it's still not clear how three members of one family came to die here but the owners of club la costa world police found nothing wrong with the hotel's facilities. they say: meanwhile, the foreign & commonwealth office says it's offering its assistance to a british woman in spain. sean dilley, bbc news. a murder investigation has begun in south—west london — after a man was shot dead on christmas eve. police were called to battersea church road at around 9pm on tuesday where they found the victim believed to be in his 30s. no arrests have been made. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a facing a vote today for his leadership of the likud party, from long—time rival gideon saar. it's said to be the biggest challenge mr netanyahu has faced to his 20—year rule of likud. yesterday evening, a rocket fired from the gaza strip, interrupted a party rally in the border town of ashkelon. the prime minister and his wife were escorted from the stage after sirens went off. 0ur middle east correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. she explained a little earlier, why benjamin neta nya

the three family members were found unresponsive on christmas eve at ‘club — la costa world' near fuengirolas was the scene of a christmas tragedy at one of spain's most popular tourist destinations. a nine—year—old british girl is thought to have found herself in trouble in this pool, before her 16—year—old brother and 52—year—old father jumped in to help her. why none of them emerged alive is the subject of a major investigation. a british tourist told the bbc she spoke to the children's mother. i noticed a woman was walking to where i was. she looked really distraught. when she came closer she was just saying, "help me, help me, please help me! my children are drowning." it was horrible. i didn't sleep, i can't even begin to tell you how distraught i feel. i don't want to imagine what the mum is going through. it's still not clear how three members of one family came to die here, but the owners of club la costa world, which runs the resort, claims spanish police found nothing wrong with the hotel's facilities. they say... meanwhile, the foreign & commonwealth office says its offering its

the three family members were found unresponsive on christmas eve at club la costa world near fuengirola. sean dilley reports. this was the scene of a christmas tragedy at one of spain's most popular tourist destinations. a nine—year—old british girl is thought to have found herself in trouble in this pool, before her 16—year—old brother and 52—year—old father jumped in to help her. why none of them emerged alive is the subject of a major investigation. a british tourist told the bbc she spoke to the children's mother. i noticed a woman was walking to where i was. she looked really distraught. when she came closer she was just saying, "help me, help me, please help me! my children are drowning." it was horrible. i didn't sleep, i can't even begin to tell you how distraught i feel. i don't want to imagine what the mum is going through. it's still not clear how three members of one family came to die here, but the owners of club la costa world, which runs the resort, claims spanish police found nothing wrong with the hotel's facilities. they say... meanwhile, the foreign & commonwealth off

let's cross to the club la costa world resort in fuengirola where we can speak to fernando torres, au have been following this story since the terrible events on christmas eve. what are the police and the hotel saying at the moment? they are saying what you have already said. the swimming pool, at this moment, they did not find anything wrong, neither the police oi’ anything wrong, neither the police or the government because they sent people from the government to check the place. the swimming pool managers, nobody found nothing working wrongly. i think we just need to wait for what the police tell to the family. that is all we can do now. what about the suggestion that the mother has denied, that none of the three people who died could swim, or they we re people who died could swim, or they were not good swimmers? do we have any idea where that information came from? police said yesterday, officially, our newspaper, we had this information the day before, but yesterday, they confirmed, they said, officially, according to the child and the mum, their positions, they told us they did

her husband, daughter and son died at this pool at club la costa world.ce that death, the mother, olubunmi diya, sought to correct inadequate information. she says the family was present when they found themselves in trouble and the father tried to help them. all three died. ina tried to help them. all three died. in a tribute from the spanish resort she spoke to the love her family brought to the world and she said she believes something was wrong with the pool that must have made swimming difficult at that point in time. the honours of club la costa world refute this, pointing to an official police report, they say but mrs diya says police investigations are ongoing and no such conclusion has been shed with her and her family. —— such conclusion has been shed with herand herfamily. —— shared. sean dilley, bbc news. authorities in hawaii say they have recovered the bodies of six people from a tour helicopter that crashed on thursday. wreckage was found at a steep—sided valley, near a state park on the island of kauai. the aircraft was carrying seven peop

the three of them died at club la costa world, in fuengirola, on spain's costa del sol.n talk to our correspondent john mcmanus. take us through the statement from her. most importantly, whether gabriel diya in his two children could swing well. mrs diya says all three could swim and never said anything contrary to that to the spanish police. she tells this about the sequence of events leading up to the death of her husband and two of her children. there were reports her daughter had jumped in or fallen there were reports her daughter had jumped in orfallen in. she said she did notjump. jumped in orfallen in. she said she did not jump. they jumped in orfallen in. she said she did notjump. they got in and were dragged to the centre of the pool and could not get out. she said they we re and could not get out. she said they were dragged into the middle of the pool were dragged into the middle of the pool. that is a key part of the statement. she says her husband went in using the steps while she went to try and get help from apartments at the resort but when she returned he

