The chairman has reminded people of the courageous efforts of people on the scene.

"Those who have listened to the evidence will not be surprised that I am highly critical of many aspects of the rescue operation," he says.

"Those criticisms must not overshadow our admiration for the courage of those who went into the city room without any hesitation to help the dying and the injured."

Sir John Saunders is speaking now.

He says the second report deals mostly with the response of the emergency services, and that his summary does not and cannot do justice to the "moving evidence" he heard.

He's done his best to capture it, though, Sir John adds.

Judith Moritz
BBC North of England Correspondent

The performance of the emergency services at the Manchester Arena bombing “fell far below the standard it should have been”, the report says.

The Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry Sir John Saunders has published a 1,000 page report which lists a catalogue of failings and mistakes by the emergency services.

He says police, fire, and ambulances services failed to work together.

On the night of the attack multi-agency communication between the three services is said to have been “non-existent”.

The key police commander on the night was overwhelmed, and not enough paramedics were sent to help the injured and dying in the area where the bomb exploded.

Sir John said: “Everyone involved in the emergency no doubt thought they were doing their best. In some cases . . . their best was not good enough.”

The performance of the emergency services was "far below the standard it should have been” on the night of the Manchester Arena terror attack, the inquiry has found.

The inquiry says the injuries of one of the victims, John Atkinson “were survivable” had he received the treatment and care he should have.

As we've been reporting, the second report from the Manchester Arena Inquiry is now being published.

We'll hear from Sir John Saunders, who's chairing the inquiry, shortly.

But first, there's a minute's silence at the news conference.

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We're about to see the Manchester Arena Inquiry's second report into the 2017 attack, which will focus on the response of the emergency services.

The first report focused on security at the site; the third will look at the security agencies' prevention work.

According to the inquiry,, external today's report will "consider the evidence...on the preparedness of each emergency service to respond to a marauding terrorist firearms attack".

Twenty-two people, some of them children, were killed in the Manchester Arena attack on 22 May 2017.

The youngest, Saffie-Rose Roussos, was just eight-years-old. The eldest, Jane Tweddle, was 51.

You can see and read more about each of the victims here.

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Manchester-born Salman Abedi, the bomber, died along with his 22 victims after he detonated the bomb he’d made at his home in Fallowfield, south Manchester.

Armed police raided the 22-year-old’s house the day after the attack, leading officers to suspect his brother Hashem’s involvement.

Hashem Abedi, three years younger than his brother, had travelled to Libya before the bombing, but was arrested shortly after the terror attack and extradited back to face trial.

At his sentencing, he refused to leave his cell at the Old Bailey and face victims’ families. He is now serving a minimum of 55 years behind bars in the UK.

Days after the attack, it was revealed that Salman Abedi was known to British police and security services but was not flagged for having radical views.

Put simply, a public inquiry looks at a matter of public concern.

According to the Manchester Arena Inquiry website, external, this can look and feel like a court case – with people asking questions and evidence to consider – but there is an important difference.

Courts mostly deal with trials, where one party goes up against another, making it adversarial. But an inquiry is inquisitorial - with a chair, instead of a judge, performing an examining role.

There’ll also be recommendations, to try to prevent what has gone wrong from happening again.

In volume one of the Manchester Arena Inquiry, two of the recommendations were:

• Those responsible for security should be briefed at every event about the current threat level and risk of terrorist attack
• All suspicious behaviour by event-goers or members of the public close to a venue must be noted. It must be reported promptly so that investigations can be made and action taken, if appropriate

A man who fought to save one of the 22 victims says "big mistakes" were made by emergency services on the night of the blast.

Despite being injured himself, Ron Blake tried to save victim John Atkinson, who later died.

Mr Atkinson, 28, was not seen by paramedics for 47 minutes - which Mr Blake says "seemed to last forever".

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Twenty-two people were killed, and hundreds more injured, when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the foyer of Manchester Arena just after 22:30 BST.

Inside, thousands of fans were making their way out of a concert by American artist Ariana Grande.

Outside, Salman Abedi, the bomber, stood among parents waiting to collect their children - and detonated a homemade bomb.

Greater Manchester Police subsequently declared the incident a terrorist attack and a suicide bombing. It was the deadliest attack in the UK since the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

Salman’s brother, Hashem, has been jailed for at least 55 years for helping his older sibling plan the attack. He was convicted in 2020 after a court heard he was "just as guilty of murder" as his brother.

The year before Hashem’s conviction, the government launched a public inquiry into the attack and the response to it.

The first report - released last year , external- focused on the arena’s security. Today's looks at the emergency services. The third will look at whether security agencies could have stopped the bombing.

Thanks for joining us, as we await the second report from the public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.

The latest findings - focusing on the response of emergency services - are due to be published at 14:30 GMT.

After that, there’ll be news conferences - one by the services at 16:00 and another by local leaders at 17:00, including Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.

Stay with us for breaking news, reaction from victims' families, and analysis.