Nicola Hughes | Granada

10:06 am, Tue 23 Oct 2012 PC families thank public

Family of PC Nicola Hughes pay tribute to her

The family of PC Nicola Hughes have paid tribute to their 'beautiful' daughter.

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7:15 pm, Wed 03 Oct 2012 Crowds for PC Hughes funeral

Police say goodbye to PC Nicola Hughes

Thousands of police officers bowed their heads in silence for the funeral of one of their young colleagues.

PC Nicola Hughes was described by her Chief Constable as a young woman who "decided not to be a bystander".

Peter Fahy said she was an officer who died from her "devotion to others". She and her colleague Fiona Bone died in a gun and grenade attack two weeks ago.

Mourners pay tribute to PC Nicola Hughes at her funeral

People who were at PC Nicola Hughes's funeral in Manchester have been telling Granada Reports why they felt compelled to attend her funeral.

Thousands of people flocked into Manchester city centre to watch the funeral cortege go by - standing alongside police officers from other parts of the UK.

4:57 pm, Wed 03 Oct 2012 Crowds for PC Hughes funeral

Police officers pay tribute to the memory of PC Hughes

Officers from Greater Manchester were joined by colleagues from other UK forces. Hear what they had to say at PC Nicola Hughes's funeral.

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2:17 pm, Wed 03 Oct 2012 Crowds for PC Hughes funeral

Tributes to PC Nicola Hughes at Manchester Cathedral

Mourners have attended the funeral mass of PC Nicola Hughes in Manchester Cathedral.

She was killed on a routine call with her colleague PC Fiona Bone, whose funeral is tomorrow.

Thousands of members of the public also paid their respects, answering an appeal for people to stand shoulder to shoulder with officers as the funeral cortege passed by on its way to Manchester Cathedral.

2:05 pm, Wed 03 Oct 2012 Crowds for PC Hughes funeral

Tributes paid to PC Nicola Hughes at Manchester Cathedral

Greater Manchester Police colleague PC Tracy Miskell paid a moving tribute to her friend PC Nicola Hughes at Manchester Cathedral.

Funeral service for PC Nicola Hughes

Police chaplain Keith Stewart said PC Hughes was born at the Royal Oldham Hospital in 1988, attended Saddleworth High School and went on to study at Huddersfield University before joining the police.

He asked mourners to "remember a vibrant young woman" who was a green belt in karate but also enjoyed looking after her nails and hair and who still had "something of the little girl about her".