TOURIST WHO DIED IN MALTA HOTEL FALL IS NAMED BY POLICE

POLICE in Malta have named a man from North Wales who tragically died after falling from a hotel balcony on the holiday island.

- By ELLIE GOSLEY and ANDREW FORGRAVE

Local media reported that a British tourist died in St Julian's, a popular holiday spot on the Mediterranean island, in the early hours of Friday.

He has been named as 25-year-old Kieran Thomas Hughes, who was born in Bangor. Messages of support for Mr Hughes' family and friends were issued after it was reported that the man who died was from Gwynedd.