Christine Talbot interviews Claire Throssell at the concert which marked 10 years since the death of her two sons.
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00:00Home, bring him home, bring him home.
00:15Let's go and fly on my own.
00:32Let's go and fly on my own.
00:44Let's go and fly on my own.
01:04Let's go and fly on my own.
01:29And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
01:43The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky,
01:52are also on the faces of the people.
02:22Everything to you.
02:53I had a blanket that smelled still of the boys.
02:56And every day I would sit underneath that blanket
02:59and that's my favorite place.
03:02That was a place that somewhere only I knew
03:07and it was a safe place.
03:10And that song brings back the memories of those dark days
03:14and how far we've come in 10 years.
03:19You've got more than 100,000 signatures on the petition now.
03:24Where does that take us next in your campaign
03:28in the name of the boys?
03:30It takes us back down Downing Street.
03:32It takes us back to the government to challenge them again
03:36of our practice direction 12G.
03:39I've said once and I'll say it again,
03:41presumption has no place in a court of law,
03:44whether it's a family court or a crown court
03:47or a magistrate's court.
03:49All that should be in a court is truth, facts and justice.
03:54And I will fight and fight until they look at practice direction 12G
04:00and every child that's accessing or caught up in the family courts safe.
04:06Clare, you've got the support of so many people here tonight.
04:11Can you tell me who's performing and who is here?
04:14So we have Barnsley Town Concert Band,
04:17which is the band that Jack was so proud to play in and wear his uniform.
04:22And we have Barnsley Singers that I sing with.
04:26We rehearse every Tuesday night.
04:28I lost music because I thought you need to sing with a heart
04:32and my heart is smashed.
04:34But through Barnsley Singers and through all the friendships and support,
04:39I found music again.
04:41And to have that back in my life and be supported by so many amazing people
04:47is a very special thing and it's empowering.
04:52And I'll never stop using my voice again.
04:56I will keep singing, I will keep talking
04:59because all this government makes children safe.
05:03Well, Clare, I'm looking forward to the rest of this wonderful evening.
05:07Thank you so much and the very best of luck.
05:40Is this the place we used to love?
05:44Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
05:50Oh, sympathy, where have you gone?
05:56I'm getting old and I think so too.
06:02So tell me where, and I'll let you in.
06:08I'm getting old and there is nothing to begin.