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| Tributes have been paid to a three-year-old girl who died when she was thrown from a seaside inflatable trampoline in Norfolk at the weekend. | Tributes have been paid to a three-year-old girl who died when she was thrown from a seaside inflatable trampoline in Norfolk at the weekend. |
| Ava-May Littleboy, from Suffolk, could “light up even the darkest of rooms” with her “infectious laugh and smile”, her family said in a statement. | Ava-May Littleboy, from Suffolk, could “light up even the darkest of rooms” with her “infectious laugh and smile”, her family said in a statement. |
| Robert Halfon – the Conservative MP for Harlow, Essex, where Summer Grant, seven, was killed when a bouncy castle blew away in 2016 – is calling for a temporary ban on inflatables following the incident. | Robert Halfon – the Conservative MP for Harlow, Essex, where Summer Grant, seven, was killed when a bouncy castle blew away in 2016 – is calling for a temporary ban on inflatables following the incident. |
| Ava-May was visiting Gorleston-on-Sea on the Norfolk coast with her mother on Sunday morning when the tragedy happened. | Ava-May was visiting Gorleston-on-Sea on the Norfolk coast with her mother on Sunday morning when the tragedy happened. |
| Witnesses reported hearing a “loud bang” before the inflatable apparently burst and Ava-May was thrown into the air just after 11am. She later died at James Paget hospital in Gorleston. | Witnesses reported hearing a “loud bang” before the inflatable apparently burst and Ava-May was thrown into the air just after 11am. She later died at James Paget hospital in Gorleston. |
| In a statement issued by Norfolk Constabulary, her family said Ava-May “was not your ordinary little girl.”. | In a statement issued by Norfolk Constabulary, her family said Ava-May “was not your ordinary little girl.”. |
| “Anyone that met her would not want to forget her,” the statement continued. “Her infectious laugh and smile could light up even the darkest of rooms.” | “Anyone that met her would not want to forget her,” the statement continued. “Her infectious laugh and smile could light up even the darkest of rooms.” |
| A crowdfunding page set up to raise £1,500 for a commemorative bench for Ava-May in her local park in Somersham, Suffolk, had reached over £6,000 on Tuesday morning, exceeding its target by 402%. | A crowdfunding page set up to raise £1,500 for a commemorative bench for Ava-May in her local park in Somersham, Suffolk, had reached over £6,000 on Tuesday morning, exceeding its target by 402%. |
| A joint investigation between the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), local authority and police has been launched, and a Home Office postmortem examination was due to take place on Monday afternoon to determine the cause of Ava-May’s death. | A joint investigation between the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), local authority and police has been launched, and a Home Office postmortem examination was due to take place on Monday afternoon to determine the cause of Ava-May’s death. |
| On Sunday, Tory backbencher Halfon said he wanted politicians to consider imposing a temporary ban on inflatables in public spaces in light of the incident. | On Sunday, Tory backbencher Halfon said he wanted politicians to consider imposing a temporary ban on inflatables in public spaces in light of the incident. |
| His request for an urgent question in the House of Commons was denied. Halfon said he was disappointed but would table a Commons motion about it. | His request for an urgent question in the House of Commons was denied. Halfon said he was disappointed but would table a Commons motion about it. |
| Downing Street described the incident as a “terrible accident and a tragic loss of life”. | Downing Street described the incident as a “terrible accident and a tragic loss of life”. |
| The prime minister’s official spokesman said: “HSE are looking into it, they are the right people to do so. We need to wait for that investigation to be completed.” | The prime minister’s official spokesman said: “HSE are looking into it, they are the right people to do so. We need to wait for that investigation to be completed.” |
| Supt Roger Wiltshire, of Norfolk police, said the incident was “just unimaginable”. | Supt Roger Wiltshire, of Norfolk police, said the incident was “just unimaginable”. |
| “I’m a dad myself and you just can’t imagine what they would be going through,” he said. | “I’m a dad myself and you just can’t imagine what they would be going through,” he said. |
| He said the attraction was licensed, and the local authority was conducting checks on others. | He said the attraction was licensed, and the local authority was conducting checks on others. |
| Ava-May’s family are being supported by specialist officers. | Ava-May’s family are being supported by specialist officers. |
| In June this year, two fairground workers were jailed for three years for the “entirely preventable” death of Summer Grant, who was killed after a gust of wind lifted an inflatable from its moorings and sent it cartwheeling 300 metres down a hill at an Easter fair in Harlow in March 2016. | In June this year, two fairground workers were jailed for three years for the “entirely preventable” death of Summer Grant, who was killed after a gust of wind lifted an inflatable from its moorings and sent it cartwheeling 300 metres down a hill at an Easter fair in Harlow in March 2016. |
| William Thurston, 29, and his wife, Shelby Thurston, 26, were found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence following a trial at Chelmsford crown court. | William Thurston, 29, and his wife, Shelby Thurston, 26, were found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence following a trial at Chelmsford crown court. |
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