A devastated mum has had an everlasting tribute etched over her heart – days after her daughter’s death in the Manchester terror attack.

Olivia Campbell-Hardy, aged 15, died after the bombing at Manchester Arena on Monday.

Her mum Charlotte Campbell and partner, Paul Hodgson, had the bee emblem of Manchester - with Olivia’s name and birthdate, November 28, 2001 - tattooed over their hearts yesterday.

They visited Skin City studio in Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, to have the poignant, matching inkings in the teenager’s memory. 

Ms Campbell said: "I have always had coverable tattoos but this is the one I always want to show."

Olivia was killed in the horrific attack at the Manchester Arena as the 21,000 crowd was leaving an Ariana Grande concert. 

The attacker, named by Greater Manchester Police as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, blew himself up with a home-made device killing 22 people, including Olivia, who was attending the concert with best friend Adam Lawler, aged 15, who is in hospital with serious injuries. 

Olivia, known as Oli by her friends and family, had the pet name Princess at home and her 17-year-old sister Catriona was called Fred. It was something Olivia came up with when she was younger which just stuck. 

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Ms Campbell said: “Oli was Princess and Trina was Fred. We don’t know where it came from but it’s from being little.”

Despite being younger than Trina, Oli was the ‘big sister’ said her mum. Her ‘cheeky’ personality brightened their home. She said she could never tell her off because she would just make her laugh or try and wind her up further. 

Ms Campbell joked: “Oli was the worst child ever, we would joke she had 666 on her head. She was so cheeky.”

She remembered a That’s So Raven impression Olivia would do, bursting in a room shouting ‘Bonjour!’, sometimes even when her mum was fast asleep. 

She said no one was safe from Olivia’s cheeky ways, even her teachers would get their share. 

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Ms Campbell said: “She would give her teachers so much grief, but in a good way. She was off school one time and a teacher said to me, ‘I miss her giving me cheek’. 

“I’ve told her school friends, I want you to keep Oli alive and give all your teachers grief.”

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Olivia attended St Peter’s CE Primary School in Whitefield Road, Bury before moving to Tottington Primary School, Moorside Road, in year five. 

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Ms Campbell said: “Tottington took her in and she loved it there. All her friends are still her friends from when she started there.”

Speaking about the emotionally charged vigil they attended on Wednesday in Whitehead Gardens in Bury Ms Campbell said events like those did help. She said: “I’m thankful they’re happening and I’m grateful.”

The couple attended the vigil after going to the Etihad Stadium in Manchester to meet the coroner who spoke to all the bereaved families. 

Before Ms Campbell the vigil, Mr Hodgson had taken the lead when speaking in public about the attack.

He said: “I was about to step forward and Charlotte just came to the front and said all that off the top of her head.”

Speaking at the vigil, Ms Campbell asked that her daughter should not be remembered as a victim. 

Olivia’s body has yet to be released to the family but they are planning to have a blue coffin and a blue drape at her funeral. 

Ms Campbell said her daughter would be cremated and her ashes would be scattered. 

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She said: “Oli liked to be out and it’s the last thing I can do for her, I want to spread her as far as we can.”

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The family wanted to thank everyone who has supported them in this difficult time. Ms Campbell received 18,000 Facebook messages after the news of her daughter’s death, the sheer volume broke her phone. 
She said they just keep coming, she has been trying to respond, but there are just so many. 

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The pair also thanked their friend, Jeff Robinson, the tattoo artist who inked them both.

Mr Robinson, of Skin City studio, has known the couple for several years and offered to tattoo the bee for them. 

Ms Campbell said: “We’ve had offers from everyone but it had to be Jeff.”

Tattoo artists across Manchester are offering up their time for free to ink a bee in memory of the atrocity. Donations of £50 are being given to the terror attack fund. 

Mr Robinson, will donate all the money he collects at his studio this weekend directly to Ms Campbell and Mr Hodgson.