Poignant picture emerges of a teenage Jo Cox standing outside Number 10 Downing Street on a school trip
Mum-of-two seemingly always destined for a career in politics
A poignant photo has emerged of murdered MP Jo Cox as a teenager standing outside the iconic 10 Downing Street door.
Mrs Cox, who was shot and stabbed to death in Birstall, West Yorkshire, last Thursday stares intently into the camera as she enjoys a trip to the capital with pals from Heckmondwike Grammar School.
It is believed the mum-of-two, who would have celebrated her 42nd birthday today, is around 14-years-old in the picture.
The fact that Jo Cox went on to have a career in politics makes the school trip snapshot particularly apt.
The photo, taken in the early 1980s, depicts the MP along with nine other pupils from her school.
It has been released by her former teacher John Lockwood.
Mr Lockwood, now 80, of Huddersfield, West Yorks., was at the school for 37 years and became head of geography.
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Mrs Cox's death stunned a nation and left her husband a widower and her children without a mum.
Birthday tributes to the murdered MP have been planned worldwide for today, from her Batley and Spen constituency to as far afield as Paris and London.
An hour-long rally will take place in Trafalgar Square this afternoon, where husband Brendan Cox and his family will gather with her friends, colleagues and the public to celebrate what would have been the MP's 42nd birthday.
International tributes are also taking place in Melbourne, New York, Washington DC and other major cities.
Organisers say the celebrations are to commemorate her "love, energy, passion, flair, Yorkshire heritage and belief in the humanity of every person in every place".
The husband of Jo Cox has said he believes his wife was killed for her "very strong political views".
In an emotional interview, Brendan Cox spoke of his wife's concern about the "tribal" direction politics was taking before she was shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
He said: "She was a politician and she had very strong political views and I believe she was killed because of those views. I think she died because of them, and she would want to stand up for those in death as much as she did in life."
Mrs Cox, a fervent supporter of the campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union, was killed less than seven days before the referendum.
Her death saw campaigning suspended and sparked a debate about how politics is conducted in the UK.
Meanwhile, more than £1m has been raised by a charity appeal set up in memory of the former aid worker.
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