The family of a 16-year-old girl who tragically died after getting into difficulty in a Warwickshire river during last week's heatwave has expressed gratitude to the local community for their overwhelming support.

Lillianna Tomlinson died after entering the River Tame in north Warwickshire last Monday, one of a number water-related tragedies during the hot spell across the UK.

Lilliana Tomlinson is one of seventeenth people to have died in a body of water as temperatures soared in the UK