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
the time is 6:15. our top story this evening. police release more details of how two children lost their lives yesterday after being pulled from the sea off bournemouth but questions remain. and the charity stepping in to help families struggling with the cost coming up on bbc news, police have said any protesters will be dealt with in a speedy and robust way at wembley if they try to disrupt the final between manchester city and manchester united this weekend.
local leaders say it will remain busy but safe. bournemouth remains a really fantastic place to visit and, you know, this incident needs to be investigated properly and we are confident with our partners that any lessons that need to be learned in the future will be learned. this safe, benign setting has been transformed into one of pain and distress. and we still don t know exactly what happened but two families have been left grieving the loss of their children. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in bournemouth. in the past hour, the government has said it will launch a legal challenge over demands from the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic will be released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret but a big guns meat goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. the
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