A MINUTE'S silence will be observed across the nation today, Thursday, May 25 in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Manchester MEN Arena attack.

The country is asked to unite today at 11am as a mark of respect to those killed and affected by Monday’s traumatic and atrocious bombing.

Children are among the 22 people who were killed in the suicide bombing, with a further 64 injured, 20 of those in critical condition.

An eight-year-old girl was among those killed in the attack.