DATELINE: 29th June 2001

CAMPBELL REMAINS
Human remains thought to be those of world water-speed record-breaker Donald Campbell have been raised from Coniston Water, near where Campbell's Bluebird crashed in 1967.
The team that recovered the remains, led by underwater surveyor Bill Smith, had already located and raised Bluebird earlier this year. The remains, still in clothes similar to those worn by Campbell, were taken to Furness General Hospital for a post mortem. Samples were taken for DNA analysis and confirmation of identity.
Campbell's daughter Gina, present at the lake, spoke on the assumption that the remains were her father's. She told the BBC: "It's a very moving moment. I respect how nicely it's been done and I want to thank everybody that he can now at last rest in peace in the right place."
Donald Campbell died when the jet-powered Bluebird rose into the air at a speed of 297mph, seconds short of breaking Campbell's own water-speed record, and did a backward somersault before crashing nose-first back into the lake.

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