BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

The World This Week

News

What's been happening around the world and why it matters

The World This Week: Manchester: after the bomb

Magazines & Reviews

Manchester: after the bomb

27/05/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The World This Week, Manchester: after the bomb

How Manchester and the UK reacted after the blast that killed 22 at a pop music concert.

Perhaps it wasn't surprising that, sooner or later, Britain would fall victim to another mass casualty terror attack. But it still felt shocking. And it gained extra significance with a general election only a matter of days away.
(Photo: Tony Walsh reads his poem 'This is the place' at a vigil in Manchester for casualties of the concert attack
Credit: Reuters)

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The World This Week

Manchester: after the bomb

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

About BBC World Service