Funeral held for stabbed girl, 12, in Liverpool

Hundreds gather at cathedral for funeral of Ava White who died after verbal argument'

Hundreds of mourners gathered at Liverpool's Catholic cathedral on Thursday morning for the funeral of 12-year-old Ava White, who was stabbed to death after the city's Christmas lights switch-on.

It was a grey, wet Liverpool day but there was lots of colour as many people arrived in purples, pinks, reds and blues - anything but black at the request of the family.