Landfill site searched in Greater Manchester as part of terror attack investigation

A major search linked to the Manchester terror attack is under way at a landfill site on the outskirts of Bury, Greater Manchester.

A large number of police officers have been seen searching the industrial premises at Pilsworth.

Greater Manchester Police tweeted: "Officers investigating the attack on the Manchester Arena are searching a site in Pilsworth, Bury. The search is currently on-going."

Investigators have been at the site, close to the M66 motorway, "for around three days", according to one resident.

It comes as police continue their search of a flat in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, that was raided earlier.

Image:The man arrested in Shoreham is believed to have lived in a flat above shops

The force said a 23-year-old man was arrested in the coastal town by officers investigating last Monday's suicide bombing.

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The hairdresser of a man who lives at the flat said he was training to be a pilot.

Violet Mainda said: "He was a normal bloke, very jovial.

"I think he had finished, or was still training, to be a pilot.

"He told me but I can't quite remember what he said. He was from Libya."