Pop star Ariana Grande has said her thoughts remain with all those affected by the Manchester Arena bombing one year on from the atrocity. She wrote: “Thinking of you all today and every day. “For such appalling acts of wickedness will do nothing but strengthen our resolve to defeat such twisted ideologies and beliefs. Ariana Grande performing during the One Love Manchester benefit concert (Dave Hogan for One Love Manchester/PA)Among those performing are the Manchester Survivors Choir, a group made up of people who were at the arena on the night of the fateful concert, and Parrs Wood High School’s Harmony Group, whose post-attack tribute went viral last year. A total of 22 people were killed and more than 800 others were either physically or psychologically injured.

Source: Irish Examiner May 22, 2018 06:22 UTC