‘She was my best friend’: Heartbroken families of Southport victims pay tribute to daughters

In their first interviews, Jenni and David Stancombe, parents of Elsie Dot, seven, and the parents of Bebe King, six, have spoken to reporters (PA) - (PA Media)

The heartbroken families of two schoolgirls murdered in the brutal Southport knife attack have spoken out for the first time since their deaths.

Bebe King, six, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were all killed in the frenzied ambush on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the Merseyside town last year.