Flamboyant son inspired thousands

William read 1 Corinthians: “Love is patient, love is kind” – an echo of the message of the weekend’s royal wedding.

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn joined survivors and grieving families there. Hundreds more came to watch on the big screen in the Cathedral Gardens, just wanting to be there together.

With 22 candles behind him, the Dean of Manchester, Rogers Govender, said: “We remember with love those whose lives were lost, and those whose lives COMFORT Hugs and tears yesterday. Pic: Andy Stenning have been changed forever and have to live with the terrible memories of that day. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead, and the bridge between them is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”

The service included addresses from rabbi Warren Elf, imam Irfan Chishti, Sukhbir Singh of the Sikh community, and humanist Dr Kevin Malone.

At 2.30pm, the service paused for the RESPECTS Heads bowed by tributes national minute’s silence. In a statement earlier, the Prime Minister said the attack was “designed to strike at the heart of our values and our way Burnham of life, in one of our most vibrant cities, with the aim of breaking our resolve and dividing us. It failed”. She was right. A year ago, the mood was one of grief and bewilderment. Yesterday it was one of respect, love and pride. There were teenagers in Ariana BUSY Girl leaves bee pebble Grande T-shirts, parents in Manchester bee T-shirts, friends laying flowers, all wanting to hug, support and remember.

In St Ann’s Square, the focal point for remembrance in the days after the blast, thousands took part in the “trail of hope” between it and the arena. Martyn Hett A MUM who lost her “flamboyant” son in the bombing has committed to visiting schools and prisons to speak about how his death affected her family.

After Corrie superfan Martyn Hett, 29, was killed, his life inspired the “BeMore Martin” hashtag, which in turn encouraged his mum Figen Murray.

She said: “We gave him the spectacular send-off he’d have loved with Nick Grimshaw, Jason Manford, Michelle McManus and Mariah Carey paying moving tributes.

“We had to warn Helen Worth (Corrie’s Gail Platt) her face was on the coffin.

“In the weeks after, we received 2000 messages.”