Syria mother Zohra Dawood 'didn't like the UK'

One of the women from Bradford who is thought to have taken her children to Syria, told a friend before she left that she did not want them growing up in Britain.

The friend, who does not wish to be named, told the BBC that Zohra Dawood said she "didn't like the UK" and feared England was becoming "more like America".

The friend says one of the children in the group, a 14-year-old boy, even boasted about fighting in Syria.

Ms Dawood and her sisters Khadija and Sugra, all from Bradford, went missing along with their nine children.

Earlier an Islamic State (IS) smuggler said they had now reached Syria.

Ed Thomas reports.