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SHE’D found a cute picture to use as inspo for her latest haircut.

And despite taking the snap into the hairdressers as a reference point to start from, Ashley was left mortified when she saw the style that she’d been given.

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Ashley took to TikTok to share a look at the hair fail she’d experienced – as well as this ‘before pic)[/caption]

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She took to TikTok to share both before and after snaps, as well as the inspiration picture, writing: “What I asked for…

“What I got…”

Ashley also used the hashtags “hairfail #haircut #frenchbob #salon #fail #crying #sad”.

In another TikTok slideshow, she revealed she had asked for a refund the next day, sending an email to the salon to complain.

“I showed the stylist this reference picture and a bob similar to this and this is what she gave me,” she wrote in the email.

“I was too embarrassed to say anything the other day.

“My hair is ruined…

“Is there any way I can get a refund or someone to fix this?”

The salon then replied saying that there was “definitely a disconnect” between Ashley’s inspiration pictures and her finished look.

However, after speaking to the stylist themselves, she said that she had claimed Ashley showed her a different inspiration picture “from the front”, and said she had checked with her as to the length she wanted.

The salon owner then apologised, and offered her either a refund or a “consultation and service edit” with a top level stylist to do “more blending and add in some soft layers”.

Ashley then sent the requested picture in, adding: “I don’t know how it can be fixed unless I get it all chopped off?”

To which the salon owner replied: “I completely agree with you that a service edit would not change it for the better so I would like to provide you with a full refund”.

She also said she was going to gift Ashley a product from their “Extreme Length” line, which contains Biotin to help promote hair growth.

“I deeply apologise that you have had to endure this as I know hair is such a personal thing,” they concluded.

“I don’t understand how this happens,” one person wrote in the comments section of the TikTok.

As another added: “I know a lawyer. You should sue.”

“You need financial compensation to be honest,” a third insisted.

“It’s giving woman paused instead of girl interrupted…” someone else said.

Ashley then revealed in another TikTok that she’d made the decision to shave off all her hair to start again with a fresh slate.

AN army of nudists is set to descend on a remote Scottish train station from an iconic film.

Corrour in the Scottish Highlands found fame after it was featured in a famous scene in hit movie Trainspotting.

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Corrour in the Highlands found fame after it was featured in Trainspotting[/caption]

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The event will see 20 nudists stay in a hostel and wander around naked[/caption]

It’s the most remote rail station in Britain and can only be reached by train or by foot or cycle.

Now the isolated location is to play host to a “Scottish Highland Adventure” organised by British Naturism – the UK’s largest organisation of its kind.

The event will see around 20 nudists stay in a hostel and wander around completely naked.

The organisation said: “During the weekend we will have exclusive use of the Loch Ossian hostel in the central Highlands, providing direct access to the hills and lower-level tracks for naturist walking. The area is also full of lochs and rivers for skinny dipping.

“The remote location of the hostel means that we can be naked throughout the building and the grounds. It also has direct access to Loch Ossian for swimming and we will be able to walk there naked direct from the hostel.”

Bunk bed berths for the event have already sold out, while visitors also have the option to wild camp.

Situated on the West Highland Railway and built in the 19th Century, Corrour is located near Loch Ossian at the edge of Rannoch Moor.

The station was originally built as a stopping point however passenger numbers increased as grouse season arrived.

And the spot became famous after Ewan McGregor declared “It’s s***e being Scottish” in the 1996 flick Trainspotting.

The restaurant has three B&B rooms available to stay in which were opened in 2016.

It’s not a criminal offence to strip off in public, but all that changes if your actions alarm or distress those around you.

Police Scotland guidance states cops should take no action when individuals are naked in public and there is “no clear sexual motive or behaviour and no disorderly conduct, harassment or other offences”.

If this is found to be the case, you could be charged with breach of the peace.

Last year, we told how prude locals called in cops to try and stop a nude swim at a remote beach.

SOAP fans were taken on a trip down memory lane this week as EastEnders celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Ross Kemp, 60, returned as Grant Mitchell, while Anita Dobson, 75, came back as Angie Watts after a 37 year absence.

