Family win battle for hotel safety checks after their son fell to his death ...

A heartbroken family has won a battle for safety checks at Spanish hotels after the death of a British teenager from a Magaluf balcony.

Tom Channon, 18, was celebrating the end of his A-levels on holiday with friends when he fell 50ft to his death over a knee-high wall at the Eden Roc complex in Majorca, in July 2018.

His parents were devastated to learn Tom died just a month after another young British holidaymaker, Thomas Hughes, 20, died in a fall at the same hotel in June that year - and no fence had been erected.

A third Briton, Natalie Cormack, 19, from West Kilbridge, Ayrshire, also died at the Eden Roc complex in April 2018 while trying to climb from one balcony to the other. 

The Foreign Office has now gained the ability to carry out 'Tom's Check' at hotels they fear may need additional safety measures.

The checks allow consular staff to liaise with hotels and carry out safety checks at resorts. 

'Tom's Check' is part of a training programme for staff at the British consulate seeking to improve the safety of holidaymakers. 

It will make sure that staff at the consulate meet with the relevant authority and request they visit the site to address any safety concerns that have been raised.

Tom's Check will then request that consulate staff, and families, meet with police to understand an investigations or safety concerns.

A plan will then be agreed with the family to identify where consulate staff can look to take action. 

The measures will be tested by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and any adjustments will be made in the Balearics in summer 2022 before it is rolled out to other resorts.