'The grim statistics tell us that, before this week is out, a teenager will leave home for a swim and never return. We desperately hope that prediction is wrong. How many more families need to pay the price before meaningful change comes?'
'Fifth UK heatwave of the year brings deadly danger - action on open-water deaths cannot wait'
'The grim statistics tell us that, before this week is out, a teenager will leave home for a swim and never return. We desperately hope that prediction is wrong. How many more families need to pay the price before meaningful change comes?'
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The number of people who have died from water-related incidents since the beginning of the heatwave has risen to 14, with a…
