Brits are being warned to take care in and around open water after at least nine people died in incidents in the sea and in lakes during the Bank Holiday heatwave.
Seven teenagers, a grandfather in his 60s and a woman in her 70s are known to have died – including two teenagers pulled from the water today.
People have taken to local lakes and ponds in a bid to keep cool amid record-breaking temperatures, including the hottest ever daytime record of 35.1C that was set yesterday.
But the Royal Life Saving Society has warned Britons to take extra care following a spate
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