Three children with their grandfather 'flying back home for school after family holiday' among 298 killed

Three young children travelling with their grandfather were among those killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, it has emerged.

Mo Maslin, 12, Evie, 10, and Otis, eight, were on their way back to Perth, Australia, with their grandad Nick Norris.

The family had been on holiday in Europe and their parents had decided to stay on in Amsterdam for a few days before returning.

Reports suggest Mr Norris had been taking the children back early to make sure they were home in time to start school.

The number of Britons killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine has risen to nine.

Flight MH17 was said by eyewitnesses to have "exploded" after it was reportedly shot down by a ground-to-air missile.

So sad......