A vicar has called for urgent action to avert a tragedy on a frozen Newcastle lake, after he almost stepped out onto the ice without realising.
Just days after four boys died after falling into icy water in Solihull, major concerns have been aired about a lack of warning signs around the Leazes Park lake. The Rev Mark Edwards MBE came close to walking out onto the city centre lake this week, wrongly believing it to be snow-covered grass, and fears it poses a major threat to children.
He was walking through the park while visiting parishioners at the Royal Victoria Infirmary when he almost mistakenly stepped onto the ice, which was concealed by snow after the heavy fall on Thursday. While he managed to avoid the danger after realising it was in fact frozen water, the vicar is worried that other people might not be so lucky.
