The body of a 12-year-old boy has been pulled from the River Ribble.
The boy had been swimming with friends when he got into ‘difficulty’ at around 2pm on Tuesday in Ribchester, Lancashire.
A Lancashire Police spokesman said the force had ‘very sad news’ to announce.
The force said: ‘A large-scale search involving officers from Lancashire Police’s underwater search unit and colleagues from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service was launched, with colleagues from North-West Ambulance Service providing support.
‘Very sadly, a body was recovered from the river around 7.50pm.
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‘While formal identification has not yet taken place, we believe it to be the body of the missing boy.
‘His family are being supported by specially trained family liaison officers, and our thoughts are very much with his loved ones at this extremely distressing time.’
The death is not being treated as suspicious, and a file will be passed in due course to HM Coroner.
It came after a heroic man died after trying to save his wife and granddaughter who got into difficulty in the sea.
Emergency services rushed to a beach near Padstow around 3.50pm on bank holiday Monday (May 25).
A man was found ‘suffering cardiac arrest in the sea’ at Tregirls Beach after he entered the water to try and save two family members, police said.
The family members were brought to safety by other beachgoers.
The man, who is local and in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin has been made aware.
A relative posted on Facebook: ‘I am so proud to call this man my brother’.
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: ‘We were called by the Ambulance Service at around 3.50pm on Monday 25 May following a report of a man suffering a cardiac arrest in the sea at Tregirls Beach, Padstow.
‘Emergency services and the RNLI attended the scene but sadly, the local man in his 60s was pronounced deceased at the scene. His next of kin are aware.
‘The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for HM Coroner.’
It came as police in West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Warwickshire have confirmed the deaths of two teenage boys and a teenage girl.
A 13-year-old boy, named locally as Reco Puttock, was pronounced dead after being pulled from water near Halifax.
A few hours later, a 16-year-old girl was found dead at a water park in Warwickshire.
South Yorkshire Police have also confirmed the death of a teenage boy in Rother Valley Country Park, Rotherham.
The search is on for a missing 12-year-old boy who vanished swimming with friends in the River Ribble.
A Lancashire Police spokesman told Metro: ‘We were called at just after 2pm today (Tuesday, May 26th) to a concern for the welfare of a child who had gone into the river at Ribchester.
‘The child, a boy, had got into difficulty while swimming with friends.
‘Emergency services are at the scene and searches are ongoing.’
The hottest day of May was recorded yesterday, with temperatures reaching 34.8°C at Kew in south London.
It comes after the body of another boy – Declan Sawyer, 15 – was found at Swanholme Lakes in Lincoln on Sunday.
Health warnings issued over UK heatwave
Thousands flocked to beaches, water parks and reservoirs yesterday as the hottest day of May was recorded at 34.8°C.
The previous record was set in 1944, when Britain was baked by 32.8°C.
Forecasters described the heat as ‘unprecedented for the time of year,’ stressing that temperature records are typically broken by only fractions of a degree.
Multiple amber and yellow heat health warnings remain in place today, warning that there could be a ‘rise in deaths’.
Amber alerts – the second-highest warning level in the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) three-tier system – are active in:
- London
- East of England
- South East
- West Midlands
- East Midlands
Yellow warnings cover the rest of England. These warnings, while not as severe, still warn that the heat poses a risk to vulnerable, older people.
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