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London Bridge victims Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones remembered in services London Bridge victims Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones remembered in services
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Funeral services have taken place to remember the two victims of the London Bridge attack.Funeral services have taken place to remember the two victims of the London Bridge attack.
Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were stabbed to death by Usman Khan at a prisoner rehabilitation event on 29 November.Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were stabbed to death by Usman Khan at a prisoner rehabilitation event on 29 November.
Family and friends celebrated Mr Merritt's life at his funeral at Great St Mary's Church in Cambridge.Family and friends celebrated Mr Merritt's life at his funeral at Great St Mary's Church in Cambridge.
A memorial service for Miss Jones also took place at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon.A memorial service for Miss Jones also took place at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Ms Jones' mother Michelle, her grandmother and other family members had earlier attended a private funeral earlier. Her mother Michelle Jones, her grandmother and other family members had earlier attended a private funeral.
Mr Merritt and Miss Jones were at a University of Cambridge-linked conference at Fishmongers' Hall in central London when Khan attacked them with a knife. Mr Merritt and Miss Jones were at a conference organised by the University of Cambridge programme called Learning Together when Khan attacked them with a knife in Fishmongers' Hall.
Two women and a man were also injured before Khan was shot dead by armed officers on London Bridge.Two women and a man were also injured before Khan was shot dead by armed officers on London Bridge.
Earlier this month, Leanne O'Brien said her boyfriend Mr Merritt was "phenomenal" and "opened so many doors for those that society turned their backs on". Mr Merritt's girlfriend Leanne O'Brien told his funeral service the pair had been "inseparable" and that he gave her "the best two and a half years of my life".
Jack's father David Merritt also paid tribute to his son, who worked for a programme that links university students and prisoners. "I'll miss your big heart and how loved you made me feel. Most of all I'll miss a future that we had planned together," she added.
"Jack believed in the inherent goodness of humanity, and felt a deep social responsibility to protect that," he wrote in the Guardian. Mr Merritt's father David said the family had received letters from prisoners praising his son who worked for the rehabilitation programme Learning Together.
Miss Jones volunteered for the same programme, and on Friday her friends and family gathered at a private memorial service. Among the mourners was musician Nick Cave, who performed Into My Arms at the end of the service.
There were readings by both Ms Jones' uncle Phil Jones, who read Psalm 121, and her mother who recited Nicole Lyons' I Hope That Someday When I Am Gone. Friends and family of Miss Jones, who volunteered for Learning Together, were among 500 people gathered at a private memorial service.
The service concluded with the playing of the James Blunt track The Greatest. There were readings by her uncle Phil Jones, who read Psalm 121, and her mother who recited Nicole Lyons' I Hope That Someday When I Am Gone.
A book of condolence has also been opened by the church and one message read: "I didn't know you but I felt I had to thank you for your kindness in what is sometimes a cruel world." Rev Michael Price, deputy headteacher of Bloxham School where she had studied, said Miss Jones was a "life-shaper" and a woman of "courage".
"She made me laugh - she could be funny, she could be very funny," he said.
A performance of I Dreamed A Dream, from the musical Les Miserables, was followed by the James Blunt track The Greatest to conclude the service.
In his end-of-year message, Cambridge University vice-chancellor Stephen Toope said the "unspeakably tragic loss" of Mr Merritt and Miss Jones had "hurt us deeply".In his end-of-year message, Cambridge University vice-chancellor Stephen Toope said the "unspeakably tragic loss" of Mr Merritt and Miss Jones had "hurt us deeply".
"I ask that we do not let the manner of Saskia and Jack's deaths eclipse the manner in which they lived their lives and helped others to do so," he said."I ask that we do not let the manner of Saskia and Jack's deaths eclipse the manner in which they lived their lives and helped others to do so," he said.
"As we prepare for the holiday period, let us instead remember the values they embodied.""As we prepare for the holiday period, let us instead remember the values they embodied."