How small Yorkshire town marked ten years since brothers were murdered in house fire

A small market town in Yorkshire came together to mark ten years since two brothers were tragically murdered by their father in a house fire.

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00:00Claire Throssell's sons Jack and Paul aged 12 and 9 were murdered in a house fire caused

00:08by their father after he lured them into an attic following a series of domestic abuse.

00:15Now Claire organises a charitable fun run every year to remember her boys along with

00:21their friends.

00:22It's a bit of mixed weather this morning but that's not affecting the mood here, what's

00:27today's plan for Jack and Paul's meet this year?

00:32It means everything, when we're at the centre of the community created a circle of love

00:40and that circle is still going down, I mean everybody's turning up to remember the boys

00:46as they lived not as they died and that is so important, especially this year, the 10th

00:54anniversary and to see Jack and Paul's friends come through and to see everybody that comes

01:04with me together to remember them is just incredible, it's a bittersweet but it's incredible.

01:13You also are quite close now to reaching 100,000 signatures on your petition to get

01:20a debate in Parliament about the change of custody laws to make them more vigorous and

01:25more in favour of what the children want, that must mean a great deal to you to be so

01:31near.

01:32It does because this is what we've fought for, we've had to fight 8 years to get to

01:38this point, I never thought it would take this long and it shouldn't have had to take

01:44this long when it comes to children, look around and we're surrounded by children,

01:50I want to give them a better future, I want to give not just my community, we've got the

01:56whole country, future generations, a childhood that they will grow up safe, protected and

02:04loved.

02:05We took up the petition for the first time at 42,000 signatures but the government didn't

02:11do what they promised and I promised my boys I'd do more and not one Lord at the moment

02:20can say that they're doing enough to keep every child going through the court system

02:25safe, so I'm going to do what I can to change these laws and make sure that all children

02:33are safe.

02:34Well well done Clare, we'll watch this space because I think we're getting very near to

02:38that, we're also getting very near to starting this race, so let's go and do it and I hope

02:44you can enjoy the day, thank you Clare.

02:47Thank you.