The mother of a 15-year-old Manchester Arena bombing victim told her daughter she loved her after the teenager texted to say Arianna Grande was about to appear on stage, an inquiry into the atrocity has heard.

Tottington High School pupil Olivia Campbell-Hardy, was "extremely excited" to be at the concert with her friend, Adam Lawler, the hearing at Manchester Magistrates Court was told.

Her mother, Charlotte Hodgson, messaged her back to say she loved her. Olivia later entered the arena's City Room foyer shortly before the blast and was five metres from the bomber when the detonation took place.

The inquiry heard she died from head and neck injuries, which were unsurvivable.

Appearing via videolink, Mrs Hodgson said her daughter "packed so much" into her 15 years, always made people laugh and was a "hugely talented singer" who had a promising future.

The teen's father, Andrew Hardy, his wife, Sharon, and Miss Campbell-Hardy's grandparents, Steve and Sharon Goodman, were also in attendance.

Mr Goodman said: "To Sharon and myself and our large extended family, Olivia was a joy."

Thanking her family for their evidence, Sir John Saunders, inquiry chairman, said: "Believe it or not there are times when even lawyers are lost for words and this is one of them.

"Can I just say - what a talent, what a waste, what a lovely person."

The inquiry is currently looking at how and in what circumstances each of the 22 victims died and to probe whether any inadequacies in the emergency response contributed to individual deaths and/or if they could have been prevented.