In a new BBC documentary Jenni Stancombe, mother of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, said: "Together, between the six of us, we always seem to pull the light out [of the darkness]"

AS their parents dropped them off at a dance studio in Southport, Merseyside, for a Taylor Swift-themed yoga, dance and bead making workshop, three young girls were wide-eyed with excitement

A war veteran cleared of inciting hatred says he was banned from coaching after calling the Southport child killer a "creature".