AN inquest into the death of a two-year-old girl who died in a pool accident while on holiday in Greece proved that she did drown.

And today, accident experts called for stricter safety guidelines at foreign hotels.

Kirsty Wright, of Pilmuir Road, Blackburn, died despite frantic efforts by her father, Lee and other holidaymakers to revive her.

She was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital on the island of Kos.

An inquest was opened and adjourned yesterday by Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley coroner Michael Singleton, who gave the cause of death as drowning.

A second post mortem examination was carried out on Kirsty at Pendlebury Children's Hospital, in Manchester, which revealed "no indication of any amount of head injury."

The inquest was adjourned until January 10 and Kirsty's body was released so parents Lee and Linda can arrange her funeral.

And today, safety experts called for equal legislation across Europe after the death of a two-year-old girl in an hotel swimming pool while on a holiday in Greece.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) said the difference in health and safety laws across Europe could lead to confusion for holidaymakers on what to expect.

Parents Lee and Linda have said they would consider legal action against the owners of the Ilios hotel, in Tingaki, where the tragedy happened, after claiming there were no lifeguards at any of the hotel's swimming pools.

But ROSPA said the hotel would not be legally required to provide lifeguard cover. They said that in certain countries -- such as Greece -- it was up to individuals at hotels to follow guidelines rather than obey actual laws.

Today, Peter Cornall, head of water and leisure safety with ROSPA, said there should be stricter -- and more consistent -- guidelines.

He said: "People don't get the same treatment on holidays as they do at home. For 50 weeks of the year in the UK they know what kind of health and safety laws to expect. Then they go to Spain or Greece for two weeks and are faced with different laws.

"The safety laws are down to the individual country, but we want there to be some kind of legislation across Europe where the laws are the same.

"But we also need to get home the message that, when parents are away on holiday with young children, they need to be lifeguards 24 hours a day."

Blackburn MP and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, added: "This is obviously a great tragedy. I shall be making contact with the family and I will take up any representations that they have with the Greek Government."

Airtours today said it could not comment while its internal investigation was continuing, which it admitted could take weeks.

No funeral arrangements have yet been made for the toddler.