TRAGIC DISCOVERY
Body found in major search for boy, 16, who vanished swimming in lake with friends
The teenage lad is thought to have got into difficulties while out swimming
COPS searching for a 16-year-old boy who got into difficulty while swimming in a lake have found a body.
Emergency services rushed to reports of a teenager in the water at Burnside Lakes, in Cherry Hinton, just outside of Cambridge, at around 5.30pm yesterday.
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The force said search teams recovered a body from the lake at about 1pm today.
A spokesman said: "It is believed the boy, who is 16 and from the Essex area, was swimming in the lake with a group of friends when he got into difficulty.
"Search teams recovered a body from the lake at about 1pm on Tuesday.
"While formal identification is yet to take place, it is believed to be that of the missing boy and his family have been notified."
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Burnside Lakes, former chalk pits which were closed in the 1950s, is not open to the public and signs warn the public of deep water around the fenced area.
They are jointly owned by The Anderson Group, Cambridge City Council and Peterhouse College.
During lockdown in 2020 Cambridgeshire police issued a dispersal order preventing people from visiting the site and discouraging “dangerous swimming” in the lake.
It comes after it was revealed a 15-year-old schoolgirl was found dead after playing in Britain's longest river with friends.
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