the news comes after 18—year—old georgia jones and 20—year—old tommy cowan were named as those who diedy night. they were among 15 revellers admitted to hospital from the event that night, with organisers issuing a warning over "high strength or bad batch" of drugs. our correspondent katy austin has been following the story and joins me. i believe tommy cowan‘s father has been talking to reporters? that's right, he went to the scene of the mutiny festival today, with otherfamily of the mutiny festival today, with other family members to lay flowers, and he spoke very emotionally about how he had been in hospital with his son as he lay dying, how he held his hand in those final moments. he wa nted hand in those final moments. he wanted to warn people who might be considering drugs not to do it. he didn't want his face shown on camera, however didn't want his face shown on camera , however you didn't want his face shown on camera, however you can hear him speaking to the bbc reporter. it's no good saying don't do drugs. all i can say is take this on board, look what's happened. if you wan

georgia jones, who was 18, and 20—year—old tommy cowan fell ill at the mutiny festival. critical but stable condition in hospital. our correspondent frankie mccamley is with me now — bring us up to date with what we know. at around half past nine on saturday evening after two people fell ill and organisers of the mutiny festival in portsmouth one people they were aware of a dangerous high—strength substance on the site and they urged people not to take drugs. what we know is that 15 people were taken to hospital in total, one person still remained in a critical but stable condition. sadly two people died, 18—year—old georgia jones whose mother has described as a strong—willed, opinionated young lady and 22—year—old tommy khan, his father spoke to the bbc urging people to consider the risks of taking drugs and described how he watched his son hathaway in hospital. the second day of the festival was due to take this yesterday but was cancelled as what has been described as a 50 precaution. today police have said they've arrested three men in their 20s on suspicion of suppl

the news comes after 18—year—old georgia jones and 20—year—old tommy cowan were named as those who diednight. they were among 15 revellers admitted to hospital from the event that night, with organisers issuing a warning over "high strength or bad batch" of drugs. the italian president, sergio mattarella, has asked a former economist for the international monetary fund, carlo cottarelli, to lead an interim government until new elections are held. mr cottarelli has accepted, saying his government would ensure italy's finances are managed prudently. on sunday efforts to form a coalition of populist and far—right parties failed after the president rejected the proposed finance minister, who opposes italy's membership of the euro. the headlines on bbc news: a man is killed after flash flooding in the west midlands with some areas getting more than a month's rain injust one hour. a migrant from mali is to be made a french citizen after scaling a building in paris with his bare hands to rescue a dangling child. the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following

georgia jones, who was 18, and 20—year—old tommy cowan fell ill at the mutiny festival. brexit in a meeting with the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier in brussels. ms sturgeon, who wants to remain in the customs union and single market, warned that time is running out for the uk to strike a deal with the eu. the russian billionaire and owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich, has flown to israel after being found eligible for citizenship there. he has faced delays extending his british visa, although it's not clear whether that's connected to diplomatic tensions with russia. israel passport holders are allowed to enter britain visa—free. pressure to relax northern ireland's strict abortion laws is intensifying following friday's referendum in the irish republic. labour has added its voice to calls for women to be given the same rights across the uk, and tonight, campaigners who want to see the law change held a demonstration in belfast. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. what do we want? the right to choose! the calls for change have be

the news comes after 18—year—old georgia jones and 20—year—old tommy cowan were named as those who died "high strength or bad batch" of drugs. they cancelled the second day of the event. the father of one of those who died, tommy cowan, has spoken to the bbc as our correspondent katy austin explained. tommy cowen's father damian went to the scene of the mutiny festival today, in cosham, which is to the north of portsmouth. he went there with other family members to place flowers, and he spoke emotionally about how he had been in hospital with his son as lay dying, how he held his hand in those final moments, and he wanted to warn people who might be considering drugs, not to do it. he didn't want his face to be shown on camera, but you can hear him speaking to bbc‘s reporterjoe campbell. it's no good saying don't do drugs, all i can say is take this onboard, look what's happened, if you want to end up that way, carry on. if you don't, just don't even think about it. well, as we heard, 15 people in total were treated in hospital, after attending the festival. we know that a further perso

