Man dies trying to rescue daughter

A British man has died after attempting to rescue his daughter when she got into difficulty in the sea off the Italian coast, according to reports.

The tourist had rushed into the water along with an Italian man working at the Bosco Verde beach, in Ostuni, in the Puglia region of southern Italy, according to the newspaper Corriere della Sera.

The paper said the man, 48, who had been at the beach with his family, was taken by strong currents in the sea.

The 11-year-old girl was saved.