TRAGIC schoolgirl Olivia Diamond will be honoured by her old school after they named a new award in her memory.

The 12-year-old, who died after falling ill with the flu last month, went to Peel Park Primary School before leaving for Accrington Academy.

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Now, youngsters at the primary school, in Alice Street, Accrington, who share Olivia's love for singing and dancing will be awarded with a new trophy.

Olivia's mum, Angela, said: "They have made a cup in her name, so when anyone takes part in singing and dancing, like Olivia did, they will get it.

"Olivia applied for Britain's Got Talent, and she recorded quite a few things on Facebook. She went to a dance group in Oswaldtwistle but did not do it for long because she knew how to dance.

"She did it at school too, and learnt how to twerk. It was uncomfortable for us to watch but it was funny."

Peel Park headteacher Judith Williams said: "At the end of the year, we have an award ceremony for Year Six, and we thought we would give a trophy called The Olivia Diamond Singing Trophy to remember her.

"We will give it to somebody who enjoys singing. They might have been part of the choir or in a performance, but it will be somebody with the same vibrancy Olivia had. She was always singing.

"She was delightful. She was memorable, really kind, funny, warm and quite self-confident in that you knew she was around.

"She was full of life."

At Olivia's funeral service, which saw hundreds of people pack into St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, in Clayton-le-Moors after a horse-drawn cortège carried her coffin past her old nursery and schools, a recording of Olivia singing Hallelujah was played over loudspeakers.

Olivia, who lived with her family in Moss Hall Road in Accrington, died from acute myocarditis on Thursday, October 8.

It was later revealed she had missed a life-saving flu vaccination at her secondary school by a matter of days.