Junior Bake Off judge Liam Charles stepped in to comfort contestant Safiyyah when she burst into tears after it was announced she was leaving the competition.

Today, the tense semi-final of Junior Bake Off aired on Channel 4.

Safiyyah, 14, was off to a strong start, placing first in the technical, for which she and her fellow bakers were tasked with creating fiddly macaron handbags.