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The hotel in Corfu where two children died from carbon monoxide poisoning is to reopen after being closed by Greek government ministers. | The hotel in Corfu where two children died from carbon monoxide poisoning is to reopen after being closed by Greek government ministers. |
The Corcyra Hotel had its licence revoked in October when Christi Shepherd, seven, and her brother Bobby, from Horbury, West Yorkshire, died. | The Corcyra Hotel had its licence revoked in October when Christi Shepherd, seven, and her brother Bobby, from Horbury, West Yorkshire, died. |
Ministers shut the hotel last week after finding it had reopened for the Easter break. | Ministers shut the hotel last week after finding it had reopened for the Easter break. |
The decision was overturned by the country's highest court on Friday. | The decision was overturned by the country's highest court on Friday. |
A judge ruled tourism development minister Fanny Palli-Petralia was wrong to order the hotel to close immediately when she heard it had re-opened for business last week. | |
We need to raise awareness in Britain of the situation out there in Corfu and the potential dangers Sharon Wood The children's mother | We need to raise awareness in Britain of the situation out there in Corfu and the potential dangers Sharon Wood The children's mother |
Christi and Bobby had been on holiday with their father Neil Shepherd and his partner Ruth Beatson when all four were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. | |
Hotel officials have since removed the gas-fired water heaters responsible for the children's' deaths. | |
Safety checks are currently being carried out on the establishment by three different state bodies. | |
The hotel is owned by the Louis Group, which also owns the cruise liner which sank off the island of Santorini earlier this month. | |
'Absolutely appalled' | |
The children's mother Sharon Wood said she was "absolutely appalled" to hear the hotel could reopen. | The children's mother Sharon Wood said she was "absolutely appalled" to hear the hotel could reopen. |
She said she would be going to Corfu next week to speak to ministers and legal experts to find out why the confusion had arisen. | She said she would be going to Corfu next week to speak to ministers and legal experts to find out why the confusion had arisen. |
Ms Wood told BBC Radio Leeds: "We need to raise awareness in Britain of the situation out there in Corfu and the potential dangers. | Ms Wood told BBC Radio Leeds: "We need to raise awareness in Britain of the situation out there in Corfu and the potential dangers. |
"We don't understand how this confusion has come about and we need answers." | "We don't understand how this confusion has come about and we need answers." |