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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent

Body of boy, 15, recovered from Manchester reservoir amid UK heatwave

Cowbury reservoir in Stalybridge.
Cowbury reservoir in Stalybridge, where the boy’s body was recovered. Photograph: David Dixon/Wikimedia

The body of a 15-year-old boy has been recovered from a reservoir near Manchester, as police renewed warnings about the dangers of swimming in open water during soaring temperatures.

Greater Manchester police said officers had been called to reports of a boy getting into difficulty in the water near Cowbury reservoir in Stalybridge at about 6.30pm on Saturday. A body was recovered later that evening, and was identified as the missing teenager.

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