the news comes after 18—year—old georgia jones and 20—year—old tommy cowan were named as those who diednight. they were among 15 revellers admitted to hospital from the event that night, with organisers issuing a warning over "high strength or bad batch" of drugs. the headlines on bbc news: a man is killed after flash flooding in the west midlands, with some areas getting more than a month's rain injust one hour a migrant from mali is to be made a french citizen after scaling a building in paris with his bare hands to rescue a dangling child. the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following the referendum in the republic. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. british number three cameron norrie has won his first ever match at the french open and it was over pretty quickly. norrie roared through the first set in 25 minutes, winning it 6—1. his german opponent required treatment during the set break and with norrie 2—0 up in the second, his opponent was forced to retire. remarkably, norrie hadn't even play

the news comes after 18—year—old georgia jones and 20—year—old tommy cowan were named as those who diedtiny festival on saturday night. they were among 15 revellers admitted to hospital from the event, with organisers issuing a warning over a "high strength or bad batch" of drugs. a young man has been hailed a hero in paris after scaling a building to rescue a small boy who was dangling from a balcony. mamoudou gassama, who's a migrant from mali, will be made a french citizen after meeting president emmanuel macron at the elysee palace, where he was honoured with a medal of courage. from paris, lucy williamson reports. france has nicknamed him spiderman. his real name is mamoudou gassama. when he saw a toddler dangling from a fourth floor balcony, the malian immigrant ran straight past the crowd of onlookers and began to climb. in less than a minute, he'd scaled the outside of the building, a neighbour holding onto the toddler, until he arrived. with one leg swung across the balcony, mamoudou swept the child to safety. cheering. the child's father is now being questioned for apparently

the deaths of 20—year—old tommy cowan and 18—year—old georgia jones have raised the question of whetherle of drugs to be tested to find out about what they contained and whether they were getting stronger. two weeks have passed since the festival, and leslie‘s pill test is finished. i‘ve come to tictac drug identification in london to meet trevor shine for the results. so we gave you a pill to test, can you tell me what you found it? yours had 233 mg of mdma in it, and if you go back, traditionally, an average dose in an ecstasy tablet would have been somewhere between 85—115 milligrams, so the one you brought in is considerably higher than that. and for someone to be taking maybe two or three of these in one evening, i mean, that is close to a one gram of mdma. it‘s a lot of mdma to have in your system. so leslie‘s pill was as strong as he thought it was. trevor says it‘s incredibly rare for a user to know the exact dosage like this. so we know that stephanie shevlin, who died just a few weeks ago from an mdma overdose, was taking this drug — the pink lego man. but we also know that le

people have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 18—year—old georgia jones and 20—year—old tommy cowanijust hope this stops at least some of you from ending up the same." speaking to the bbc, tommy cowen‘s father also urged young people to think twice about taking drugs. i was in the hospital with tommy when he was fighting, and i walked in and i held his hand and he died. young boy comes to a concert, makes one wrong decision, now he‘s gone. it‘s no good saying, don‘t do drugs. all i can say is, take this on board, look what‘s happened. if you want to end up that way, carry on. if you don‘t, just don‘t even think about it. we‘re joined by criminologist fiona measham, who founded the loop, a charity which provides drug safety testing and advice at festivals and other events. good morning. it is agonising hearing the thoughts of those pa rents hearing the thoughts of those parents in the most awful is that insta nces, parents in the most awful is that instances, having lost their children. that presumably is where your ports are, this is something your ports are, this is something you a

the news comes after 20—year—old tommy cowan and 18—year—old georgia jones were named as those who diedmong 15 revellers admitted to queen alexandra hospital from the event that night, with organisers issuing a warning of a "high strength or bad batch" of drugs. talks have resumed in the demilitarised zone between the koreas to try to get a planned summit between president trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un back on track. the original meeting — set forjune 12th had been called off by president trump, but it appears both sides are still trying to find a way forward. our correspondent laura bicker is in seoul. it is difficult to keep up with this but it is clear both sides want to make progress. what are the talks focusing on? a few days ago donald trump said there would be no talks between the us and north korea and now we have two sets of talks going on. one of the border of south korea and another happening in singapore. around the table of seasoned, experienced diplomats, not used to dealing with the other side. that suggests that they are serious about trying to get this