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Daily Mirror
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Alahna Kindred

'Wonderful' boy, 14, who died in canal had jumped in 'as a prank' and couldn't get out

A teenage boy who died while swimming in a canal has been described as a "wonderful" lad with a loving girlfriend.

George Lund was named locally as the 14-year-old who was pronounced dead at the scene at Aire and Calder Navigation Canal in Leeds on Saturday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to a lock after pals said he "disappeared" from views as temperatures reached highs of 13C.

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