olubunmi diya, the wife of gabriel and the mother of comfort diya, thinks there was something wrong withimming pool, but the resort where the family was staying issued a new statement disputing that, and it said the claims made by olubunmi diya were at odds with the findings of the police report. it said... the civil guard also said they had been told gabriel diya could not swim. a spokesman said his widow confirmed that to them, saying she had not seen him at swimming while they were together. but olubunmi diya insists her husband, son and daughter all knew how to swim, and she says her children went into the swimming for by the steps but found themselves dragged into the middle where it was deeper, and her husband jumped in to help, not long after all three were underwater. the police have described it as a tragic accident but the wife and mother of the victims appears to still have many questions as to exactly how this happened. helena wilkinson, bbc news. detectives are continuing to appeal for anyone with information to come forward after a man was fatally shot in wandsworth, south

what we've heard since from the mother, olubunmi diya, return to the mother, olubunmi diya, return tond the problems she believes. we spoke to the lawyer for the family in the uk and he said that as well as the fact that there are many questions over why the police simply believe this is a straight and there are questions about why there wasn't are questions about why there wasn't a lifeguard on the scene as well. he said the first responders to the scene said the first responders to the scene were said the first responders to the scene were three cleaners who panics, they couldn't sing swim and waited several more minutes to call for help. we've spoken to the hotel staff and sent they felt it was a deep tragedy but they couldn't certainly put any light on allegations that it was a swimming pool allegations that it was a swimming pool. it says this was a tragic accident. we are still waiting until tomorrow, likely tomorrow morning to have full publication as to what happened here on christmas eve and the police was report is published. the cabinet office is contacting all those contac

olubunmi diya denied reports that none of them could swim.hat made swimming difficult. the resort where the family was staying insist that police investigations have confirmed that the pool was working normally. sean dilley reports. four days on from a christmas tragedy, a mother in mourning speaks out. 52—year—old gabriel diya, his nine—year—old daughter, comfort — pictured here — and his 16—year—old son, praise—emmanuel died in this pool at club la costa world. speaking for the first time since their deaths, 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 i

olubunmi diya said her children went into the resort‘s pool using the steps but were dragged into thers diya denied earlier reports that her daughter had told police that none of the three could swim. sean dilley reports. for days on from a christmas tragedy, a mother in morning speaks out. her husband, daughterand tragedy, a mother in morning speaks out. her husband, daughter and son died at this pool at club la costa world. speaking for the first time since 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 sh

olubunmi diya said her children went into the resort‘s pool using the steps but were "dragged into thet out". sean dilley reports. four days on from a christmas tragedy, a mother in mourning speaks out. 52—year—old gabriel diya, his nine—year—old daughter, comfort — pictured here — and his 16—year—old son, praise—emmanuel died in this pool at club la costa world. speaking for the first time since their deaths, 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

olubunmi diya said her children went into the resort‘s pool using the steps but were "dragged into the. sean dilley reports. four days on from a christmas tragedy, a mother in mourning speaks out. 52—year—old gabriel diya, his nine—year—old daughter comfort, pictured here, and his 16—year—old son, praise—emmanuel, died in this pool at club la costa world. speaking for the first time since their deaths, the mother and wife of the victims, olubunmi 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, i believe something was wrong with the pool that must‘ve made swimming difficult for them at that point in time. the owners of the hotel, club la costa resort, refute this. pointing at an official police report, they say, diligent and exhaustive police investigations into the tragedy have confirmed

mr diya‘s wife and the children‘s mother, olubunmi diya, says all three could swim and suggested thereily lawyer has questioned that. translation: if the spanish police can give us a possible cause for this tragic incident we might do a parallel investigation with experts to find out what happened. it is very rare for three people to die in the centre of a swimming pool, especially in the case of a tall, hefty man. earlier the resort with the family were staying issued a new statement disputing mrs diya‘s claims. it said there were directly at odds with the findings of the police report. and it makes clear, it said, that they‘re in for investigations have confirmed the pill was working normally and there was no malfunction of any kind. it was no malfunction of any kind. it was on christmas eve, when the family all went to this pool. mrs ds says her children went in by the steps but found themselves dragged into the middle, where it was deeper. her husband jumped in to help. not long after, all three were underwater. the police have described it as a tragic accident. but the family‘s su

in a statement, olubunmi diya said that, contrary to some media reports, her husband, gabriel, daughterpraise—emmanuel, all knew how to swim. the three of them died at club la costa world, in fuengirola, on spain's costa del sol. 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 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

spanish police believe the deaths happened after they got out of their depth, but mr diya's wife, olubunmi diya was a fault with the pool. it is very devastating, because i just broke the news this morning. she has made a u—turn from where she was going and she is coming to see her. the family is upset. my mother is 92 years old. i can't tell her. we are in a devastated state at the moment, very devastated. it didn't immediately read that it was my friend, i saw the name diya and i thought, this has to be a nigerian family, so i went to look for gabriel diya on google and then i saw the twitter account and, when i looked on that, i saw the picture andl looked on that, i saw the picture and i said to my friend, that is them, and immediatelyl and i said to my friend, that is them, and immediately i was broken, i was upset. i was weeping. i was angry, really angry, this can't be happening to someone that is so close. here in the uk, it's been more than two years since big ben's famous bongs were paused to allow for essential maintenance work to be carried out. but new year's eve just wouldn't feel

in a statement released through her lawyers, olubunmi diya said she believed they drowned because somethingpool "made swimming difficult". the hotel, club la costa world, insists the pool was working normally at the time of the tragedy. 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. 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

olubunmi diya says they were "dragged into the middle" of the pool and couldn't get out.stive police investigations had confirmed the pool was working normally and there was no malfunction of any kind. our correspondent helena wilkinson gave me an update a short while ago on mrs diya's response to the police investigation. what she has said, it contradicts what the police in spain have been putting out in terms of information. mrs diya has put out a statement saying she is disturbed by what she describes as inaccurate information. initially, it had been reported that the father and their two children could not swim, were unable to swim, did not know how to. she has said that is completely untrue, all three of them knew how to swim and she has given more detail about what happened on that day. she said the whole family, they have another daughter as well, the five of them went to the swimming pool. the children got in, they went down the steps and as you mentioned, she said the children found themselves dragged into the middle of the pool, which was deeper. her husband wen

in a statement, olubunmi diya said that, contrary to some media reports, her husband, gabriel, daughtermfort, and son, praise—emmanuel, all knew how to swim. the three of them died at club la costa world, in fuengirola, on spain's costa del sol. we can 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 t

in a statement released through her lawyers, olubunmi diya said she believed they drowned because somethingng difficult. the hotel, club la costa world, insists the pool was working normally at the time of the tragedy. 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. 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 desc

spanish police believe the deaths happened after they got out of their depth — but mr diya's wife, olubunminow the family have been speaking to the bbc. it's very devastating, because ijust broke the news to my older sister this morning. she has made a u—turn from where she was going and she is coming to see her as well. the family is upset. my mother is 93 years old. i can't tell my mum. we are in a devastated state at the moment, very devastated. i saw the name diya and it didn't immediately register that it was my friend. i saw the name diya and i said, ok, this has to be a nigerian family, most likely a british minority family, so i went to look for gabriel diya on google, and then i saw the twitter account, and when i clicked on the twitter account, i saw this picture and i saw my friend right beside him, and immediately i was just broken. i was broken, i was upset, i was sad, i was weeping. and i was angry. i was really angry, no, this can't be happening to someone so close to home. a group of former labour mps who lost their seats in the election have called for "fundamental change"