the three of them died at club la costa world in fuengirola, on spain's costa del sol.its contract to refurbish m16 headquarters in london terminated, after losing a set of floor plans for the project. the documents, most of which were recovered inside the building at vauxhall cross, held sensitive information on its layout, including entry and exit points. the government has announced that, from april, thousands of nhs patients, visitors and staff will benefit from free parking at hospitals in england. most visitors to hospitals in scotland, wales and northern ireland are already exempt from charges, as our correspondent james waterhouse reports. for nhs patients and those who visit them, it's an age old complaint — paying to park at hospitals. during the election, the conservatives promised to do something about it in their manifesto for specific groups, so from april, all 206 hospital trusts in england will be expected to give free parking to those described as being "in the greatest need". this includes... blue badge holders. frequent visitors to outpatient clinics.

the family had been staying at the club la costa world resort, near fuengirola. the hotel have described it as a "tragic accident". helena wilkinson reports. this is gabriel diya, the 52—year—old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. and here he is with nine—year—old comfort. they were on a family holiday when on christmas eve she got into difficulty in this hotel swimming pool. despite her father's efforts, she also died, as did her 16—year—old brother, praise—emmanuel, who also tried to help. postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. a 14—year—old girl, the children's sister, raised the alarm. today in south—east london, neighbours of the family have been speaking of their shock. they were just beautiful, lovely people. i'm absolutely devastated. i cannot... i'm still trying to get it in my head that this has really happened to them. it's just so cruel, so unfair. yeah, shocking, shocking. somebody died by drowning, especially, on holiday. it is shocking. mr diya was a parish pastor. one of the churches he was associated with has paid t

daughter comfort, pictured here, and his 16—year—old son, praise—emmanuel, died in this pool at club la costa worldims, 0lubunmi diya, sought to correct what she called inaccurate information. she said the whole family were present when comfort and praise—emmanuel found themselves in trouble and that their father gabriel attempted to help them. all three died. in a tribute sent from the spanish resort, she spoke of the joy and love herfamily brought to the world and she said, the owners of the hotel, club la costa resort, refute this. pointing at an official police report, they say, but mrs diya says police investigations are ongoing and that no such conclusion has been shared with her or her family. a little earlier fernando torres, a local journalist, gave an update about what the police and hotel have been saying. the pool, at this very moment, they didn't find nothing wrong, neither the police nor the government, because they sent people from the government to check the place. neither the pool managers. nobody found nothing working wrong. so, maybe, i think we just need to wait for the police a

a father and his two children reportedly drowned after being found unresponsive at club la costa worldt. divers in the slovenian city of bled have been performing the legend of the submerged bell in lake bled. thousands of tourists watch this event on christmas day every year. it retells the legend of the wishing bell that used to sit on the church tower on the island in the middle of the lake. legend says when the submerged bell rings, wishes come true. in australia, the annual sydney—hoba rt yacht race is getting started. more than 165 teams are taking part in what is the 75th running of the competition. but this year sees something new — the first indigenous crew is taking part. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. some final checks for the crew of the tribal warrior. in a race steeped in history and tradition, this is a genuine first. this crew represents the indigenous people of australia, who are, in a way, travelling with them. very, very exciting. and it's brought people from broome, at lightning ridge, at bourke, at coonabarabran, they're all — all the communities are talking and th

the hotel, club la costa world, insists the pool was working normally at the time of the tragedy.s have found the bodies of six people after a helicopter crashed at the top of a mountain on the hawaiian island of kauai. the aircraft was carrying seven people but officials said there were no signs of survivors. earlier, localjounalist blaze lovell told us what will happen next in the investigation. a british man who won one of europe's biggest lottery jackpots, has died after a short illness. colin weir and wife, chris, from largs in north ayrshire, claimed the £161 million euromillions prize in 2011. at the time it was one of europe's biggest ever lottery wins after a series of rollovers boosted the jackpot. the duchess of cambridge has praised the work of midwives in an open letter to the profession. highlighting the work they do, kate middleton said it was of "fundamental importance" to the early years development of children. kensington palace released these pictures of the duchess, after she spent two days at a maternity unit. she described the experience as ‘a privilege‘. if