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Jaime Winstone, 39, even portrayed a young Peggy Mitchell in flashback scenes following the death of legendary actress Barbara Windsor in 2020.

The milestone anniversary was marked by the iconic Queen Vic pub going up in flames.

And in a special live episode, Martin Fowler, played by James Bye, 40, was crushed to death.

With four decades worth of EastEnders’ episodes – nearly 7,000 – there’s been plenty of Scots that have joined the residents of Albert Square.

We take a look at every single one of them to see how they fared.

ALEX FERNS AS TREVOR MORGAN

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Alex Ferns, 56, was one of the soap’s most iconic bad guys during his stint on the show from 2000 until 2022.

The actor, from Lennoxtown, who went onto acclaim in the likes of Chernobyl and Star Wars: Andor, played the abusive husband of Little Mo.

In explosive showdown she smacked the lowlife’s head with an iron, in a desperate attempt to break free.

Trevor’s reign of terror finally came to a fiery conclusion, after the character burned to death in a botched arson bid in 2002.

ROSS DAVIDSON AS ANDY O’BRIEN

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The actor, from Airdrie, joined EastEnders when it launched in 1985 as one of the original cast.

He played nurse Andy O’Brien for 18 months, before becoming the first main character to be killed off, dying in a road accident in August 1986.

Davidson later starred in Brookside and Hollyoaks as well as making a name for himself in theatre.

Sadly, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2005 and died the following year aged 57.

ASHLEY JENSEN AS FIONA MORRIS

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Fiona Morris made her first appearance in 2000.[/caption]

Jensen, 55, from Annan, is best known as Christina McKinney in Ugly Betty, Agatha Raisin in Agatha Raisin, and DI Ruth Calder in Shetland.

While she also teamed up with Ricky Gervais in Extras and Afterlife as she continued to shine on screen.

But she got her big break in EastEnders in July 2000 when she briefly appeared as the wife of Rod Morris.

Her on-screen hubby was accused of sexual assault and her character disappeared after a journalist arrived to question what happened.

CAROLINE PATERSON AS RUTH FOWLER

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The actress, 59, from Kirkcaldy, played Ruth Aitken, the second wife of long-running character Mark Fowler from 1994 to 1999.

She was taking care of her dying friend Anna in a hospice after she’d had contracted HIV and met Mark who had the illness.

They got married but suffered heartache while fostering children and she later returned to Scotland as a single mother after she got pregnant following an affair with Mark’s cousin Conor Flaherty.

Paterson later prioritised directing and became a major part of Scottish soap River City.

GERARD KELLY AS JIMMY COOGAN

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Kelly is best known for his incredible ability to make people laugh in comedy hits like  City Lights, Rab C Nesbitt, Scotch and Wry and Extras.

But the late actor, who died aged 51 in 2010, was a brilliant villain in EastEnders and later in Brookside as Callum Finnegan.

The Glaswegian showbiz legend was a key part of a storyline involving the Mitchell brothers in 1994.

Jimmy terrorised Kathy Beale, Phil’s girlfriend, and the pair became rivals until the Scot’s past came back to hunt him and he had to flee to avoid jail time.

LAURIE BRETT AS JANE BEALE

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The actress, from Hamilton, left EastEnders in 2017 and made a brief return last year.

She joined the cast in 2004 and later married Ian Beale, had an affir with Grant Mitchell and covered up her adopted son Bobby’s role in the murder of her stepdaughter Lucy Beale.

Brett, 55, became a huge fixture when her character was left in a wheelchair after being attacked and paralysed by Bobby.

She later divorced Ian and dated Masood Ahmed before moving to the Cotswolds with Bobby for a fresh start.

SIMONE LAHBIB AS KATY LEWIS

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Lahbib was involved in a harrowing storyline.[/caption]

The screen star, from Stirling, played Katy Lewis for a year from 2020 to 2021.

Bad Girls actress Lahbib, 60,  took on the role of the evil child sex abuser who targeted a young Mick Carter, played by Danny Dyer.

