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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Bournemouth beach tragedy: Teachers’ tribute to ‘exceptional’ trainee chef who dreamed of owning restaurant

Friends and teachers have paid moving tributes to a trainee chef who died in a tragedy on Bournemouth beach last week, remembering him as a “brilliant, genuine” young man who dreamed of owning a restaurant.

Joe Abbess, 17, and 12-year-old Sunnah Khan drowned on May 31 in the sea near Bournemouth Pier, in an incident that left eight others needing medical treatment.

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