Leanne Lucas, 35, was overseeing a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July in the Merseyside seaside town when an attacker entered the building armed with a knife.

Southport yoga teacher Leanne Lucas has spoken publicly for the first time about the terrible impact this summer's stabbings has had on her and the local community. Leanne, who was working as a dance teacher at the Hart Space,

Leanne Lucas speaks pubicly for the first time since Bebe King, six, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in knife attack

Leanne Lucas suffered serious wounds while defending two children from a knife attack at a dance class in Southport over the summer.