Six people dead in Britain's waters after police find body in search for schoolboy, 12
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Six people dead in Britain's waters after police find body in search for schoolboy, 12.
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Six people have now died in Britain's waters during this May heatwave as police discover a body in a search for a 12-year-old boy.
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A body was discovered in the River Ribble at Ribchester, Lancashire, on Tuesday evening following an extensive search operation for a schoolboy.The youngster had been swimming with friends when he ran into difficulty at around 2pm.
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Police officers and firefighters equipped with underwater search capabilities scoured the area until recovering a body from the water around 7.50pm."We believe it to be the body of the missing boy," Lancashire Police said - though formal identification is still yet to be completed.Ann-Marie Ruddock, who has lived in Ribchester since 1991, described the stretch of river as a "hotspot" attracting visitors from outside the area.She told the BBC: "Locals are well aware of the dangers of the river and they tend to keep away from it.
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