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By Rachel Stonehouse and Manish PandeyNewsbeat reporters

Ava White, 12, was stabbed to death in a row over a Snapchat video. Her older sister, Mia, has spoken in-depth for the First Time about Ava's murder, and her hope of preventing similar tragedies.

For Mia White, The Day of her sister's death remains fresh in her memory.

" It felt like My World crashed, and it feels like yesterday to me, " she says.

Mia, 19, remembers her younger sibling fondly, describing her as " funny, loving and caring".

She says Ava behaved just as you'd expect any 12-year-old to: " Pulling funny faces and singing songs from TikTok".

" We told each other everything, would sit in each other's rooms until we went to bed. And just laugh, take pictures and listen to music like normal teenagers, " Mia tells BBC Newsbeat.

But everything changed when Ava was fatally attacked in Liverpool City Centre after a Christmas Lights switch-on in November 2021. Mia says it has devastated her family.

" I never thought this would be My Life . I rarely see My Friends and I just sit in my room, looking at [pictures of] me and Ava all The Time , " she says.

Almost One Year on, The Void left by Ava remains painful for her family.

" It's so hard for me and my mum to be Around the nieces and nephews because they're all Ava's age and all hung out together, " says Mia.

" She would always make them laugh. "

" It's so different now, you can tell something is missing in The Family . "

The Night everything changed

Mia says she " remembers everything from that night".

She describes it as " a normal day" until 7:30pm, when, after putting on the pyjamas Ava had given her for Christmas, she received a phone call.

It was her auntie telling her Ava had been in a fight. A Short Time later, she received another call telling her " Ava had been injured terribly".

" I don't think I took a breath going from the bottom of The Stairs , up The Stairs And Then Back down into the taxi, " she says.

After arriving at The Hospital , she was eventually told by her mum that Ava was in a Critical Condition . She then received The News that she had been dreading.

Ava had Passed Away .

Mia admits she sometimes forgets that Ava is no longer Around - before realising she won't see her sister again.

" Every single day, I always go to ring Ava and text her just to see what she's doing. I don't think it's ever going to sink in, " she says.

A 15-year-old boy was with a minimum of 13 years for Ava's murder.

" There are no words for it, " Mia says.

But she is determined to use The Pain of Ava's death to get her " story out there" and stop further tragedies.

The Family have Set Up the Ava White Foundation to prevent knife crime.

They've put resources such as bleed packs Around The City , and Mia wants to go into schools and speak to children to help them understand the consequences.

" It needs to start at a really young age, wanting to engage, " she says. " Because why Would You ever want to ruin Someone Else 's life and your own? "

" No-one should be going through what we're going through. But if I can stop One Child from putting a knife in the Pocket . . "

Over The Past year, events to honour Ava have taken place, from setting balloons off to a summer get-together with her Friends - Eating her favourite foods and listening to her favourite songs.

Mia says for Ava's Friends and family, What Happened will " stick with them for the rest of their lives".

And it's that heartbreak that she wants to get across to anyone thinking about picking up a knife.

" The danger you put yourself in when you put a knife in your Pocket . I want to get The Message out to stop doing it. "

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Source of news: bbc.com