The mother of a 16-year-old boy who drowned in a quarry said he was “one in a million”. Police and emergency services were called at around 9.40pm on Saturday to a report a boy had entered the water and got into difficulty at Dawber Delph, Appley Bridge, near Wigan.
Following a search, the body of Jamie Lewin, 16, from Southport, Merseyside, was recovered from the water. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
It came as temperatures soared to the high 20s amid a heatwave in the UK.
