Inspiring mum's fight for new law in memory of tragic son is almost a reality

CAMPAIGN NAMED AFTER MARTYN IN KING'S SPEECH

- ETHAN DAVIES

MAY 22, 2017, was Manchester's darkest night. Twenty-two lives were lost after they were tragically murdered by a suicide bomber at the Arena.

But it led to countless more people's lives being left in tatters. The friends and families of the 22 victims saw their worlds turned upside down.

One of those was Figen Murray, the mother of Martyn Hett. She lost her son aged just 29 and nothing was ever the same again.

But she turned her anger into something more - a positive change to help prevent further tragedies like the one which killed Martyn. Now, after six years of campaigning, Figen has seen her hard work come to fruition.

That's because the law which will place venues under a legal duty to draw up specific security plans for any terror attack and those with a capacity of more than 800 required to carry out a risk assessment as part of a 'thorough security plan' - looks set to be passed this year. It was included in the King's Speech yesterday.