She stood trial after pleading guilty and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment and was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

Since exiting the series she ha enjoyed stints in Shetland as well as BBC Scotland comedy The Scotts.

JOHN MICHIE AS MR WALKER

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Taggart star Michie, 68, spent six months on the soap after joining at the end of 1997.

The actor, from Edinburgh, played a lawyer called Mr Walker in a handful of episodes.

He was hired by Ian Beale hires to help him gain custody of his children.

Michie continued to appear in different soaps –  as Karl Munro in Coronation Street and Guy Self in Casualty and Holby City.

JACQUELINE LEONARD AS LORRAINE WICKS

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Leonard, who grew up around Bathgate and Falkirk, joined EastEnders in 1996 for a year.

She arrived in search of her son who had run away from their home with the hope of reuniting with his estranged father, 

Lorraine gets a job as a barmaid in The Queen Vic public house and begins dating Grant Mitchell who then throws wife Tiffany out when she is six months pregnant with his child.

She reconciles with her ex and moves back to Bolton. Leonard has since played Linda Hancock in Coronation Street and Lydia Murdoch in River City.

BRIAN MCCARDIE AS SEB

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Brian McCardie got his big break on the soap.[/caption]

The late actor, from Glasgow, was best known for his role as Tommy Hunter in Line of Duty.

But he began his career in 1989 when he appeared in one episode of EastEnders.

McCardie, who died last year aged 59, headed to Hollywood after starring alongside Liam Neeson in the blockbuster Rob Roy.

He also appeared in rvine Welsh’s Filth and in Jimmy McGovern’s three-part BBC One drama Time as Jackson Jones.

MAURICE ROEVES AS GEOFF MORTON

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Maurice has appeared in all sorts of top shows.[/caption]

The acting legend died aged 83 in 2020 after an illustrious TV career.

He apeared in EastEnders as Geoff, the alcoholic father of Kate Morton played by Jill Halfpenny, in 2003.

The Glaswegian favourite also had roles in the likes of River City, Doctor Who and The Acid House.

He played Col. Edmund Munro in 1992’s The Last of the Mohicans and Miller in the big budget action flick Judge Dredd alongside Sylvester Stallone.

SIOBHAN REDMOND AS MAEVE BROWN AND JIMMY YUILL AS VICTOR BROWN

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Siobhan Redmond enjoyed a minor but memorable stay on the square.[/caption]

The veteran Scots duo appeared in EastEnders briefly in 2006.

Victor was a patron of the Walford Community Charitable Trust (the WCCT) and old friend of Ian Beale.

Maeve later tried to seduce Ian and left Victor after 33 years of marriage.

Redmond, 65, from Glasgow, and Yuill, 66, from Sutherland, have both been members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Aldi launches household gadget Specialbuy that’s £60 cheaper than Vax and Bisell and perfect for cleaning up after messy kids and pets

The German discounter will begin selling a Handheld Spot Cleaner for £39.99 this Thursday, February 27.

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The handheld device is designed to clean carpets, rugs, and spills.

The cleaning device is very similar to more expensive products sold by the likes of Vax and Bisell.

Both cleaning brands sell handheld spot cleaners for upwards of £100.

For example, Bisell is selling a SpotClean StainLift for £89.99.

The product is on offer and usually retails for £99.99 on the Bisell website.

Aldi’s take on the cleaning device gives customers a chance to save up to £60.

It is part of Aldi’s Specialbuys, which are unique products sold in the discounter’s middle aisle from Thursday to Sunday.

The items are usually sold at a low price and only available while stocks last.

If you are keen to pick up one of Aldi’s cut-price versions, you will have to act quickly, as they are a limited-edition item; once they are gone, they are gone.

It is one of many dupes for high end products that Alid has rolled out in recent weeks.

Shoppers went wild when they spotted the perfect dupe for Gucci’s Gorgeous Jasmine fragrance, which typically costs £76.

Thankfully, the purse-friendly alternative is just £6.99 in Aldi, marking a saving of a whopping £69.

Earlier this month, Aldi also sold a Ninja air fryer dupe for half the price of the original this week.

