Henna tattoos for youngsters in show of respect after Manchester bombing

SCHOOLCHILDREN had henna tattoos of the symbol of Manchester done after a town hall debate by youngsters about the terror attack in the city.

Youngsters from Manchester schools were given the treat after thousands of adults were tattooed with a bee, the symbol of the city, to show solidarity.

Views from children about the suicide attack at Manchester Arena that left 22 dead and scores injured, and how the city will recover from the May 22 outrage, will be fed back to Town Hall bosses.

Maurissa Rainford, 11, said: “There are lots of different cultures here and after it [the terror attack] people might not show the

Maurissa Landell-Rainford shows her henna tattoo.

same respect, which I don’t think is right. But the impact on the community here is that even though people may have been scared, people are coming

back together again.” The children are all taking part in a programme learning about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. THE president of the Republic of Mauritius has pledged the men who murdered a Scottish woman in front of her 10-year-old son will be brought to justice.

President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim said the culprits who smothered 47-year-old Janice Farman in her own home “would soon be arrested”.

The president also paid tribute to Ms Farman, originally from Clydebank and who was the managing director of a company on the island, saying “as a mother my heart goes out to her family”.

Police were called to a property at Albion on the Indian Ocean island at