Hundreds of mourners have gathered to pay their respects to a 12-year-old girl who was stabbed in Liverpool. Ava White tragically died last month following a Christmas lights switch-on in the city centre.
The young schoolgirl's coffin was covered in photographs of herself and was brought to her funeral service at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral in a white horse-drawn carriage. Read more: Inside the Covid wards where the young and unvaccinated are fighting for their lives As the coffin was brought into the church, the congregation broke out in applause which was reported later on after the short, emotional service concluded.
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