the three family members were found unresponsive on christmas eve at club la costa world near fuengirolauggest that a 9—year—old girl got into difficulties in the water and her father and brother tried to rescue her. a powerful typhoon has caused major disruption in parts of the central philippines. 16 people are thought to have died and 25,000 have been stranded since the storm hit the islands yesterday. winds of more than 120 miles an hour battered towns and villages. the authorities say they've yet to assess the full scale of the damage. thousands of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. since september, almost 3,000 firefighters have been out every day in new south wales tackling fires, some of which are the size of small european countries. the royal navy skipped yesterday's festive celebrations to monitor a russian ship as it made its way through the english channel. the hms tyne was sent at short notice from portsmouth to monitor the vessel over the past 48 hours. the commander thanked hi

a statement from the resort operator, club la costa world said the guests were found in a swimming poolnsive state. it says an investigation has begun. there have been more violent clashes in hong kong between the police and anti—government protesters, who've been holding christmas eve rallies in shopping malls and other areas popular with tourists. the city is reeling from its seventh straight month of protests, originally sparked by a now—scrapped extradition bill. the bbc‘sjon donnison reports. not much evidence of festive cheer in hong kong this year. security forces firing tear gas — once again, squared up to anti—government protesters, doing their best to protect themselves with umbrellas. caught up in the chaos, tourists and families out and about to take in the christmas lights. demonstrators also occupied a number of shopping malls in kowloon. but it soon turned ugly, as baton—wielding plainclothes undercover police moved in. several protesters were arrested and dragged away. others were injured, as officers struggled to restore calm. and all of this on christmas eve. translati

a father and his two children reportedly drowned at club la costa world, near fuengirola.nnual sydney—hoba rt yacht race is getting started. more than a hundred—and—sixty—five teams are taking part in what is the seventy—fifth running of the competition. but this year sees something new — the first indigenous crew is taking part. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. some final checks for the crew of the tribal warrior. in a race steeped in history and tradition, this is a genuine first. this crew represents the indigenous people of australia, who are, in a way, travelling with them. very, very exciting. and it's brought people from broome, at lightning ridge, at bourke, at coonabarabran, they're all — all the communities are talking and they're all saying that's our boat — and that's very proud. eight of the 11 crew are aboriginal, representing 800,000 indigenous people of australia. some are hoping this race, this experience will write a new page in their history. it's just an opportunity of a lifetime for us to represent our people and, you know, show our youth out there that

comfort diya died along with herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her aid at the club la costa worldirola. in a statement, the windrush charlton school in south—east london said comfort would be greatly missed. the government has announced that from april thousands of nhs patients, visitors and staff will benefit from free parking at hospitals in england. most visitors to hospitals in scotland, wales and northern ireland are already exempt from charges. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. paying for parking at hospitals has been a long—running source of complaint from any nhs patients and their visitors. during the election campaign, the conservative manifesto promised free hospital parking for specific groups so, from april, all 206 hospital trusts in england will be expected to provide free parking for those described as being "in the greatest need". this will include... but there have been some concerns from nhs managers who fear trusts may lose out financially. we will be looking for assurances that the costs of these measures will be fully covered because, otherwi

the family had been staying at the club la costa world resort, near fuengirola.happened is under way. the owners of the hotel have described it as a "tragic accident". helena wilkinson reports. this is gabriel diya, the 52—year—old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. and here he is with nine—year—old comfort. they were on a family holiday when on christmas eve, she got into difficulty in this hotel swimming pool despite her father's efforts, she also died, as did her 16—year—old brother, praise—emmanuel, who also tried to help. postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. a 14—year—old girl, the children's sister, the alarm. the children's sister, raised the alarm. today in south—east london, neighbours of the family has been speaking of their shock. they were just beautiful, lovely people. i'm absolutely devastated. i cannot... i'm still trying to get it in my head that this has really happened to them. it's just so cruel. it's just so unfair. yes, it's shocking, shocking, to hear somebody died by drowning, especially, who went for holida

comfort diya died along with herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her rescue, at the club la costa worldement, the windrush charlton school said comfort was a caring girl, would be greatly missed. the treasury says the way of allocating funding for infrastructure projects is likely to change, so that more funds can be directed at the north of england and the midlands. at present, the formula favours areas with higher populations, meaning less money is sometimes allocated to more deprived areas. our business correspondent colletta smith is outside leeds railway station. tell us more about what has prompted this decision. well, over the last few months we have seen spending promises littered across the north of england and the midlands, particularly around improving rail and road projects. now the government are scratching their heads, trying to work out how to deliver on these promises. this isn't about spending more money, it's about changing the rules in how the money is spent, therefore where it will be spelt. funding for projects currently has to be based on the maximum value per head

