A group of teenagers were spotted playing on ice at a frozen Darlington pond just days after the tragic deaths of three children in the Midlands.
An image, submitted to TeessideLive by an individual who wished to remain anonymous, showed several children playing on the frozen Brinkburn Pond Nature Reserve on Monday afternoon. The post accompanying the image on Facebook read: "Just keep your kids safe."
The picture was taken just a day after four children fell into an icy lake in Solihull near Birmingham. Three of the children died and a fourth remains in a critical condition in hospital.
