Meet the firefighter running twenty two 10k races - one for each of the victims of the Arena attack

An Emergency Services worker - who helped save lives the night of the Manchester Arena attack - is set to pay his own personal tribute to those who lost their lives.

Aaron Parmar was a police officer when the tragedy happened but has since become a firefighter.

He says it was his friendship with the mum of one of the victims - Philip Tron - that helped him decide to make the switch.

He told Hits Radio how June Tron asked him if he was happy, while he was looking after her and her family in the wake of the atrocity.

"It was at the time, and being around all the emotional trauma, it really hit home that life is too short and how their lives had been tipped over overnight.

"I didn't want to have any regrets. If you met June Tron, a nicer person you couldn't wish to meet. It's perfectly normal for them to look after and check up on everyone.

"She's known as mama in their family, she's phenomenal."

He will dedicate each race to a different victim, with the first one being Philip.

"I've been toying with the idea of doing a running event for a while. Everybody has been really, really supportive. My social media has just exploded the last few days. That spirit that we had at the time, that's come out again. It's sort of the same thing, which spurs me on.

"It means a lot to hear from families I wasn't sure how to contact them, or if they wouldn't want me to do it. But they're offering their support. It's quite humbling. The closer that we get, I'll be training all the way through, so some of the families are offering to come out to the races, so to see their faces will spur me on."

He will have each of his finishers medals engraved with the names of the victim he is dedicating the race to, and will then send them to the families if they wish.

Aaron will raise money for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund:

visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/aaronleegmfrs