Mum's desperate search for missing daughter after Manchester blast
A devastated parent has called a UK breakfast TV show to try to find her missing daughter following the Manchester explosion, which killed 22 people.
The blast, now treated as an act of terror, happened at an Ariana Grande concert overnight with many still unaccounted for.
Charlotte Campbell is one of many parents trying to find their children following the blast and said she last spoke to her 15-year-old daughter Olivia before the concert.
“I can’t get through to her,” she said.
“(I’ve called) hospitals, I’ve called all the places, the hotels, where people say that children have been taken and I’ve called the police.
"(They've told me) there's no news. I've just got to wait."
Olivia was reportedly at the concert with her best friend from school.
Ms Campbell said her daughter’s friend was currently in hospital in an unknown condition.
“I have not spoken to his parents yet,” she said.
“I’m waiting at home in case she turns up here.”
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addressed the House of Representatives in Canberra this afternoon, signalling his support for Britain and declaring "our nations will never give in to terrorism".
Mr Turnbull told the House it was a "basic human right" for people to be able to attend public events like concerts. There had been too many such attacks in recent times, he said.
