Humanitarian worker Steve Jones dies aged 77

Steve Jones, a humanitarian worker focused on Bangladesh and India, has died aged 77.

He studied geography at Bristol University and later began further studies at Cambridge.

In 1971, he joined Operation Omega, which moved humanitarian aid from India into Bangladesh during the war between Bangladesh and Pakistan.

His later work included helping develop a flood action plan in Bangladesh and addressing rural poverty in India.

He also worked on a cyclone recovery project that led to shelters being built in Bangladesh.

After being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2008, he received a lung transplant and devoted much of his later life to supporting people with the disease.

He led Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis and was president of the European Pulmonary Fibrosis Federation; he is survived by his wife, three children and seven grandchildren.