Thousands packed into Albert Square for the Manchester Together – With One Voice event.

The mass singalong remembered the victims of last year’s Manchester Arena bombing and followed a remembrance service held earlier in the day at Manchester Cathedral.

Speaking on stage, the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Joan Hitchen, said: “Tonight the city of Manchester continues to demonstrate our solidarity to those who were affected by the terrible events of one year ago.”

She thanked the brave men and women of the various emergency responders who helped “bring our Manchester together again”.

The crowd responded with huge applause as she said: “Weren’t they brilliant?”

She went on: “We also stand in solidarity with each other as Mancunians and tonight we are going to show the world that we stand together.”

Earlier in the day, hundreds of those injured and the families of those killed were joined by the Duke of Cambridge and Prime Minister Theresa May, as well as emergency services staff, civic leaders and other national figures.

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The Duke of Cambridge arrives for the Manchester Arena National Service of Commemoration (Peter Byrne/PA)
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A tribute to those killed in the terror attack (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu greets Theresa May (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Bees painted on stones left in memory of the victims (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (left) arrives for the service (Peter Byrne/PA)
Mr Corbyn left a message on a Tree of Hope following the service (Peter Byrne/PA)
Mr Corbyn left a message on a Tree of Hope (Peter Byrne/PA)
Also attending were Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (Peter Byrne/PA)
Also attending were Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Martin Hibbertt, who suffered life-changing injuries in the blast, reads messages left on a Tree of Hope in St Ann’s Square, Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA)
Crowds gathered in St Ann’s Square listened to the memorial service (Aaron Chown/PA)
Crowds in St Ann’s Square listened to the memorial service (Aaron Chown/PA)
Flowers and a picture of Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry
Flowers and a picture of Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry (Peter Byrne/PA)
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The victims, Elaine McIver, Saffie Roussos, Sorrell Leczkowski, Eilidh MacLeod, Nell Jones, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Megan Hurley, Georgina Callander, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Curry, Courtney Boyle, Philip Tron, John Atkinson, Martyn Hett, Kelly Brewster, Angelika Klis, Marcin Klis, Michelle Kiss, Alison Howe, Lisa Lees, Wendy Fawell and Jane Tweddle (Greater Manchester Police/PA)
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Orla Shaw, three, from Bury, leaves a bee pebble in St Ann’s Square (Peter Byrne/PA)
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A woman leaves flowers ahead of the Manchester Arena National Service of Commemoration (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham greets Theresa May (Peter Byrne/PA)
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A young woman leaves a message on the Tree of Hope (Peter Byrne/PA)
Women dressed in bee costumes watch the service in Cathedral Gardens (Peter Byrne/PA)
Women dressed in bee costumes watch the service in Cathedral Gardens (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Young people wearing Ariana Grande tops look at the messages of commemoration (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Two young boys wearing ‘Bee’ Manchester T-shirts (Peter Byrne/PA)