THE grieving brother of Manchester Arena victim Martyn Hett has described being touched by the 'genuinely Mancunian' response to the tragedy.

Dan Hett, 31, said he 'hugged every possible subset of human in the city" in the wake of the disaster on May 22.

His brother Martyn, a 29-year-old former Altrincham PR manager, was one of 22 people killed when suicide bomber Salman Abedi brought disaster to the city as crowds left a concert by pop star Ariana Grande.

Mr Hett described the positive reaction from the city's people following the atrocity.

He said: "I'm not a hugging person, but I have hugged every possible subset of human in the city.

"I've hugged a biker who literally had me off my feet.

"Yesterday morning I was in Sainsbury's with my youngest son, feeding him crisps, and an old lady stopped us and gave us both a cuddle.

"I know that whenever something like this happens people get very sentimental about their cities. And again it's descending into cliche a little, but the reaction does really feel genuinely Mancunian.

"Everyone has been part of it, regardless of whether you're a dirty metalhead or a flamboyant pop fan."

He also said he was frustrated about people using the attack to force arguments about immigration.

Mr Hett, who is half-Turkish and from Stockport, said: "A UK-born terrorist took out, among many other people, my UK-born Turkish brother ... In an alternate timeline, the roles could have been reversed."

Meanwhile, the cast of Coronation Street are to honour the victims of last month's terrorist attack with a memorial to them.

Martyn was a huge fan of Corrie and well known by the cast , and Corrie's Antony Cotton paid tribute to him when he spoke on Good Morning Britain to co-hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ranvir Singh.

He said: "I'm not an official spokesman for this, but I believe we're doing a bench for the victims of the attack.

"I've no idea where it'll be, but it'll be a tribute."

Antony Cotton said: β€œHe was part of our extended family.”

American television host Wendy Williams also paid tribute to Martyn., who was due to be in the audience of her show in New York at the start of a two month trip to the United States.

She kept an empty chair open to symbolize the loss felt by her show.