00:00Seven-year-old Archie York died when an illegal drugs lab destroyed his family home in Violet Close in Benwell on October 16th last year, a blast that devastated his family and the local community.
00:13Newcastle City Council will help the York family curate Archie's nature trail around the parish ponds in Wollsington, a place where Archie loved to explore with his parents, baby brother and the family dogs.
00:24Catherine Errington, Archie's mum, says she wants the trail to be a personal place for family and schoolmates, decorated with artwork of Archie's favourite Marvel superheroes, so children can remember his joyful spirit.
00:36It is something personal, even people who didn't know Archie will be able to know what a fun-loving chap he was, she said.
00:43Catherine and Archie's dad, Robbie, survived the blast along with baby Finlay, but the family says their lives have been forever changed.
00:50We still feel so empty, Catherine added, describing how returning to Violet Close is really hard, and how the memory of the last normal day still haunts them.
00:59City leader Karen Kilgower said they hope the trail will be ready in time for what would have been Archie's ninth birthday next May, and has said it is an opportunity to build something positive from a crime that caused needless devastation.
01:12The man responsible, drug dealer Rhys Galbraith, was jailed for 14 years after using butane to produce so-called cannabis shatter.
01:21A second man, Jason Laws, was killed in the blast.
01:24The Council and the Safe Newcastle Partnership are developing a national training resource, including the York family's personal account, to raise awareness of the dangers of shatter labs.
01:34Catherine says she now wants to help ensure no other family goes through what we have.
01:39Turning grief into a campaign for awareness, as Archie's community prepares to remember him.
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