The product can cost upwards of £88, but the retailer was selling one for just £39.99.

The discounter also rolled out a copycat version of Stanley water cups, which were £40 cheaper.

How to save money at Aldi

Unlike other major grocers, Aldi does not have a rewards or point card system but that does not mean you cannot save on your shop. 

Every week the store releases a list of Specialbuys, which are unique bargain products you can find online at Aldi and in store. 

The store releases a fresh range of deals every Thursday and Sunday, so be sure to check regularly to see what’s new. 

Meanwhile, the store also regularly sells fruit and vegetables at highly discounted prices, as part of its ‘super six’ deal.

It also does weekly saving offers on typically pricey items such as meat and fish.

COMMUTERS have been thrown into travel chaos due to a rush-hour incident on a busy Scots train line.

Emergency crews are currently in attendance between Barrhead and Glasgow Central after a report was made at around 7am this morning.

ScotRail announced services are currently subject to delays, alterations and cancellations due to the incident.

The train provider said they have arranged for rail tickets to be accepted on local bus routes at no extra cost.

This includes the McGills – No. 3 Glasgow and Neilston / Barrhead via Silverburn and No. 66/166 Neilston – Paisley via Barrhead.

British Transport Police have been approached for comment.

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ALLY McCOIST has launched a stinging blast at Rangers’ current squad and accused them of being WEAK.

And the Ibrox icon reckons the incoming new manager will have to give the entire place a right good shake once they’re in post.

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Philippe Clement‘s turbulent 16-month reign as Rangers manager was brought to an end last night.

Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to St Mirren proved the final straw for club chiefs.

The Belgian’s reign had began promisingly, with a League Cup triumph and unexpected title challenge being mounted last season.

But that title push dramatically collapsed towards the end of the season and this campaign has been nothing short of a disaster for the Gers, domestically at least.

Clement’s dismissal comes with Rangers trailing Celtic by 13 points in the Premiership table, with both cup competitions also done for the Light Blues.

Clement, who was handed a new contract in August, oversaw a major rebuild of the Rangers squad last summer.

And Ibrox icon Ally McCoist reckons the player recruitment is a big reason for how things have gone wrong at the club.

In a stinging blast at the current crop of Gers players, McCoist accused them of being WEAK.

Appearing on talkSPORT, McCoist claimed he would LOVE to play against the current Rangers team because of that weakness – and says there’s no fight in the squad.

Assessing what awaits the next Rangers manager, McCoist said: “(Rangers are) miles behind them (Celtic). It’s a good job if you get backed. The recruitment has been shocking. It’s been shocking.

“You look across the city. The one thing you’ve got to do domestically as a Rangers manager is beat Celtic, it’s relatively simple. To be a success, win the league you’ve got to beat the other team.

“Rangers, even including the comfortable 3-0 win over Celtic, a few weeks back are a good way behind Celtic on and off the pitch.

“The gulf between the two clubs is massive.

“Anybody going in there is going to have to take the whole place by the scruff of the neck and give it a right good shake and they’re going to have to get backed by new owners.

“The recruitment, the money they’ve spent, you could name individuals, the money they’ve spent – Cortes, people like that – there’s millions of pounds that have been thrown away.

“The players coming in have not been of a good enough standard and what the fans are finding difficult to accept, and I’m with them 100 per-cent, is a lack of fight, a lack of desire.

“The Rangers football team on the pitch is weak, there you are, I don’t take any pleasure in saying that.

“It’s the kind of team you’d love to play against. There’s a weakness about it on the pitch and a weakness of the pitch as well.”

He later added: “The decline in the club on and off the pitch since they won the league and were beaten in a Europa League Final after beating Leipzig, Dortmund, you name in it – the decline hurts more than anything.

With Clement removed from his post, attention will now turn to the next permanent manager of Rangers.

A decision on the Belgian’s long term successor could have to wait however, with Ibrox supremos locked in talks with potential American investors over a takeover.

We told you last week how 49ers Enterprises, the financial muscle of NFL franchise San Francisco 49ers, were in advanced talks to take control of the club from the current regime.

