New help for young travellers

Caroline Stuttle was due to study at Manchester University

A new safety campaign aimed at teenagers is being launched following the death of Caroline Stuttle from York who was killed in Australia.

The Follow the Rainbow appeal, which is being run by BBC North Yorkshire, aims to pay for a video to be shown in schools and colleges in the county.

Caroline, who was 19, died in April 2002 after being found under a bridge in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia while on her gap year.

Her mother, Marjorie, has already set up the Rainbow Foundation to help backpackers with accommodation and finances if they run into difficulties.

This new campaign will offer advice and help to teenagers before they leave home.

Caroline Stuttle was thrown from a bridge in Queensland

Mrs Stuttle said: "She was such a positive person and excited about going away and it was such a tragic end.

"If we can save somebody else's life and educate them on travel and all the things they are going to do, then it makes my life worthwhile."

A friend of Caroline, Ben Fogarty, said: "By supporting the appeal it's a way of continuing something she would have liked to do herself."

Following a long police investigation in Australia, Ian Previte, 30, has been charged with the murder of Caroline Stuttle.

He is due to appear in court again in September.