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Final picture: Chloe Johnson, five, waves as she plays in the water just an hour before she died This is the final picture of a five-year-old girl playing in the water just an hour before she drowned in her hotel swimming pool in Egypt. Chloe Johnson died in a swimming pool after her parents left her in a shallow toddler pool in Sharm el-Sheikh for a few minutes while they went to buy snacks. Sarah Thompson and Tony Johnson left Chloe's 15-year-old sister looking after her while they walked away. The schoolgirl drowned in another pool with a wave machine nearby. It is claimed that there were no lifeguards watching and no help on hand to save her life. Chloe's parents told ITV Daybreak they had walked round the pool looking for Chloe after returning from buying drinks and snacks. Mr Johnson said he was the first to start resuscitation efforts after his daughter was discovered at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel. 'It was just me at the beginning. I had done it all and t

Slovenia will launch a privatisation programme in September, Finance Minister Uros Cufer said on Monday, signalling further fundraising efforts to avert an international bailout. Slovenia earlier this month listed 15 companies it planned to sell to boost state income and improve corporate governance in an ailing economy that is around 50-percent controlled by the state.   The firms include Slovenia's second-largest bank, Nova KBM , its largest telecoms operator, Telekom , Ljubljana airport and national airline Adria Airways. The privatisation process is opposed by the governing coalition's second-largest party, but Cufer told parliament it would begin in September. He did not specify which firms would be sold first. "The processes will take two to three quarters to complete," Cufer said. Analyst Andraz Grahek, of consultancy Capital Genetics, said the programme could raise up to 750 million euros. Shielded by years of rapid growth driven by exports, successiv

Leslie Rourke, 71, died in a gas blast in Newark, Nottinghamshire, last night with his daughter-in-law Jeanette, 40 A grandfather and his daughter-in-law were killed in a suspected gas explosion as he helped to install new radiators. Company director Leslie Rourke was helping 42-year-old son Nick and his wife Jeanette renovate the central heating system at their terraced house when a blast akin to a ‘sonic boom’ shook their street. The couple are understood to have celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary on Saturday, just 24 hours before the tragedy. Neighbours had reported smelling gas prior to the blast at in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Nick Rourke - who was also pulled from the wreckage - remained in a serious condition in hospital yesterday with his family at his bedside. A debris-strewn gap remained in the terrace where the couple’s three-bedroom house once stood. Splinters of wood, beams, bricks and metal littered the road and back garden where the house had exploded outwar

U.S. stocks rose slightly on Monday as acquisition activity gave support, but investors were hesitant to rush into the market with indexes hovering around record levels. Deals, including Yahoo's $1.1 billion bid for Tumblr, indicate that companies continue to search for growth through acquisitions, a bullish sign for stocks. Yahoo was up 1.2 percent at $26.83. The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 finished Friday at fresh record highs and the Nasdaq Composite is at its highest since late 2000. A light economic and earnings calendar could leave the market vulnerable for a pullback, but those have been shallow and short-lived as investors take any weakness as a new chance to increase long positions. On Monday, the Dow climbed to an all-time intraday high at 15,391.84, while the S&P 500 edged up to a new intraday record high at 1,672.84. Both major indexes are up about 17 percent for the year so far. Even so, investors have remained wary of becoming too enthusiastic, whic

A sex tourist paid a teenage orphan 99p to grope him on the streets of Cambodia, it emerged today. Fish and chip shop owner David Graham, 47, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to sexual activity with a boy of 14 in Cambodia in April 2006. He was arrested in France last year after six years on the run. Graham, originally from Bournemouth, Dorset, was jailed for 21 months and ordered to pay £2,500 costs. He today became only the second man to be jailed under a law designed to catch sex tourists. Jailed: Fish and chip shop owner David Graham, 47, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to sexual activity with a boy of 14 in Cambodia in April 2006. He was arrested in France last year after six years on the run The traveller was caught after charity workers spotted him - and traced him back to the UK. But he fled to France while on bail and was started running a fish and chip shop in Perpignan. At the time of the offence he was aged 40 and had been hanging around the riverside area outside

A couple have been left fuming after spending £200,000 on a brand new home - only to find their cars won't fit into the garage. Claire Walker, 37, was stunned to discover the garage at the detached three-bedroom property in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was too narrow to accommodate her Volvo S40. Her partner Andy Birkhead, 33, managed to squeeze his Fiesta ST all the way in, but was left stuck in his car because there wasn't enough space to open his door. 'Abysmal': Claire Walker and her partner Andy Birkhead (seen left with son Billy), were stunned to discover the garage at their brand new £200,000 home is too small for their car to fit inside (right) Tight squeeze: Ms Walker claims the garage is not fit for purpose, and said it effectively knocks £8,000 off the value of the family's newly built home in Huddersfield The couple, who have a two-year-old son, Billy, only discovered the problem when they cleared out belongings they had been sto

A farmer, who shot at a metal thief as he attempted to get away in a van, has hit out at police after they refuse to hand back his guns. Bill Edwards, 21, says he has struggled to find work six months despite being cleared of attempted murder because his guns are the tools of his trade. The man from Scalby, Scarborough claims the police have acted illegally by keeping his property. Claims police acted illegally: Farmer Bill Edwards (right) is struggling to find work after police confiscated his weapons because he shot at metal thief David Taylor (left) as he tried to flee the scene in a van loaded with stolen metal He was arrested last summer on suspicion of attempting to murder scrap metal thief David Taylor after he shot at Taylor’s van, loaded with stolen metal from remote farmland at Whin Covert, Riggs Head near Scarborough in North Yorkshire. Mr Edwards’ four shotguns and two rifles - worth at least £3,000 - were all confiscated when he was arrested last August. Wh