Tributes have been paid to 14-year-old Sorrell Leczkowski by the headteacher of her school.

Speaking outside Allerton High School in Leeds, Elaine Silson said staff and students were "saddened and shocked" to lose the Year 9 pupil in the Manchester attack.

"Sorrell was a simply delightful student," she said. "As her grandfather said yesterday, she was happy, creative and confident. She had a great group of friends; she enjoyed her studies and was a real asset to Allerton High.

"It is one day at a time but I am phenomenally proud of the way everyone in school has pulled together and I am inspired by the way our young people have been trying to cope with their loss."

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A former classmate of the Manchester suicide attack suspect has said he "wasn't shocked" by the news Salman Abedi was responsible. The classmate, who attended Burnage Academy for Boys with Abedi and asked not to have his name broadcast, said: "He didn’t come across as an intelligent person."

Asked whether he thought Abedi might have been manipulated by those more intelligent than him he replied: "100%. I can't imagine the idea that he would be able to go through with such a complicated procedure. He must have had help.

"I wasn’t shocked," the classmate said.

US ex-President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are "heartbroken" after the Manchester attack, Mr Obama has told Germans. He was speaking to an estimated 70,000-strong crowd at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.

The televised event, with Mrs Merkel sitting next to him, was part of a religious convention organised by the German Protestant Church. The US Democrat said he would help young people to marginalise those who sought to exploit social divisions.

Lew Lukens, acting US ambassador to the UK, has condemned leaked photos of the attack scene to the country's press as "reprehensible" and "deeply distressing".

"We unequivocally condemn them," he said, adding that the US government was determined to identify the source.

"The US government is launching an investigation into these leaks and will take appropriate action once we identify the source of these leaks if they are in the US."

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A former classmate of Manchester bomber said he was not shocked to discover Salman Abedi had been responsible for the attack.

The man, who asked not to be named, described Abedi as "quiet" and "withdrawn".

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One, he added: "He wasn't a very memorable person. He didn't come across as an intelligent person. He almost seemed like he was in his own world and he didn't seem to know what was going on.

"I can't even imagine the idea that he would be able to go through with such a complicated procedure. No, he must have had help."

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Ariana Grande has re-entered the top 40 this week, as fans campaign to get One Last Time to the top of the charts following the attack in Manchester.

The US pop star's upbeat single originally peaked at number 24 in the UK following its release in 2015, but it has now jumped from outside the top 200 to number 35 overnight, the Official Charts Company has said.

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BBC political reporter

The Home Secretary Amber Rudd said UKIP's suggestion that the Prime Minister is somewhat to blame for the Manchester attack is "entirely the wrong approach" and said it's "not a time for making political points".

The leader of UKIP in Wales has said he is keen to get back on the campaign trail after the Manchester attack.

Neil Hamilton told the BBC that the future of the country "cannot be put on hold indefinitely because of one very tragic event".

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• Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 gives the police the power to stop, search and hold individuals at ports, airports and international railway stations
• As well as being questioned for up to nine hours, the police also have the power to inspect electronic devices such as phones and laptop
• The police have the power to temporarily seize travel documents if they believe someone is travelling in order to engage in terrorist activity
• As a British passport is the property of the Crown, Royal Prerogative can be used to confiscate, cancel or refuse them
• The authority to carry scheme prevents certain individuals from travelling to or from the UK - essentially it is a no-fly list
• Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures, or TPims, are a form of house arrest. It applies to people who are deemed a threat but cannot be prosecuted or deported if they are a foreign national

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Government sources have hit back at criticism that security services were warned about the bomber Salman Abedi - but failed to stop him.

They said MI5 manages about 500 active investigations and that Abedi was among a "large pool of people" whose risk was kept under review.

Cheshire Police have paid tribute to Elaine McIver, a detective constable for the force who was one of the victim's of the Manchester attack.

Chief Constable Simon Byrne said: "Friends who knew her well have described her as big hearted, bubbly and a positive person.

"We are supporting her family at this very difficult time, and will be providing support for friends and colleagues from the Constabulary as we come to terms with the loss of an officer in such tragic and heart-rending circumstances. We will not let evil win."

Cheshire Police & Crime Commissioner David Keane added: "It is at moments like this that we must remain unified and strong."

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UKIP's Suzanne Evans has told the BBC that the "only people to blame" for the bomb attack in Manchester were those who plotted and carried out the atrocity.

She had been challenged on the BBC's Daily Politics programme over her suggestion at UKIP's manifesto launch that the Prime Minister had "some responsibility" to take for the attack.

She said: "I think that we have had successive Labour and Conservative governments who have failed to put the security of our nation and the safety of the British people first and I think that is the first job of any government."

Suzanne Evans said the UK's borders had been "deliberately opened" to people whose way of life was "fundamentally incompatible with ours" and it was time for a new approach.

She firmly rejected suggestions that UKIP was being opportunistic.

Celtic Football Club have issued a statement about safety arrangements ahead of their Scottish Cup final game against Aberdeen on Saturday.

It says that "with absolute respect to Aberdeen Football Club, we would not wish to pre-judge the outcome of the Scottish Cup final in any way" but goes on to say that should the team win, there will not be any supporters' event at Celtic Park.

As a result, Celtic supporters have been asked not to travel to or congregate at Celtic Park following the match.

And the club's planned Heroes and Legends bus parade, which was to be staged in advance of this Sunday's Celtic FC Foundation match at Celtic Park, has also been cancelled.

Liverpool MPs, faith leaders and senior police officers joined office workers and members of the public at the city's waterfront to observe a minute's silence in tribute to the victims of the Manchester bombing.

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It ended with rounds of applause for Manchester people and police and emergency services before pink balloons were released.

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BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was one of a larger pool of former "subjects of interest" whose risk remained subject to review by MI5 and its partners, a senior Whitehall source has said.

He said that if such individuals show sufficient risk of re-engaging in terrorism, MI5 can consider re-opening investigations into them - but this process inevitably relies on difficult professional judgements based on partial information.

It was also pointed out that MI5 is managing around 500 active investigations, involving some 3,000 subjects of interest at any one time.

The Queen has been visiting injured children in a hospital ward. She tells one girl: "I hope it doesn't take too long for you to mend".

She added that the work of the medical staff was "remarkable".

The Queen described the attack as "dreadful" and "wicked" during her visit to a children's hospital this afternoon.

She told victim Evie Mills, 14, and her parents: "It's dreadful. Very wicked. To target that sort of thing."

She met staff at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and visited a ward where four young girls who were injured in the concert blast are recovering.