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Today's front pages: Massacre at Manchester Arena

23 May

Last night's suicide bombing attack on an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, in which at least 22 people have died, made it to the newspapers' final editions.

The Times jettisoned its earlier front page, which focused on Theresa May's controversial plans for elderly care, to lead with the explosion at the Manchester Arena.

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The Daily Telegraph also bumped its coverage of the Prime Minister's "U-turn" on the so-called "dementia tax" to give its front page over to the attack.

The Manchester Evening News initially covered the breaking story under the headline: "Terror at the Arena," but editor Rob Irvine tweeted this morning that the paper was preparing a new edition containing 34 pages of coverage, with the new splash simply saying: "Massacre."

The Daily Mirror's front page featurs an image of an injured young concertgoer being escorted from the venue by emergency services.

Another image of an injured concertgoer, this time an adult man being taken out of the arena, replaces an earlier front page from The Guardian featuring a scathing take on the PM's response to the dementia tax controversy.

The Sun's initial front page - a former IRA member claiming Jeremy Corbyn's attitude towards the group meant he had "blood on his hands" - generated a furious backlash on Twitter.

However, that edition has now also been pulled, The Guardian reports, and the paper leads with the Manchester attack in its editions both north and south of the border.