SunSport revealed last night that Russell Martin, the former Rangers defender, is in the frame.

Steven Gerrard was installed as the early bookmakers’ favourite while Kevin Muscat, who lost out to Clement for the job in late 2023, is among the other names mentioned.

Asked who he would like to see take over at Ibrox, McCoist said: “Dear me. That’s a question.

“The obvious people you’d think about are Steven Gerrard, he’ll come into the equation obviously because of his success.

“It won’t happen now but I would’ve taken a gamble on Frank (Lampard) before he’d gone to Coventry, don’t see that happening.

“Muscat has done well, I think he might have won three leagues in three different countries, could be another option. Another option Derek McInnes would come into the equation, he’s a fine manager at Kilmarnock, knows the league, the players, the club.

“There’s one or two options but I don’t think there’s any glaringly obvious candidates either.”

McCoist, of course, was Rangers manager himself between 2011 and 2014.

He steered the club through its most turbulent spell in history after the Gers were sent to the bottom tier of Scottish football.

But would he fancy a return to the dugout?

TalkSPORT co-host Jeff Stelling asked him if he’d drop his MANY media commitments to return to Ibrox.

Laughing, McCoist said: “Listen, you know me, I’d drop everything for Rangers! You included!”

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A BOMB reportedly went off inside the Russian consulate in France sparking a loud explosion.

At least 30 emergency workers were seen dealing with the fire while special forces police and soldiers secured the perimeter of the building in the southern French city of Marseille.

The Russian Consulate in Marseille was in lockdown following an explosion inside.

At least 30 emergency workers were seen dealing with the fire while special forces police and soldiers secured the perimeter of the building in the southern French city.

A local source told La Marseillaise newspaper: “The Russian Consul General confirms” that “the explosion took place inside the consulate and that firefighters entered.”

The blast came on the third anniversary of Russia’s ground invasion of Ukraine, and on the day French President Emmanuel Macron travelled to Washington for an emergency meeting about the war with President Donald Trump.

By 9.30am, some 30 emergency workers were dealing with the fire inside the consulate.

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A HERO yoga teacher who relived her desperate bid to save girls from the Southport killer said “if I didn’t get out, everyone would die”.

On July 29 last year teenage killer Axel Rudakubana burst into a Taylor Swift-themed dance class at The Hart Space armed with a knife.

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Leanne Lucas relived the moment she saved children from the Southport killer[/caption]

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Axel Rudakubana was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 52 years[/caption]

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The dance teacher was stabbed five times[/caption]

He murdered Elsie, seven, as well as Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Bebe King, six, and injured several others.

Rudakubana, 19, was jailed for life to serve a minimum of 52 years in prison last month.

Yoga teacher Leanne Lucas, who had organised the dance class, was knifed five times while she bravely protected children as the horror unfolded.

She was able to help several girls out and shield them from the attacker – while she bled from stab wounds to her spine, head, lung, ribs, and shoulder blade.

Speaking to the BBC’s Panorama, the heroic teacher said: “I just knew that if I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die.

“He was bigger than me. And I just thought: I need to get some help.

“So we all run towards the door. We were shouting ‘run!’ I called 999 on the landing and I asked for the police.”

Once Leanne had escaped, she begged members of the public to “go and get the children”.

She told how she felt her body failing her, while her mind was still “going 100 miles and hour”.

Another Southport killer survivor, a 14-year-old girl who has been called Sarah to protect her identity, has also broken her silence.

The teen recalled how she pushed children down stairs to help get them out.

“I thought that he wasn’t going to stop until he killed everyone. I thought that he wanted to kill us all,” she added.

Leanne’s quick-thinking colleague Heidi Liddle also escaped uninjured after locking some of the children inside a toilet.

And, businessman Jonathan Hayes who was working in the office next door, was attacked after he ran inside and bravely tried to stop the carnage.

Leanne has previously spoken about the trauma, in a heartbreaking statement at Rudakubana’s sentencing hearing.

She said: “As a 36-year-old woman I cannot give myself compassion or accept praise, as how can I live knowing I survived when children died.

“I spent many months thinking about the incident 24 hours a day seven days a week.

