Thirty journalists from across Trinity Mirror’s regional newspapers have volunteered to help relieve staff at the Manchester Evening News who have been working “round the clock” since the bomb attack in the city.

Journalists in newsrooms across the country owned by the publisher were asked if they would like to shift at the daily title so their colleagues could “take a break after working round the clock”, said a spokesperson.

Reporters from Cambridge, Liverpool, Teesside, Derby, Cardiff, Bath, Grimsby and Cheltenham have answered the call and will provide cover in the paper’s newsroom over the next ten days.