Northern Ireland football fan killed in Nice promenade fall at Euro 2016 named

A Northern Ireland fan has died in France, French police have said.

Northern Ireland football fan killed in Nice promenade fall at Euro 2016 named

Update - 12pm: The Northern Ireland football fan who died after a fall in France was Darren Rodgers from Ballymena, sources said.

The victim, 25, toppled eight metres (26ft) over a barrier from a promenade onto a hard pebble beach in the south coast city of Nice at around 2am this morning, police said.

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