The family and friends of a beloved mother killed in exceptionally tragic circumstances have paid their final tributes to her today.
Mum-of-three Heather Smedley died two days before Christmas when a police vehicle collided with her car as she turned into her street - Otmoor Way, in Royton. The unmarked GMP car that crashed into Heather's had been chasing a suspected stolen vehicle at the time of the crash.
Today, less than half a mile down the road from where the collision took place, mourners filed into St Marks Heyside to pay their respects. By the time the service started at 1.15pm there was barely even standing room at the back of the church as outside, snow lined the pavements and car park where the funeral cortege lay in waiting.
