HEARTBROKEN parents told yesterday how a suicide bomber tore their lives apart on a family holiday to Turkey - killing their "beautiful, bubbly" daughter.

And Sharon Holden spoke of the " mother's instinct" that convinced her something had happened to her 21-year-old daughter, Helyn.

Tragically, her sixth sense was proved right - Helyn was killed when a terrorist bomb ripped through a minibus.

Miss Bennett, of Spennymoor, County Durham, died in the blast in the popular Kusadasi resort. Her fiance, brother, aunt and uncle were also injured.

It was revealed yesterday that the couple had bought tickets to visit a water park but had changed their minds at the last minute and had taken the bus to the beach instead.

Yesterday, speaking about the tragedy for the first time, Mrs Holden, 41, who missed the blast because she was on a day trip to a Greek island, said she knew immediately that her family was involved.

"Call it mother's instinct, but all day I knew that something was up," she said.

"I didn't know what but my stomach was churning and I felt sick all the time."

The family had agreed to split up that Saturday, with one group visiting a Greek island and the others due to go to the water park.

After the blast, Mrs Holden and her husband, Tom, had to wait for hours on the island of Samos for the ferry to return.

"It was the worst six-and- a-half hours of my life. I spent the whole day walking about in tears. I didn't want to believe it was my family."

Mrs Holden had spent the day with her husband, sister, Lynn Debbage, 53, and brother-in-law, Terry Debbage, on the island, unable to contact the rest of the family.

The couple were met by holiday representatives when they returned to Turkey and their worst fears were confirmed. Five people had been killed.

Their "beautiful, bubbly daughter" was among the dead. Her brother, Adam Megoran, 16, suffered burns after being blown through a window and her fiance, Stephen Stables, 23, was critically injured.

Aunt Toni Punshon, of Sherburn, near Durham, suffered burns, as did her 14-year-old son, Sam.

Ms Punshon's partner, Michael Aspinall, was also badly hurt.

The family was sitting close together when the bomb went off.

Mrs Holden said: "They must have changed their plans and decided to go to the beach. The bomb blew up just after they got on the bus."

Yesterday, Mr Stables and Mr Aspinall remained in Turkey, still too ill to return home. The others were being treated at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.

Mr Holden said he did not think Mr Stables was strong enough to be told that his fiancee had been killed.

Mrs Holden said she remembered a happy scene days before the blast.

"We were around the pool and Helyn and Stephen were frolicking about in the water, carrying on. I looked over and saw they were both so happy."