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 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

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

his two children reportedly drowned after being found unresponsive at club la costa world, near fuengirolaslovenian 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 they're all saying

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

three family members were found unresponsive on christmas eve at "club — la costa world", near fuengirola 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 towards where i was. she looked really distraught. when she came closer, she — she was saying "help me. help me. please help me. my children are drowning." it was horrible. i — i didn't sleep. i can't even begin to tell you how distraught i feel, and 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, claim spanish police found nothing wrong with the hotel's facilities. they say: meanwhile, the foreign & commonwealth office says it's

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

herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her aid at the club la costa world resort near fuengirolathe 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, otherwise, there's a risk that

herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her aid, at the club la costa world resort near fuengirolachool, 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 happen?” an impact on wh

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

our correspondent gavin lee has been following the case from fuengirola. flowers by the poolside. tourists in a case that's baffled investigators. how three members of the same family drowned within five minutes in the afternoon on christmas eve. how it could be that 16—year—old praise—emmanuel and his father gabriel, both over six feet tall and only four inches shorter than the deepest part of the pool, couldn't save nine—year—old comfort or get out themselves. police returned to the scene today, though the initial investigation has concluded it was an accident, not a fault in the pool. what happened in this swimming pool, as spanish police see things, was, frankly, a tragic end freak accident. as far as they're concerned, this is case closed. but that's not good enough for the surviving family who want more answers and question the thoroughness of this whole investigation. translation: with cases so exceptional and so strange it's a sum of factors, it's not only one. it could be the shape of the swimming pool, the temperature of the water, the levels of distress. but it is clear

praise—emmanuel, and his nine—year—old duaghter comfort, at the club la costa world resort, near fuengirolation into what happened is underway. 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. here he is with nine—year—old comfort, 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. a14—year—old girl, the children's sister, raise the alarm. today in south—east london, neighbours of the family have been speaking of the shock. they were just beautiful, lovely people. i am absolutely devastated, i am still trying to get it in my head that this is really happened to them. it isjust so cruel, so unfair. shocking, shocking. somebody like that, drowning especially, who went for a holiday, it is a bit shocking. gabriel diya was a parish pastor, one of the ch

herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her rescue, at the club la costa world resort near fuengirolarlton 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 of population, and nat

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

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

year old daughter comfort and his son 16 year old son praise—emmanuel died at a swimming pool in fuengirolathere was no need for further investigation, because it was a freak accident and the case can now be closed. 0ur correspondernt gavin lee is outside the resort on the costa del sol. they have given their initial conclusion and will not see a public account of that until at least thursday. the police spokesperson has said that this is a freak and tragic accident and it is something that the hotel holds no responsibility for, it is something that they have found was just an occurrence based on the lack of ability of the family to swim and he said, as faras ability of the family to swim and he said, as far as he ability of the family to swim and he said, as faras he is ability of the family to swim and he said, as far as he is concerned, as far as the first is concerned, there is not much more we can do, it is case closed. certainly, the conflicting accounts that we are hearing from the family are striking. the mother, the surviving wife of gabriel, stated she believed there was a fault w

herfather and older brother who tried to come to her aid, at the club la costa world resort near fuengirola, 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. treasury rules have for years attempted to ensure that when projects are being assessed and compared, the costs and benefits are assessed in a very pure economic way. and then decisions are made not always on the basis of cost and benefits but normally on that basis predominately. what the government appears to be suggesting here or the times article is suggesting is that in future social and other benefits could be factored into the benefits that are calculated so as to benefi

herfather and older brother, who tried to come to her rescue, at the club la costa world resort near fuengirola 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 tuesday evening. ian wi

with herfather and older brother, who tried to rescue her at the club la costa world resort near fuengirolasaid 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 on the labour stores t

same family, two of them children, drowned in a swimming pool at the spanish holiday resort of fuengirolanow that a nine—year old girl was in one of the 21 so in full is in this hotel,. her 16—year—old brother and her 52—year—old father jumped into 16—year—old brother and her 52—year—old fatherjumped into the pool to try to rescue her, they all died. we have seen pictures from the scene showing police divers, we understand they may have been inspecting the pump, some questions have been asked about whether this pump was faulty. we don't know for sure exactly what happened. there are also questions about whether lifeguards were on duty, we are still trying to get clarification on all of that. there is a statement from clc world resorts and hotels, who run the complex, they say... emily, thank you. religious leaders have been giving their traditional christmas addresses. in the vatican, pope francis said, "god loves everyone, "even the worst of us" — thought to be a reference to abuse scandals in the catholic church. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, talked about the darkness of t

this was a big resort in fuengirola.g 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 so on. that's right. we spoke to some people who have been staying at the resort and they had used that pool that day and they said there weren't lifeguards at the pool, that was one thing. but it is the key question, really. i

police have confirmed that three members of a british family who died in a hotel swimming pool in fuengirolas 52, died along with his 9—year—old daughter, comfort, and 16—year—old son, praise—emmanuel, on christmas eve. spanish police say there's no evidence that anything was wrong with the swimming pool. 0ur reporter emily unia is at the church in south—east london where gabriel diya was a pastor. how are people they are reacting to this awful news? the community here is shocked and saddened to hear of the news of the tragedy that happened. pastor diya was preaching at the church behind me, he had a congregation there called open heavens and people we have met in the community just can't heavens and people we have met in the communityjust can't believe what has happened to this family. his daughter comfort who was nine—year—olds went to a local primary school, windrush primary school and there is now a statement on the school website saying that comfort was the most wonderfully kind, thoughtful, caring people who was a role model for her peers and will be greatly missed by the whole school