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17.05.2021 - 23:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A senior police officer, among those responsible for the initial response to the Manchester Arena bombing, defied official guidance to stay away from the scene of the attack, the inquiry into the atrocity has heard.
Arif Nawaz, then an acting superintendent who was GMP's night duty 'silver' commander when the bomb went off, said his first instinct was to head to the scene of devastation but he then decided against it.
Instead he remained in GMP's headquarters to run the 'unarmed' police response
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drug dealer "with no shame" has been jailed for 15 years after he was found with £200,000 worth of drugs in his home, as well as £33,000 in cash. Police first became aware of Richard Southward, 41, when he was spotted sitting by his car at a bus stop.
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