A four-year-old girl who died in hospital following an incident at a swimming pool in Waterworld has been named for the first time.

Vethavalli Vasu-Dharma was found in a critical condition after an unspecified incident at the attraction in Festival Park, Staffordshire on August 4.

Paramedics arrived three minutes after receiving several 999 calls from desperate onlookers to find staff and visitors performing CPR.

They took over resuscitation efforts and rushed the schoolgirl to hospital where she later died. An inquest has now been opened into her death.

An East Midlands Ambulance spokesperson said: 'Crews arrived to find Waterworld staff and bystanders performing CPR on a girl who was in a critical condition.