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Manchester victim Martyn Hett's mum reveals touching way strangers help keep son's memory alive

Martyn Hett's mum has opened up about the touching way she keeps her son's memory alive with the help of strangers around the world.

PR manager Martyn, 29, was one of 22 victims who tragically died in the Manchester Arena suicide bombing in May 2017.

His mum Figen Murray appeared on This Morning to introduce Martyn's Law, which will make security features mandatory at venues across the country.

Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield today, she said that her life had "completely changed" since Martyn had died.

Figen Murray opened up about her son Martyn Hett (ITV)
Her knitted bear travels the world with a message about Martyn (ITV)

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She also revealed that she knitted a bear, which she attached a message to, and strangers help travel the world.

Showing the bear, which had a bee pin fastened to his chest, to Holly and Phil, she said: "This particular one has a real big meaning. He looks a bit scruffy, he's called Jordan Bear.

Martyn Hett, 29, had a tattoo of Deirdre Barlow and lived life to the full (MDM)
Figen revealed the bear had travelled the world with the help of strangers (ITV)

"After Martyn died I actually came to London to pick up an award from a magazine for Martyn because he wrote freelance for them and the way back from London to Manchester I left him in a brown paper bag on the train with a note saying who he's been knitted by and in memory of who.

"And I put on the note, 'Please don't keep him more than a few days, pass him on and lets see how far he can travel.

"He travelled all over the world."

Phil wanted to take the bear with him on holiday (ITV)

She joked that he had "had a few operations" along the way and had been to Dubai and a number of destinations around the globe.

At the end of the interview Phil said that he would be going on holiday and asked to keep hold of him when he went off and promised to "keep him safe".

Figen's petition to make metal detectors and bag searches a legal obligation needs 100,000 signatures in order for it to become a parliament debate.

Sign her petition here .

*This Morning airs weekdays at 10.30am on ITV

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