Italy bridge collapse: 'We just ran for our lives'

Nicola and Lisa Henton-Mitchell narrowly escaped the bridge collapse with their two children in Genoa.

The family, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, were four days into a three-week holiday when they were forced to abandon their hire car and run away.

Read more from the family: "Everyone was screaming to run"

The interior minister said at least 37 people were killed when dozens of vehicles fell 45m (148ft).

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency in the Liguria region in response.

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