The father of Manchester terror attack victim Saffie Roussos has paid tribute to his “stunning” daughter.
Andrew Roussos told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme Saffie was a “huge character”, on what would have been her ninth birthday.
He said he wanted her name and images to be remembered through the media, as it was what she would have wanted.
Saffie was one of 22 people killed in a terror attack after an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in May.

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A week after an apparent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, an arms store at another military facility has been hit by a series of explosions.

Blaming “sabotage”, Russian officials said a fire triggered the blasts in the Dzhankoi area, another fire hit a power station and a railway was damaged.

A string of blasts last week destroyed Russian warplanes at a Black Sea base on the Crimean coast.

Ukraine has not admitted that attack.

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“The situation has taken their childhood away.”

Olena Gnes and her three young children aged seven, five and five months are living in a shelter in a basement in Kyiv in order to stay safe from the bombing in the city. Her husband has joined the Ukrainian military to fight against the Russian invasion.

The family have decided to stay in Kyiv. Olena told The BBC “this is my home and I just feel I need to stay here.”

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Travel firms are seeing a huge rush to book summer holidays after a new deal means restrictions on travel to many countries in Europe will be lifted from July 6th.

A new “traffic light” system will set risk levels for individual countries – with a “Green” rating allowing unrestricted travel. Many destinations including France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey are likely to be open to British tourists.

It means that holidaymakers will be able to return to the UK without having to self-isolate for 14 days.  The Foreign Office will also lift its advice against ‘all but essential travel’ to low or medium-risk destinations, making it possible to obtain travel insurance.

However the continued easing of restrictions will depend on the UK maintaining a low level of coronavirus infections, in order for other countries to accept British tourists.

Kate Silverton presents BBC News reporting by Transport Correspondent Tom Burridge.

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Queen Elizabeth II has outlined the UK government’s legislative agenda – what laws they plan to introduce in this parliamentary …

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