the three of them died at club la costa world, in fuengirola, on spain's costa del sol. who was shot dead outside his home in south west london on christmas eve, may have been involved in criminality in sweden. 36 year—old flamur beqiri was attacked in front of his wife and young child in battersea on tuesday evening. ian williams reports. a family home, ready for christmas. now the scene of a potential revenge killing. flamur beqiri moved to the uk from sweden sometime in the last five years. he had been out with his wife and child on christmas eve, as they returned to home to battersea church road around 9pm, a lone suspect shot him multiple times. one of the neighbours that i spoke to described hearing the gunshots from inside her own home as being surreal. another said they were evenly spaced out. we think that a young lady, who identified herself as a nurse, tried to give mr beqiri first aid at the scene for a while the attacker fled on foot towards battersea bridge road. when you hear shots like that, you think, well, the first thing that comes to mind is there is

the three family members were found unresponsive on christmas eve at club la costa world near fuengirolaports suggest that a 9—year—old girl got into difficulties in the water and her father and brother tried to rescue her. a powerful typhoon has caused major disruption in parts of the central philippines. 16 people are thought to have died and 25,000 have been stranded since the storm hit the islands yesterday. winds of more than 120 miles an hour battered towns and villages. the authorities say they've yet to assess the full scale of the damage. thousands of people in australia have been forced from their homes for the holidays as the country battles some of its worst bushfires in years. since september, almost 3,000 firefighters have been out every day in new south wales tackling fires, some of which are the size of small european countries. the royal navy skipped yesterday's festive celebrations to monitor a russian ship as it made its way through the english channel. the hms tyne was sent at short notice from portsmouth to monitor the vessel over the past 48 hours. the commander tha

comfort diya died, along with herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her aid, at the club la costa worldthe windrush charlton school, in south—east london, said comfort would be greatly missed. the northern powerhouse partnership — which speaks for business and civic leaders across the north of england — has welcomed reports that the treasury is to change its spending rules to promote growth in the north and the midlands. it's suggested that the rules for investing in transport and other infrastructure projects will be relaxed. i spoke to tony travers who is a local government expert and visiting professor at the london school of economics. idid speak i did speak to him, but we will not listen to that now. richard jones is a professor of physics at the university of sheffield. he also wrote a paper about investment and innovation called, a resurgence of the regions, which was picked up by boris johnson's chief adviser, dominic cummings. he joins us from derbyshire. thank you very much forjoining us. do you think that your paper has had an impact on what we are hearing might be about to h

we are now hearing from the operator of the hotel, the club la costa world hotel for the british pastorthey say that claims by the children's his children drown. they say that claims by the children's mother his children drown. they say that claims by the children's mother that something was wrong with the pool are directly at odds with the findings of the police report into the tragedy. we also know that the investigation has reopened. campaigners are calling for a radical overhaul of britain's railways to try to improve travel. the pressure group campaign for better transport argues there should be a major fares reform, a single national railcard and more control of services given to major cities outside london. railfares are set to rise next week. olivia richwald has the details. "expensive", "overcrowded" and "unreliable", three words which the campaign for better transport uses to describe britain's trains. today, the pressure group is urging a radical overhaul of the way the railways are run. its report suggests that franchises should be scrapped, fares reformed and control of rai

daughter, comfort — pictured here — and his 16—year—old son, praise—emmanuel died in this pool at club la costa worldaths, the mother and wife of the victims, olubunmi diya, sought to correct what she called "inaccurate information". she says the whole family was present when comfort and praise—emmanuel found themselves in trouble and that their father, gabriel, attempted to help them. all three died. in a tribute sent from the spanish resort, she spoke of the joy and love herfamily brought to the world and she said... the owners of the hotel, of club la costa resort, refute this, pointing at an official police report, they say but mrs diya says police investigations are ongoing and that no such conclusion has been shared with her or herfamily. sean dilley, bbc news. rescuers have found the bodies of six people after a helicopter crashed at the top of a mountain on the hawaiian island of kauai. the aircraft was carrying seven people but officials said there were no signs of survivors. it was reported missing as it was getting dark on thursday evening. the weather conditions were described as challeng

