Americans may see “increased security in and around public places and events as officials take additional precautions.”

In France, the scene of several terrorist attacks over the past year, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe called on people to be vigilant in the face of “a threat which is more present than ever before.”

Britain has been on high alert for a major attack for several years, with authorities saying that a mass-casualty attack was likely.

Grande, who is wildly popular both in Britain and the United States, was not injured in the attack. She expressed her sorrow in a tweet hours after the explosion, saying she was “broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so sorry. i don’t have words.”

Cellphone video showed chaotic scenes of people screaming and running in the aftermath of the blast. Concertgoers said that they saw nuts and bolts littering the ground near the blast scene and that the smell of explosives hung in the air.

The local hospital, Wythenshawe, said it was dealing with “mass casualties.” Eight other hospitals across the region were activated to treat the injured, and emergency supplies of blood were rushed in.

Fans of Grande had come from across northern England to see the concert. On Twitter, people offered a place to stay for those stranded in the city, using the hashtag #RoomForManchester.

A father told the BBC that he was leaving the arena with his wife and daughter when the blast blew him through a set of doors. Afterward, the man, identified as Andy, said he saw about 30 people “scattered everywhere. Some of them looked dead.”

Separated from his wife and daughter, he said, he “looked at some of the bodies trying to find my family.”

He later found them, uninjured.

Karen Ford, a witness, told the BBC that “there were kids outside, crying on the phone, trying to find their parents.”

The arena is one of the largest indoor venues in Europe and has a capacity of 21,000. Manchester transport police said the explosion occurred in the arena’s foyer, where people were congregating to buy concert merchandise. Manchester Arena said the attack took place just outside the facility, in a public space.

The scenes of bloodied, panicked concertgoers running for safety brought to mind similar images at the Bataclan theater in Paris in November 2015.

The concert hall became the scene of extreme carnage after multiple gunmen burst in during a show by the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal and began shooting. The attack — for which the Islamic State later asserted responsibility — killed 89 people and injured hundreds more, becoming the deadliest event on French soil since World War II.

Britain has had fewer terrorist attacks in recent years than several of its European neighbors. Monday night’s blast came two months after a speeding driver left four people dead on London’s Westminster Bridge, then stabbed to death a police officer at the gates of Parliament.

Monday was the fourth anniversary of the killing of Lee Rigby, a British soldier who was attacked with a machete on the streets of southeast London. The two assailants, who were convicted of murder, said they were acting to avenge the killing of Muslims by British soldiers.

Monday’s blast comes with just over two weeks to go before Britain holds a national election. Campaigning was suspended Tuesday, and perhaps beyond. Security has not featured as a prominent part of the debate, although that may change when campaigning resumes.</s>Popstar, Ariana Grande, has reportedly offered to pay for the funerals of those who died as a result of a terror attack in Manchester on Monday.

Suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, 22, killed himself and 22 others, including young children, when he detonated an improvised explosive device in the foyer of the Manchester Arena after an Ariana Grande had finished.

Twitter fan page Ariana Updates posted details last night on the US singer’s heroic gesture.

The 23 year-old American singer has suspended the rest of her European ‘Dangerous Woman’ tour and has returned home to Florida.</s>Broken Social Scene shared a message on social media ahead of the show saying: “Tonight, we play for the hearts of Manchester.”

Before the show began, the venue posted an update on its website saying it would continue its programming for the week, and management was in regular communication with police to enhance security.

The Toronto band headlined at Albert Hall on Tuesday night, which is a little more than two kilometres south of where the terrorist attack took place at the Manchester Arena.

The performance comes a day after a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in the British city killed 22 people and wounded dozens more.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND—Canadian indie rock band Broken Social Scene has played the first show of their European tour in Manchester.

“What’s most important is tonight we’re here together, all of us,” lead vocalist Kevin Drew told the crowd. “There’s no other place we’d rather be than here with you.”

English musician Johnny Marr at one point joined them onstage in singing “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl.”

The suicide bombing at the concert has shaken the music world , with some artists cancelling upcoming gigs and others planning to go ahead as scheduled.

Blondie cancelled a Tuesday night concert in London “as a mark of respect for the victims of the terrible attack” at the Manchester Arena. Lead singer Debbie Harry tweeted that the Round Chapel date will be rescheduled.

