Tenth body recovered from water after spate of heatwave deaths

The body of a teenage boy has been recovered from a pond, making him the 10th casualty of incidents in water during Britain’s heatwave.

Emergency services were called to a pond near Galley Hill Road in Swanscombe yesterday.

The body was pulled from the water, marking the 10th suspected drowning during this week’s heatwave.

Eight young people have died swimming during the heatwave, the youngest being 12-year-old Junior Slater.

A man in his 60s and a woman in her 70s have also died.

The Royal Life Saving Society has warned that water temperatures are still cold despite the heatwave.

They said cold water shock can make swimming and exiting the water harder.

Suspected drowning deaths

Declan Sawyer, 15, was found dead on Sunday at Swanholme Lakes in Lincoln.

That same day, a 72-year-old woman was pulled from the water at West Angle Bay beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Abbie Carmody-Pepper, 15, was pulled from the water at Burrow BEach in County Dublin.

On Bank Holiday Monday, a boy, named locally as 13-year-old Reco Puttock, died after being pulled from the Leadbeater Dam in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

Lillianna Tomlinson, believed to be 16, was pulled from the water in Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire.

A teenage boy was also pulled from a lake in Rother Valley Country Park in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

A man in his 60s died after running into the sea to help two relatives at Tregirls Beach near Padstow, Cornwall.

On Tuesday, Junior Slater, 12, died after getting into difficulty in the River Ribble in Lancashire.

On Wednesday, Cheshire Police found a body in Pickmere Lake while searching for a 17-year-old boy who went missing while swimming.

The body of another teenage boy was also recovered at Hawley Lake near Farnborough.

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