A 15-year-old girl from Cheshire has died after getting into difficulty in the sea off the coast of Merseyside on bank holiday Monday, as the UK's water-related death toll during the recent heatwave reached at least 15. The girl died in hospital on Saturday, according to reports.
In a separate incident, a 13-year-old girl was pulled from the River Wharfe in Burnsall, near Skipton, North Yorkshire, on Sunday evening. She was airlifted to hospital where she was pronounced dead, North Yorkshire police said. Julian Smith, the MP for Skipton and Ripon, thanked emergency services and local residents, saying: 'This morning all my thoughts, prayers and wishes are with the family of the young girl who died in Burnsall yesterday.'
South Yorkshire police continued the search for an 11-year-old boy who entered the River Don on Saturday and has not been seen since. Police were called to the scene in Mexborough at around 8pm on Saturday, with emergency crews from the National Police Air Service, paramedics and the fire brigade attending.
A woman in her 60s died on Saturday after she and a man tried to rescue their dog from the sea off the coast of Thornton-Cleveleys. Lancashire police said the man, also in his 60s, remains in a critical condition in hospital. The UK recorded its highest ever May temperature for the second consecutive day last Tuesday, as thermometers hit 35.1C at Heathrow and Kew Gardens.
The Met Office meteorologist Rebecca Mitchell said the heatwave was 'over', with temperatures dropping towards the average for the time of year. Forecasters expect rain, possible thunderstorms, strengthening winds and temperatures about 14C lower in some places compared with last week.
