MANCHESTER'S terror attack was designed to target the most vulnerable — children.

And in a poignant end to the academic year, a schoolgirl's photograph capturing the emotion after the suicide bombing in May has won an award.

Emily Fox, a year three pupil at Bolton School, captured the sea of flowers in St Ann's Square which, for days after the attack, became a public shrine and a place where people stood shoulder to shoulder.

The eight-year-old's picture was chosen as the winner in this year's Bolton School Junior Girls' School photography competition.

Many of Bolton's young people — including those from Bolton School — were at the Ariana Grande concert on May 22.

A Bolton School spokesman said: "Fifty titled images were submitted overall and the standard in all age groups was very high. All of the photographs were put on display in the reception area of the Junior Girls’ School for pupils, parents and visitors to admire.

"The results were announced in the end of year assembly.

"The year group winners were Biela Sastre-Done in Year 3, Lily-Grace Greer in Year 4, Molly Grimshaw in Year 5 and Alexia Hughes in Year 6.

"The overall winner was Year 3 pupil Emily Fox, who entered an emotional photograph of the tributes left in St Ann’s Square for the Manchester Arena bombing victims. All five girls received a printed canvas of their winning photograph."

Twenty two adults and children who attended the concert were killed and 250 were injured as the bomb went off.

Tributes were left in the square in Manchester and also at the steps of Bolton Town Hall.

Now the candles, mementoes and handwritten messages have been carefully moved from the town hall steps and placed into two glass cabinets in the foyer of Bolton Central Library and Museum.

The exhibition includes bee-themed artwork by 14-year-old Amy Bostock, from Bromley Cross, who was at the Ariana Grande concert on the night of the attack.