An aide of murdered MP Sir David Amess has vowed to continue with projects he was passionate about, as she paid tribute to her "very close friend" a year on from his death.Constituency assistant Julie Cushion was at the church where the Southend West MP was stabbed on October 15 2021, and she gave evidence at the trial of his killer, Ali Harbi Ali, at the Old Bailey.

An aide of murdered MP Sir David Amess has vowed to continue with projects he was passionate about, as she paid tribute to her "very close friend" a year on from his death.Constituency assistant Julie Cushion was at the church where the Southend West MP was stabbed on October 15 2021, and she gave evidence at the trial of his killer, Ali Harbi Ali, at the Old Bailey.