The life of an "extraordinary girl" who was killed in the Southport knife attack has been remembered with balloons, bubbles and one of her favourite Taylor Swift songs at her funeral.Ahead of the service for seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe on Friday, mourners - including the family dog Bobby - gathered outside St John's Church in Birkdale to see the horse-drawn carriage, which travelled from the family home through streets decorated with pink ribbons.Emergency service workers were among those

The life of an "extraordinary girl" who was killed in the Southport knife attack has been remembered with balloons, bubbles and one of her favourite Taylor Swift songs at her funeral.Ahead of the service for seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe on Friday, mourners - including the family dog Bobby - gathered outside St John's Church in Birkdale to see the horse-drawn carriage, which travelled from the family home through streets decorated with pink ribbons.Emergency service workers were among those attending, along with Ibrahim Hussein, imam of Southport mosque, which was damaged when violence broke out the day after Elsie's death.