they want us to bring katie out of the shadows, into the light, to celebrate her life, but also to highlight how badly she was failed. katie would want something good to come from this. that's why you're speaking. definitely. it's just so sad. and ifeel, ifeel betrayed for her, for my daughter. she was sacrificed. one of north's other victims was katie's best friend in the running club, charlie webster. this is where we used to come and sit on this piece of grass. i we just sit and, like, hang out.

like you do when you kids mess about. - giggle. talk to boys. all that stuff. eat chips. they'd been young and strong and dedicated, and they each carried a secret. both were being abused by north without the other knowing. this is a platform operation. after the court case, . none of us really spoke again, and i ran away from it all. i had a very, very difficult time. this is where we used to train on a saturday morning. - there's a few above memories of the park, though, _ because there was one - time when our coach come out of the woods with katie. i later found out that he raped her in the park. . i spent years andl years in this park. charlie had kept her abuse

a secret for two decades. the last time i had contactl with katie, she wasjust not she was not in a good place. after the trial, the two girls had fled sheffield, charlie for london, katie for the other side of the world. but in 2021, charlie made a documentary. it was only recently that i decided to write an article it was only recently that i i decided to write an article about what happened i when i was a teenager. a month later, i got an email and it absolutely floored me. _ an emailjust said my- daughter was also abused by her running coach. then she said her daughter's name. and honestly, i nearly burst out crying because it's the name . of my best friend from my winning group who i haven't spoken to for.

for over 20 years. sue had reached out to ask charlie if she could help her daughter. but katie couldn't be saved. in the documentary, they'd had to protect her anonymity. now they want the world to see her face and hear her name. they hope katie's story can make a difference. i can't see how, how she could have been expected to have got over that at 16 and just got on with life. i don't know how anyone would thought that was the end of it, but it was the end of it. we didn't get any support. she didn't get any support. she deserved so much more than that. thank you. i she didn't deserve to live a life i

of trauma and then have a life cut short because of something that happened to her as a teenager. i today will be the first time charlie has seen sue since the death of her daughter. hello? oh, my god. i knew you. yes, thank you. you too. sorry i'm giving you such a big squeeze. far different to last time. i know. it's lovely to see you. gorgeous girl. that smile. and it's like whenever i think of kate is what i have, and that's what everybody comments on. ijust look at them and i think she was beautiful.

she was beautiful and she was my girl. once north was convicted, su says her daughter was abandoned by a criminaljustice system which seemed more interested in the offender than the victim through the trauma. katie ended up at the other side of the world. she needed a family. she did need a family. but part of the isolation is like. protecting yourself. yeah. and running away from it. yeah. and i don't think she ever felt that she was worthy, you know, or people cared or, you know, of course they care, but i don't know. and you had this narrative that you tell yourself. - exactly. and i'm just so sorry that she felt she had to carry the burden alone. katie did not get support when this happened. she got let down. she got let down by the police, by the running club. and she got left hung out to dry.

and thank you and good bye. we all let you down. everybody. they all let her down. maybe we let her down. you didn't let her down. but it's something you will carry because she was carrying it. right now, a victim's bill is making its way through parliament. its aim is to put the victim at the heart of the criminaljustice system with improved, legally defined support. but campaigners say a key element is missing a statutory commitment to fund the specialist support services needed to help victims like katie. charlie has written an open letter to the justice secretary highlighting concerns it has over 120 signatures from charities like rape crisis and athletes like paula radcliffe. it says support services are already facing unprecedented demand and underfunding, which means survivors are to often left waiting

months, even years, for support. the ministry ofjustice told us that quadrupling funding for services and increasing the number of specialist support workers. it gives me a little bit of respite that he got a conviction - because it stops other- people from being abused. but that's notjustice. where's justice for katie's life? it's such a waste of a life. we often talk about the act of- abuse, but what about the aftermath of what we're supposed to deal with? how are you supposed to just go and live your life - when that was your childhood? you can see it now through through the years of it being recognized a bit more and people actually speaking out. and i want any young girls you must speak out, but they must speak out if they're

