A British doctor and a retired firefighter who were living in Australia have been named as two of the eight Britons killed in the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka.

“Soul mates” Dr Sally Bradley and her husband Bill Harrop were staying in the Cinnamon Grand Hotel when one of the seven suicide bombers struck.

The couple had been living in Perth since 2013 where Dr Bradley was practising medicine, fulfilling their dream to move to Australia.

Mr Harrop dropped his wife off and picked her up from work every day.

They were due to return to the UK soon after buying a retirement home in the Cotswolds.

Mr Harrop’s cousin Steve Harrop said the couple loved to get about and travel.

“He’d finally got his dream of living in Australia,” he told the Manchester Evening News

“I just don’t understand. He worked so hard to get what he wanted and it’s all been taken away. I can’t believe it.”

Mr Harrop had two sons from a previous relationship, Miles and Gavin.

Gavin had been holidaying with them at the time of the blast but was staying at a different hotel.

Dr Bradley’s family said in a statement that she was the “personification of joy that life could bring if you approached it with a smile on your face and warmth in your heart”.

“She dedicated her professional life to public service and was a true daughter of Greater Manchester,” they said.

“Their aim was always to experience life to the fullest. Kindred spirits, they travelled the world together, safe in each other’s arms and with smiles across their faces.

“They were the heartbeat of their families and the inspiration in their lives. They will be forever sorely missed, but never forgotten.”

I’m deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Dr Sally Bradley and her husband Bill Harrop in the Sri Lanka attacks. Two extremely valued people living and working in WA. My thoughts are with their family and friends, and Dr Bradley’s colleagues at South Metropolitan Health Service — Mark McGowan (@MarkMcGowanMP) April 23, 2019

Her brother, Lord Keith Bradley, former MP for Manchester Withington, said the family would never get over the immensely tragic event.

“I have lost a sister, who was not only an inspiration to me, but someone that was respected and loved across Greater Manchester,” he said.

“Over the last 24 hours I have been inundated with beautiful tributes to a remarkable and wondrous woman. She was truly a bright light in many people’s lives.

“The light may have been cruelly distinguished for no reason or justification, but she will always live in our hearts and the memories she provided will be forever cherished.

“I, and my family, will miss her more than words can articulate.”

Australian mother Manik Suriaaratchi and her ten-year-old daughter Alexendria were also killed in the attacks.

Tributes have been flowing for the pair, who were killed while attending Easter Mass at a Negombo church.

In a media conference in Melbourne yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed the tragic deaths.

Two other Australian women were wounded in the blasts.

TRAGIC LAST SELFIE

A British tourist in Sri Lanka beamed as she snapped a selfie with her family eating breakfast in a Colombo hotel. She swiftly uploaded the picture to social media.

London student Nisanga Mayadume and her TV chef mum Shantha Mayadume were confirmed among the tourists killed in the atrocity.

Ms Mayadume posted a photo of the family having breakfast at the capital city’s Shangri-La Hotel just moments before the deadly explosion.

The University of London graduate, believed to be in her 30s, captioned the Facebook update from just ten hours ago with “Easter breakfast with family”, under which hundreds of people have commented “RIP”.

Along with the Kingsbury and Cinnamon Grand, the Shangri-La was one of three major hotels targeted.

Another British family were also enjoying breakfast at the Shangri-La when they were caught in the blast.

A bloodsoaked British dad frantically scoured Sri Lanka’s morgues for his family, before being told they had all been killed in the blast at the Shangri-La hotel.

Lawyer Ben Nicholson walked the streets of the Sri Lankan capital and tragically searched hospitals for any sign of his family after they were caught up in a terror attack yesterday.

According to The Sun, Anita Nicholson, 42, her son Alex, 11, and daughter Annabel were among those killed.

According to The Daily Mail, a Sri Lanka bomber queued at another hotel’s buffet then unleashed devastation on unsuspecting crowds at the Cinnamon Grand hotel, setting off explosives that were strapped to his back.

The man was a Sri Lankan and had registered at the hotel the night before as Mohamed Azzam Mohamed. He was carrying a breakfast plate and was about to be served at around 8.30am when he set off his bomb in the packed restaurant, a manager at the Sri Lankan hotel said.

Describing the ensuing panic, a hotel manager, told the Daily Mail: “It was 8.30am and it was busy. It was families. He came up to the top of the queue and set off the blast.

“One of our managers who was welcoming guests was among those killed instantly. There was utter chaos, but we rushed all the injured to hospital in a very short time.”

A British family spoke of how their hotel became a target for the terror.

Julian Emmanuel and his family, from Surrey, were staying at the Cinnamon Grand when the bomb went off.

He told the BBC: “We were in our room and heard a large explosion. It woke us up. There were ambulances, fire crews, police sirens.

“I came out of the room to see what’s happening, we were ushered downstairs.

“We were told there had been a bomb. Staff said some people were killed. One member of staff told me it was a suicide bomber.”