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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Sam Cooper & Graeme Murray

Parents warned they 'must help' after boy tragically drowns at popular swimming spot

Mums and dads should make their kids aware of the dangers of open water in the wake of a teenage boy's drowning, say council chiefs.

They will step up patrols at the scene of Kai Gardner-Pugh's death after he got into difficulty while swimming there.

The 14-year-old, who was described as "the brightest star in the sky" drowned in Ashby Ville pond, Scunthorpe last July.

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