MOURNERS have gathered to pay their respects to a football mad schoolgirl, 10, who was hit and killed by a car on a pitch.

People watched on in silence, some wiping away tears, as the funeral cortege passed en route to Monday’s service.

Inside, tributes to the talented footballer were read out by her parents, her headteacher at Old Hutton CE Primary School, Nick Turley ... “Poppy touched so many lives, it was easy to see why. Her ...

Pupils were greeted by staff dressed as air hostesses and a pilot for a school's first 'around the world' day. Harold Court Primary School, in Church Road, Harold Wood, held the event on March 14 ...