All news on the topic: drowning

A 14-year-old schoolboy has died after he jumped into the River Thames as temperatures soared above 30C.

A seven-year-old boy has died just days after his teenage cousin died while trying to rescue him at West Mersea Beach, Essex.

Two female divers have died after being pulled from a loch after a search and rescue operation.

The wife of a Bangladeshi politician who died alongside her daughter as the pair tried to rescue another child in the sea at a holiday park has been named and pictured.

Two people are dead after several people got into difficulties on West Mersea beach.

A teenage girl who risked her life trying to save a 15-year-old boy from drowning has been given one of the UK’s highest awards for bravery.

Two men have tragically died after rescuing a pair of children who had got into difficulty in the sea at a popular UK beach.

A student has drowned while on a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) trip in Wales, police have said.

A three-year-old British girl has died after she was found “floating face-down” in a swimming pool and rushed to hospital.

A body has been recovered in a major search for a young man who went missing after he entered a lake in the Swanscombe area of Kent on Wednesday. Ten people have died in open water in the UK in the last few days.