Sunrise host Nat Barr struggled to hold back the tears on Wednesday, as she watched the brave fathers of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles arrive back in Melbourne. It was confirmed overnight that the bodies of Jones and Bowles were flown back to Australia after their deaths of methanol poisoning last week.

Thai police have confirmed the death of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, who became ill after drinking tainted alcohol during a backpacking holiday in Laos.

Laos police have arrested the owner, manager and six staff members of the Laotian hostel at the centre of a spate of fatal ­methanol poisonings as the ­grieving parents of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles brought their daughters’ bodies back to ­Australia.