BTP officers drove away for a two-hour lunch break, Manchester Arena inquiry heard

Bees painted on stones left in tribute to all the victims (Peter Byrne/PA)

British Transport Police officers could have been patrolling as suicide bomber Salman Abedi approached Manchester Arena, but instead two drove away for a kebab on a two-hour lunch break, the public inquiry into the attack heard.

A report by John Saunders, chairman of the inquiry, into security arrangements at the venue, concluded there were “significant failures” by all of the five BTP officers on duty at the Arena venue that night.