Woman held in Manchester released

A woman arrested in connection to the Manchester Arena suicide bomb attack has been released without charge, leaving six people in UK custody as counter-terrorism police swoop on the bomber's suspected network.

The woman was arrested in the Blackley area of Manchester on Wednesday after a series of raids across Manchester, Wigan and Nuneaton, Warwickshire, while relatives of bomber Salman Abedi were detained in Libya.

Six men arrested remain in custody, while the woman was released, Greater Manchester Police said on Thursday.