Former prime minister Theresa May has spoken of how she heard about the Manchester terror attack during the 2017 general election.

The attack left 22 people dead, including victims from Otley, Adel, Sheffield and York.

A number of people from Bradford were left with serious injuries.

Recalling how she was told about the Manchester Arena attack, the ex-PM told ITV Tonight: "I was getting ready I think, getting ready to go to bed.

"There was something on the radio about something having happened in Manchester, but then I took a phone call from my private secretary who explained that this had been an attack, (but) unable at that stage to say how many victims there had been but knew that many of them were children."

Mrs May also said that a plot to kill her while in office had not made her question being prime minister.

Mrs May said it was a matter of concern when she learned about a plot to kill her in Downing Street by Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman.

She said: "I was first told about (the plot) by the security service and it's ....as anybody would feel when you are told that somebody is trying to do you harm, obviously it's a matter of concern.

"The first thing is being grateful to all those who are putting their effort into making sure that a threat of that sort doesn't materialise."

Asked if the the plan by Rahman to kill her in Number 10 made her query being PM, Mrs May said: "No, this is a job, it's an important job to do, being a member of parliament is an important job, being able to have the honour and privilege of being prime minister is such."

On hearing that Rahman had been arrested and convicted with a 30-year sentence, Mrs May said she felt "that justice had been done".