the hotel, club la costa world, insists the pool was working normally at the time of the tragedy. bodies of six people after a helicopter crashed at the top of a mountain on the hawaiian island of kauai. the aircraft was carrying seven people but officials said there were no signs of survivors. a british man who won one of europe's biggest lotteryjackpots, has died after a short illness. colin weir, who was 71, and wife, chris, from largs in north ayrshire, claimed the £161 million euromillions prize in 2011. at the time it was one of europe's biggest ever lottery wins after a series of rollovers boosted the jackpot. the duchess of cambridge has praised the work of midwives in an open letter to the profession. highlighting the work they do, kate middleton said it was of "fundamental importance" to the early years development of children. kensington palace released these pictures of the duchess, after she spent two days at a maternity unit. she described the experience as a privilege. those are the main stories this morning. now it's time for click and this year's live show comes f

comfort diya died along with herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her rescue, at the club la costa world, the windrush charlton school said comfort was a "caring girl", would be greatly missed. the building firm, balfour beatty, has had its contract to refurbish m16 headquarters in london terminated, after losing a set of floor plans for the project. the documents, most of which were recovered inside the building at vauxhall cross, held sensitive information on its layout, including entry and exit points. the us coastguard is searching for a helicopter which has gone missing in hawaii. tourists were amoing the seven people on board the flight which didn't return from a trip over the island of kawaii. a boat and an aircraft are being used in the search but the coastguard says weather conditions are challenging — with low visibility and blustery winds. police believe a man, who was shot dead outside his home in south west london on christmas eve, may have been involved in criminality in sweden. 36—year—old flamur betcheeri was attacked in front of his wife, and young child in battersea on

comfort diya died along with herfather and older brother, who tried to rescue her at the club la costa worldl in south—east london said comfort would be greatly missed. an investigation has been launched after a person died in a house fire in merseyside. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire in the litherland area yesterday afternoon. a second person has been taken to hospital. another person has died in a house fire in derby. fire crews were called to the property in the normanton area yesterday afternoon. a joint police and fire investigation to establish the cause of the fire has begun. carol hinds reports. derbyshire fire and rescue service were called to the fire on rosehill street in the normanton area of derby at a quarter to two yesterday afternoon. crews arrived to find a well—developed fire on the first floor of the two storey mid—terraced property. the children went into the garden and were playing in the garden and seen and were playing in the garden and seen the smoke so they came inside and started to tell us and we phoned the fire brigade. we started knocking

the resort, club la costa world, insists the pool was working normally at the time of the tragedy.militant group al—shabab has in the past carried out deadly attacks against government buildings and hotels in the city. a report is calling for a radical overhaul of britain's railways to end what it calls "nightmare railjourneys". the campaign for better transport says the current system of franchising should be replaced by more flexible contracts, which would allow greater competition on inter—city routes. it comes just weeks before the department for transport is expected to publish its plans for a review of the railways. the duchess of cambridge has praised the work of midwives in an open letter to the profession. highlighting the work they do, kate middleton said it was of "fundamental importance" to the early years development of children. kensington palace released these pictures of the duchess after she spent two days at a maternity unit. she described the experience as "a privilege." those are the main stories this morning. let's have a look at the sport. england cricketers f

"management at club la costa world would like to offer its heartfelt condolences to the family affectedly members on the 24th of december, 2019. the firm says it's helping the authorities fully with their investigations into the deaths, while the foreign office has confirmed it's offering assistance to a british woman following what happened. nick quraishi, bbc news. bethlehem has experienced its best christmas period for tourist numbers in two decades after thousands of people gathered to mark christmas day. the town is honoured by christians and pilgrims as the birthplace ofjesus christ. the festivities centred on the church of the nativity. a short while ago santa was in alberta. now he is in tucson in arizona. he is making his way quickly around the world. big kids, little kids, you know where centre is at the moment. perhaps you think you would only be travelling by sleigh tonight. yet yesterday people in florida were treated to something different. nearly 600 surfing santas hit the waves in cocoa beach to raise money for charity. the event has been running for ten years and draws

they were on holiday at club la costa world when it's believed a 9—year—old girl got into difficultiesand her brother and father attempted to rescue her, but also drowned. our correspondentjon donnison is with us now. we are getting a much clearer picture now of what happened. this was a big resort in fuengirola. we are getting some pictures, there we re are getting some pictures, there were several villas on this resort. the company that run it, club la costa world, they are saying that these three members of the same family were found unresponsive in the swimming pool. the emergency services tried to revive them, they we re services tried to revive them, they were not successful, though. and nine—year—old girl, her brother we believe 16 years old, and her father, 52 years old, we understand that the father and the daughter are both british citizens. the young man, an american citizen. any idea how this could have happened, this was ina how this could have happened, this was in a swimming pool, not out to sea with rip tides and currents and so on. sea with rip tides and currents and s