correspondent ben wright. good to see used to talk us through what is going on here. i see used to talk us through what is going on here- going on here. i think the main event today is going on here. i think the main event today is still going on here. i think the main event today is still the - going on here. i think the main event today is still the fact - going on here. i think the mainj event today is still the fact that the government are bringing a review against the inquiry, the covid 19 inquiry because it does not want to hand over unredacted whatsapp messages, diaries and it looks as demanded by inquiry route has been going on for weeks as baroness hallett gave the government till 4pm today to hand over the material but the government digging in and now wants it settled at the high court. it does not feel the remit of the inquiry stretches to secure the unredacted, unedited documents the baroness is asked for savannah will go off to the high court. separately bor
there remain questions tonight about how a 12 year old girl and a 17 year old boy came to lose their lives after being pulled out of the sea off the coast of bournemouth yesterday. police have ruled out suggestions that they were hit by a vessel or that anyone was jumping from the pier. eight other people were treated on the beach for non life threatening injuries. a man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. duncan kennedyjoins us from bournemouth. duncan. there is a real sense of disbelief here about how a group of people playing in the sea can somehow get caught up in a tragedy like this. the police are not saying exactly what happened but they ruled out some things, like this group being hit by a jet ski or becoming injured byjumping off the pier here. whatever has gone on here, it has left two families grieving. for several hours, this part of bournemouth beach was transformed into a major incident. the sand was cleared of the public to allow in hel
correspondent helena wilkinson. in correspondent helena wilkinson. terms of what thl been in terms of what the police have been saying through the course of today, take us through it. well. today, take us through it. well, matthew, today, take us through it. well, matthew. just today, take us through it. well, matthew, just behind today, take us through it. well, matthew, just behind us - today, take us through it. well, | matthew, just behind us actually today, take us through it. -ii matthew, just behind us actually is the water where the tenant swimmers gap into such difficulty, and some hours after the incident, which happened yesterday afternoon, we are still no clear as to how they got into that difficulty in the water. there has been a lot of speculation around here today as to what might have happened. we heard from dorset police who are leading this investigation a little earlier on, and they came out to really stamp out that speculation. as you mentioned there,
to the bbc news at one. police investigating the death of a 12 year old girl and a 17 year old boy at bournemouth beach yesterday say there was no physical contact between the children and any vessel on the water. eight other people were treated in hospital after the incident yesterday afternoon. a man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in bournemouth this lunchtime. this was a distressing incident that played out across a packed beach. it involved and ended in the tragedy of two young lives being lost in the waters behind me. in the past few minutes, dorset police have been holding a press conference and they have gone into a few more details, saying nojet ski have gone into a few more details, saying no jet ski was involved have gone into a few more details, saying nojet ski was involved in the incident and that nobody had beenjumping off the pier behind me. one officer described this as a devastating incident. for seve
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