Take That, formed in Manchester, also cancelled their Tuesday night concert in Liverpool and May 25-27 dates in Manchester “out of respect” for the victims of the attack.

As for Grande, a person close to the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to publicly talk about the topic, said the pop star’s tour was not cancelled or postponed. The person said that Grande and her team are more focused on the victims at the moment, not the tour. It was unclear if Grande’s next scheduled show — Thursday in London — would take place.

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But a number of music acts with upcoming summer gigs in Europe said Tuesday they won’t change their plans.

Shawn Mendes, who’s scheduled to play in Paris on Wednesday, said his show will go on.

“I hope I speak for every artist by saying that we will not stop spreading positivity and love through music no matter the situation,” he wrote on Twitter. “Concerts are events people should never be afraid to attend.”

Céline Dion also will honour her upcoming dates in Copenhagen, Stockholm, London and Paris, including a June 25 stop at the Manchester Arena, her publicist said.

A representative for Guns N’ Roses, currently on tour with upcoming stops in Dublin, Lisbon, Madrid, Zurich, Munich, London and Paris, said the rock band wasn’t making any changes.

The manager for Phil Collins, scheduled to play Liverpool’s Echo Arena on June 2 and then five dates at London’s Royal Albert Hall starting June 4, said those shows would go on. Heavy metal band Iron Maiden also will perform as planned in Cardiff on Wednesday and committed to May 27-28 dates in London.

If the shows do go on, there will probably be more security precautions. The 02 arena in London in a statement said it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the tragedy and added that security had been stepped up for all events. “Please head down early and pack light as we only accept small bags into the area,” it said.

Drake was one of several Canadian stars with teen followings who voiced sympathy and solidarity Tuesday for those affected by the bombing.

Canadian pop idols Mendes, Justin Bieber and Alessia Cara all took to Twitter with messages of support.</s>Following last night's horrific terrorist attack that has left 22 people dead and 59 injured, Ariana Grande has suspended her Dangerous Woman world tour.

The singer, who was due to perform in London on Thursday night, also had dates to perform in Belgium, Poland, Germany and Switzerland.

Ariana took to twitter to express her heart break over the night's events: "broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words."

Her manager, Scooter Braun, released the following statement: "We mourn the lives of children and loved ones taken by this cowardly act. We ask all of you to hold the victims, their families, and all those affected in your hearts and prayers."

Tributes and messages of support have been flooding in from people all over the world and Ariana's fellow musicians have taken to social media to express their shock and sadness over what happened.

The first victim has been named as 18-year-old, Georgina Callander. Georgina had met Ariana two years ago and had tweeted over the weekend about how excited she was for the concert.

ISIS have now claimed responsibility for the attack.

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those that have been affected.</s>Pop star Ariana Grande has suspended her "Dangerous Woman" tour in the wake of a terror attack following her concert in Manchester that left 22 people dead, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

The decision came less than one day after the explosion at the concert, which occurred after Grande had finished performing. 22 people were killed and 59 injured, including children.

ISIS has claimed responsibility.

Grande expressed her sorrow in the hours following the incident.

"Broken," the singer tweeted. "From the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words."

Grande was physically unharmed, a source close to the situation told CNN.

Grande's management put out a lengthier statement, saying "words can not express our sorrow for the victims and families harmed in this senseless attack."

The Manchester concert was to be the first of three concerts in the UK.

Her next concert was set to take place on May 25 at the O2 Arena in London.

Other dates included shows in Belgium, Poland, Germany and Switzerland.</s>(AP) – Ariana Grande’s tour has not been canceled or postponed despite reports online, a person close to the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to publicly talk about the topic, said.

The person said that Grande and her team are more focused on the victims at the moment, not the tour. It was unclear if Grande’s next schedule show – Thursday in London – would take place.</s>NEW YORK (AP) — Does it feel like forever since we lost the style, splendor and scandals of "Downton Abbey?"

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Campaigning in the United Kingdom general election is suspended after the bombing at the Manchester Arena. The death toll is 22 with 59 injured. ISIL claims responsibility. Singer and actress Ariana Grande suspends her Dangerous Woman Tour.