The mother of eight-year-old Saffie Roussos - the youngest of the victims to die in the Manchester terror attack - is conscious and aware of the tragedy, a family friend has revealed.

Lisa Roussos, 48, was critically injured in last week's bomb attack and had been on life support, unaware that her daughter had died. But a friend said she was beginning to pull through and had been told what had happened to Saffie.

Mike Swanny, a neighbour and close friend of the Roussos family, said Mrs Roussos had been taken off life support.