A five-year-old British girl has died after being found unconscious in a swimming pool in Spain while on holiday with her family.

She was taken to hospital after she was discovered at a resort in Morro Goble, Pájara in Fuertaventura, on Wednesday.

Emergency services rushed to hospital after she was resuscitated by an on-duty lifeguard.

But she was flow to a bigger hospital in Gran Canaria for further treatment due to the severity of her condition.

Her death was reported by Canarias 1,500 kilometres de Costa, with the group saying: ‘The five-year-old girl who suffered a critical drowning episode in the pool of a hotel in Morro Jable died today.

‘The little girl was spending her vacation on the island of Fuerteventura with her family, originally from England.

‘It was around 1.30am when

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