Nottingham attacks: Father of teenage Nottingham attacks victim encourages funeral mourners to 'be a little bit more Barney'

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Nottingham attacks: Father of teenage Nottingham attacks victim encourages funeral mourners to 'be a little bit more Barney'
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Barnaby Webber's mum talks about her family's creation of a foundation in their son's name 'As a family we've asked people to hold no hate in our hearts. Barney's foundation will continue that'. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Teenager's brother recounts memories of sibling

"You always loved to remind me of possibly your favourite memory of us, which is when I steamed head first into the glass doors in the sun room in an attempt to escape you closing in on me with a rather unwelcoming hockey stick," he says."You're the only reason I have the confidence to stand here today," he says.

No farewell words were spoken, no time to say goodbye, you were gone before we knew it and only God knows why. Since you'll never be forgotten we pledge to you today a hallowed place within our hearts is where you'll always stay.Nathan and Ollie, two of Barnaby's teammates from the University of Nottingham Cricket Club, have been speaking.His other teammate recounts story about Barnaby finding it"hilarious" to make other players run during a game despite knowing they were hungover.

One friend says Barnaby was"annoyingly good at everything he did", before becoming visibly emotional as he describes him"as a brother".Their tributes are followed by applause from those inside the church.Another teacher evokes laughter in the church as he recounts anecdotes about the"truly wonderful human being" that the late teenager was.

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