'Beautiful spirit' Palwasha Akbar was playing in the River Wharfe at Burnsall, North Yorks, on the day before her 14th birthday during the heatwave last month.

Palwasha Akbar, who was a 'beautiful spirit', was pulled out of the river and taken to Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, where she was pronounced dead

'Beautiful spirit' Palwasha Akbar was playing in the River Wharfe at Burnsall, North Yorks, on the day before her 14th birthday during the heatwave last month.