UPDATE: 7.45pm

Pictures have now been released of the coffin of Trudy Jones after she was flown back to Britain following the Tunisia terror attack.

An RAF C-17 flew her back to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire earlier today.

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UPDATE: 6.30pm

The RAF C-17 carrying the bodies of nine British nationals killed in the Tunisia terror attack lands at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire

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UPDATE: 6.10PM

The body of Tunisian terror victim Trudy Jones has now been returned to the UK.

It comes as the final British death toll was confirmed at 30.

The coffins carrying the remains of Lisa and William Graham, Philip Heathcote, Trudy Jones, Ann and James McQuire, Janet and John Stocker, and David Thompson were loaded into hearses in a sombre ceremony at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

Military personnel unloaded the coffins, which were topped with floral arrangements, and slowly carried them from the RAF C-17 transport plane used to bring them back from Tunisia into the waiting hearses.

The task, performed by members of the RAF Regiment's Queen's Colour Squadron, was witnessed by relatives of the dead who were present at the airbase.

Eight Britons killed in the terror attack were brought back to British soil yesterday, and further flights are expected tomorrow and on Saturday.

British nationals made up the majority of the 38 killed by gunman Seifeddine Rezgui when he opened fire on holidaymakers on a beach in the resort of Sousse on Friday - along with three Irish nationals, two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: "We now have all 30 British victims positively identified and we can say with a high degree of confidence that is now the final death toll of British nationals killed in this incident."

UPDATE: 1.30pm

THE body of Tunisian terror victim Trudy Jones will be repatriated today, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

The Blackwood grandmother worked as an activities co-ordinator at the Highfields Nursing Home.

She was among 29 Britons who lost their lives at the resort of Sousse on Friday.

“The Foreign and Commonwealth Office can confirm that nine British nationals will be repatriated from Tunisia today," a spokeswoman said.

 “They will arrive on an RAF C-17 into RAF Brize Norton at approximately 3pm. 

“Those being repatriated are Lisa and William Graham, Philip Heathcote, Trudy Jones, Ann and James McQuire, Janet and John Stocker, and David Thomson.

“The Foreign and Commonwealth Office reiterates the families’ requests for privacy at this difficult time.”

9.30am

AN operation to bring home the bodies of Britons killed in the Tunisian beach massacre is continuing six days on from the terror attack.

Among the dead was Blackwood grandmother Trudy Jones who worked as an activities co-ordinator at the Highfields Nursing Home.

Mrs Jones was on holiday at the beach resort in Sousse at the time of the attack.

The 51-year-old had been due to fly home on Monday and go back to work the following day after her week-long break.

Relatives of eight victims of gunman Seifeddine Rezgui gathered at RAF Brize Norton yesterday to see their coffins carried off a military transport aircraft by armed forces personnel.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the other 22 would arrive back in the UK "over the coming days".

So far 29 of the 38 who lost their lives at the resort of Sousse on Friday have been formally identified as Britons - with police still seeking to confirm the identity of one more also believed to be from the UK.

Adorned with white flowers, the coffins of Adrian Evans, Patrick Evans, Joel Richards, Carly Lovett, Stephen Mellor, John Stollery, and Denis and Elaine Thwaites were the first to arrive in the UK.

"All of our injured are home and all bar one of the 30 who we believe are British have now been positively identified," Mr Hammond said.

"The first RAF flight to repatriate the bodies of those killed in the attack returned eight of the victims to their loved ones. The remaining bodies will be flown back to Britain over the coming days."

The names of more of the victims have continued to emerge.

John Welch, 74, from Corsham, Wiltshire, and his partner of eight years, Eileen Swannack, 73, regular visitors to the beach resort, were among those killed.

Wounded Britons have already been brought back to the UK, with four severely-injured holidaymakers flown home. They are being treated at hospitals in Birmingham, Oxford, Plymouth and London.

Among the four is Allison Heathcote, 48, from Felixstowe, Suffolk, who was celebrating her 30th wedding anniversary when she was gunned down.

She was shot repeatedly in her stomach and shoulder and was pictured shortly after the attack in her pink bikini lying immobile on a sun lounger as hotel staff tended to her wounds.

Her husband Philip, 52, was killed in the terror attack. She has undergone surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where she is in a critical condition.

Tunisian authorities are questioning several suspected associates of Rezgui, who had links to the terror group Islamic State (IS).

They have said he acted alone during the rampage but had accomplices who supported him beforehand, providing him with weapons and logistical support.

Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi said an investigation was under way into security failures and armed tourist police would be on beaches.

A minute's silence will be held in memory of the victims at noon tomorrow, marking a week since the outrage. Flags are expected to be flown at half-mast over Government departments and Buckingham Palace. A joint inquest is expected to take place in London.