At least nine people, most of them teenagers and children, have died in separate water-related incidents across the UK during the recent heatwave and Bank Holiday weekend, according to a BBC report. The deaths have triggered urgent warnings from water safety experts, who are calling for immediate action to educate young people about the dangers of open water before the summer holidays begin.

A 13-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty while swimming at a reservoir in West Yorkshire during the Bank Holiday heatwave, police confirmed on Tuesday.

The perils of swimming in open water have been laid bare following the deaths of five children with a drowning prevention charity demanding schools get water safety on the…

Police and fire crews were called to Galley Hill Road on Wednesday afternoon