In half an hours time, we take a look back on events earlier in the year, marking the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children who drowned in a Swimming Pool on Christmas Eve. Gabriel diya had been staying with his family at a resort on the costa del sol. Police say the pool appears to have been working normally at the time. The hotel says its continuing to co operate with the investigation. Emily unia reports. According to Spanish Police, gabriel diya, who was 52, died trying to rescue his nine year old daughter comfort after she got into difficulties in this hotel Swimming Pool. His 16 year old son praise emmanuel tried to help and also died. Postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. A 14 year old girl, the childrens sister, raised the alarm. A british tourist whos staying at the resort told the bbc she spoke to the childrens mother. I noticed a woman was walki
Hurricane. Id had a shot at one of the bombers, and i was overtaking the squadron, so i turned to come back and have another go when i was hit. Maurice landed in these essex fields. His hands and legs were badly burned, and he endured months of treatment in hospital. The pain comes later. Oh, yes. Burns are rather uncomfortable. Hmm. Maurice mounsdon never flew again, but he did serve until the end of the war. Now, just three of his fellow Pilots Remain all of them over 100. But the courage shown in that long and costly summer will outlive all of them. Tributes to maurice mounsdon, one of the few, whos died aged 101. 0ne one of the heroes of the battle of britain. Thats it. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im chetan pathak. Banned for four years from all major sporting events russia is punished by the world anti doping agency. Arsenalfight back at the london stadium for their first win in ten matches. And fighting
Old friends do. He has selectively lea ked old friends do. He has selectively leaked it. Ithought old friends do. He has selectively leaked it. I thought he was a friend. Six people die in a shooting in the czech city of ostrava the gunman fled the scene and then fatally shot himself the chief executive of fashion retailer, ted baker, steps down following warnings over the companys profits myanmar is called to a un court to answer charges of genocide against its rohingya minority Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will defend her government. Tributes are paid to the man who inspired the ice bucket challenge who has died at the age of 3a it was a Viral Campaign that raised more than 150 Million Pounds for charity. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. New zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said there are questions which must be asked after the volcanic eruption on white island. Up to 14 people are feared dead six confirmed fatalities and eight people missing on the I
Freddie ljungberg. After a relatively dry start on the east, wet and windy weather in the west will move across all areas today. The strongest winds in the north and the west. I will have more inis north and the west. I will have more in 15 minutes. Remember the ice bucket challenge. Tributes are paid to the man who inspired it, raising more than £150 million for charity. It is tuesday 10 december. Our Top Story Police in new zealand are launching a criminal investigation into the deaths of 13 people after a volcanic explosion at a popular Tourist Destination. White island remains too dangerous to access, but aerial reconnaissance flights have detected no further sign of life there. Doctors treating the 31 injured fear some have suffered burns so severe they may not survive. Our correspondent Shaima Khalil has this report. The Prime Minister on the sight of where those who were affected by the devastation were first taken, praising those who jumped straight into helper. They worked ti
Week about whether the games are ready to go. The bbc have been looking a different stadium, we went to the rizal memorial stadium. And events that take place ahead of the Opening Ceremony where there is such a huge number of events to get through. Theirs was pretty shambolic, there was construction work and people tacking carpet to the ground before the game. Here was a different story. The athletic stadium is really world class. The truck looks like its in Great Condition and the facilities around here are really nice, looking at the Aquatic Centre it looked tiptop. But going round the athletes village, we met some athletes who said they were happy with the way things are in there, but we have seen that three blocks are not completed. There is still some work going on there. They have been stopping the work now the athletes are arriving but we saw some work mans tools and some accommodation blocks obviously not finish there. The games begin tomorrow. The organisers will be hoping the