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Tributes to Blackpool man killed in Ukraine air crash

Glenn Thomas, 49, a media relations co-ordinator for the World Health Organisation and former Granada journalist from Blackpool, was among those killed when a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane was downed over Ukraine.

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Family of Ukraine air crash victim say reports about the treatment of bodies is "the hardest thing"

The family of a man from Blackpool who died in the Malaysian Airlines crash say the hardest thing they've had to cope with are the reports about the treatment of victims' bodies.

Glenn Thomas was among 298 people killed when the aircraft was shot down on Thursday.

Speaking today, Mr Thomas's nephew Jordan Withers, said they were trying to remember him "for the life he lived".

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