“Just when I felt I could settle and try to move forward, the trauma of that day is now back at the forefront.

“I constantly see his face; new memories have appeared, and this will continue to happen for the rest of my life.”

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Read more on the tragedy

• Axel Rudakubana told police “I’m glad they’re dead” after the horror
•  The families of victims told how their lives were ‘shattered in an instant’
•  Shocking pictures show a cache of weapons found in Rudakubana’s home
•  All the missed chances to stop the killer have been revealed
• Furious MPs demanded the death penalty should be brought back for monsters like Rudakubana
•  A Sky News reporter broke down on air while covering the sentencing

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Leanne said she has been affected both physically and mentally by the horror and has been left with scars that serve as “visual daily reminders” of what Rudubakana did to the victims.

She also revealed how she had to endure three stays in hospital and undergo multiple surgeries.

Leanne continued: “The trauma of being both a victim and a witness has been horrendous.

“There are times when I will spiral into trauma and the effect this has had on those close to me is unforgivable.

“The impact this has had on me can be summed up by one word: trauma.

“He targeted us because we were women and girls, vulnerable and easy prey.

“To discover that he had always set out to hurt the vulnerable is beyond comprehensible.”

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This comes after the heartbroken families of Elsie, Alice, and Bebe, bravely spoke out about the tragedy earlier this month.

Speaking to The Sunday Times, Bebe’s dad cast his mind back to the horror.

He said after hearing news of the attack, he thought Bebe might have still been at home safe.

The 43-year-old, who works for HM Revenue & Customs, said: “We had given people Bebe’s description. When that person came towards me, I could feel the blood drain from me and I went cold.

“I knew she was going to tell me something. And she did. ‘Are you Bebe’s dad?’ As soon as I said yes she said she had passed away.”

Bebe’s mum recalled how she was in Marks & Spencer when her husband called to tell her.

She ran outside and got into a taxi, which dropped her to the scene.

When she heard the devastating news, she fell to her knees screaming.

Also speaking to the Sunday Times, Elsie’s mum, Jenni Stancombe, recalled the unthinkable events.

She and her husband David dropped Elsie, a passionate Swiftie, off at the class at 10am.

The parent of another girl in the class had offered to have Elsie round to play afterwards, and agreed to drop her back round at 3pm.

Shortly before midday, Jenni got a call from the other mum who said: “Something awful has happened. Somebody’s stabbed the kids.”

Jenni bolted in her car to the studio, beeping her horn and running red lights to get through traffic.

She abandoned the car in the middle of the road once she saw the chaotic scene but police stopped them from entering.

The parents were later told Elsie had died inside the studio during the attack.

Dad David said: “No human being should ever have to witness what we witnessed on that day.”

Bebe and Elsie’s killer – who also attempted to murder eight other children at random – was jailed for life with a minimum of 52 years last month.

Jenni and David have also spoken about the need for accountability after a Government inquiry was launched.

In their first TV interview, the parents told of their heartbreak and said they would give anything to swap places with their daughter.

Asked about what they want to come out of the inquiry into the failings that led to Rudakubana slipping through the cracks despite being flagged up as a danger, Jenni said: “An element of accountability.”

She continued: “So someone has made a decision that has resulted in an element of failure, then there needs to be accountability for that.

“And I believe that the announcement of the inquiry will do that and it will hold people to account for some of the decisions that they’ve made.”

It comes after a damning Government report confirmed earlier this month that counter-extremism police three times closed investigations on twisted Rudakubana prior to the Southport murders.

A separate review of the entire scheme is being conducted to see how it can stop more atrocities.

As well as murdering Elsie, Bebe and Alice, Rudakubana also attempted to murder eight other children, as well as class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.

Among other atrocities, the report said he was fascinated by the Ariana Grande concert bombing in 2016 which killed 22 people, including children.

He is also said to have asked during a 2019 art lesson why he was able to draw images of guns but not search them on the internet.

He then asked “can we have a picture of a severed head then”.

Security Minister Dan Jarvis said the killer was reported to Prevent three times but not referred for further monitoring.