Manchester has come together to remember the bombing that devastated the city a year ago, with a message of defiance in the face of terror.

Leading a ceremony at Manchester Cathedral, the Right Rev David Walker paid tribute to the victims of the suicide bomb detonated at the end of the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena a year ago on Tuesday.

“You who were hurt or bereaved 12 months ago today are forever part of Manchester and forever part of us,” he said.

On the altar behind him were 22 candles - fashioned from the thousands left behind at the memorial in St Ann’s Square last year - each representing one of the young victims.

Another single lit candle represented the 800 left with physical or mental scars following the bombing, as well as the emergency services and the families of the bereaved.