A 13-year-old girl has died in hospital after being reported missing in a river in North Yorkshire.

A 13-year-old girl has died in hospital after being reported missing in a river in North Yorkshire.

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A 13-year-old girl has become the 17th person reported to have died in UK waters during the recent heatwave after she was pulled from a river in North Yorkshire

The 13-year-old girl was rescued from the River Wharfe in the Yorkshire Dales National Park near Burnsall in the Skipton area, but tragically died in hospital yesterday.