Relatives from Oxfordshire are mourning the death of a family of four killed by a gas leak in a hotel.

Muslim convert Samir Algar, 30, his wife Freeya Ali, 26, and sons Ibrahim, three, and eight-month-old Moussa were poisoned by carbon monoxide from a faulty heater in a hotel room in Jordan.

Mr Algar, a British passport-holder who had relatives in Oxford, and his Bangladesh-born wife are understood to have been attending an Islamic studies course in Jordan's capital Amman.

A Foreign Office spokesman said the tragedy happened on January 1. Jordanian police are investigating but do not suspect foul play.