MANCHESTER ARENA EXPLOSION - PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST

If you or anyone you know might be stranded in Manchester after tonight’s explosion, taxies in the centre of the city are offering free rides home

The Holiday Inn are currently looking after dozens of stranded children unable to contact their parents, please call 0161 836 9600

Anyone in need of a room or a lift home, please check the #roomformanchester tag on twitter and other social medias. Various other people are offering rooms online. x x

PLEASE ONLY CONTACT THE AMBULANCE SERVICE IF YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION

Central Manchester is apparently on lockdown so please do not visit the city centre, remain on the outskirts and at a distance from the Arena

PLEASE DO NOT POST/SHARE IMAGES OR VIDEOS OF THE INJURED OR DECEASED VICTIMS OF THE EXPLOSION

Police have reported injuries and fatalities, numbers unconfirmed as of 00:47 23/05/2017 and have issued this statement

UPDATE: trains out of Manchester Victoria Station have stopped

*IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 PLEASE DO NOT GO TO A STRANGERS HOUSE ALONE*

Manchester Police confirms 19 dead and around 50 injured.

Here is the Reddit live updates thread should anyone need/want it

UPDATE: thread of reportedly missing people

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD UPDATES BUT PLEASE INCLUDE VALID SOURCES SO NOT TO SPREAD FALSE INFORMATION

Check Greater Manchester Police’s twitter for updates and check the #RoomForManchester tag for people offering help for those stranded in the city

UPDATE: Second suspicious device found, GM Police to perform a controlled explosion on said device

CHECK BBC MANCHESTER NEWS FOR LIVE UPDATES