going to get the support because they need that support. once you've spoken out, you're exposed. we absolutely can't encourage victims to come forward - if we don't put a support system in place. - it's totally irresponsible for us as a society to do that. - it's weird. it's like a film where it's like, i can picture us all laughing. i we used to have a lot of fun. oh, my god! that's how it should have been. and that was all before anything. a lot of giggles. we were quite cheeky. it's not about me, but i do feel like terribly guilty. _ an amazing character. and that's what's so sad. such strong characters. we've all got to deal

with a lot of things. but curtis paid the ultimate price. anyway. ijust wish that we could have. i could have. her name was katie. they called her a pocket rocket. she had the biggest smile. she was a talented athlete. she had huge empathy. she always put others first. she could do anything she put her mind to, but she just couldn't live with the pain. she needs to be remembered for being a special person because that's what she was. i always told her she was brave. she always laughed at that. but she was the bravest person i knew. i'm going to try hard for her because she was so strong and she would want me to be stronger

and she would be supported me. as a mum, you can do this. it didn't happen for her, but it could happen for other people. hello. 0ur forecast for the week ahead doesn't bring anything that really resembles a heat wave. however, there is going to be a lot of fine, dry and sunny weather around. and in that sunshine, it will feel relatively warm through this weekend. it's england and wales that will have the lion's share of that strong sunshine with high uv levels. scotland and northern ireland perhaps seeing more in the way of cloud and a little bit of rain at times on the earlier satellite picture from friday can see this area of cloud in the west of the uk. that was high cloud.

it turned the sunshine hazy, some shower clouds across some central and southern parts. there were some big downpours and thunderstorms. and then on saturday, some more generally cloudy weather spilling its way in from the northwest across northern ireland and scotland with a little bit of rain at times, not a huge amount of rain. england and wales seeing lots of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud in the south, but the vast majority will stay dry and the highest temperatures perhaps in western england, parts of wales up to around 20 degrees. now, through saturday nights, this frontal system will pep up a little bit. so some heavier rain for a time in northern ireland and scotland, but that rain will then ease off again through the day on sunday. very similar sort of day actually, with cloud and some splashes of rain for northern ireland and scotland. for england and wales, large amounts of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud in the south, perhaps on the cool side for some north sea coast, highest temperatures further west, up to 20 or 21 degrees. now, as we get into monday, two high pressure centres, one to the southwest of us,

one across scandinavia in between, well, there is just enough chance for a couple of weather systems to be floating around. we mayjust see one or two showers a bit more in the way of cloud. once again, the cloudy conditions likely to be across northern ireland and scotland, but the majority will be largely dry down towards the south and the south west, cardiff, plymouth up to 22 degrees. so the weather set up really throughout next week is for high pressure to be to the south west of us. that high pressure nosing its way in bringing largely fine and settled conditions. but with the winds coming around the top of that area of high pressure, generally from a west or a north westerly direction, it is never going to feel particularly warm. that said, in the sunshine, 17 to 20 degrees, that will be relatively pleasant. still quite cool on tuesday, though, for some north sea coast, generally cooler in the north of scotland. now into wednesday, that area of high pressure may retreat westwards enough to allow a slightly more active frontal system to push in across the north west of scotland with cloud and some

outbreaks of rain. maybe some of that rain getting into the north coast of northern ireland, further south and east england and wales, largely dry spells of sunshine 17 to 20 degrees later and wales, largely dry spells of sunshine 17 to 20 degrees. later in the week, our area of high pressure is set to hold firm in the atlantic. this high covers actually quite a large part of the atlantic, blocking the progress of weather systems, tending to keep them to the north west of us. it may be that weak fronts bring a little bit of cloud and rain into northern scotland. the wind direction though, will generally be west or northwesterly. if you were looking for any really warm weather, you'd need a southerly wind and we're not going to see that really through the next week or ten days. so, temperatures will not be anything dramatic. however, values in the high teens or low 20 celsius through the end of the week and into next weekend will feel quite pleasant, particularly if you get yourself into some sunshine. that's all from me. bye for now.

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