
A 14-year-old boy has become the 11th person to die after getting into difficulty in open water during the record-breaking May heatwave.
Nine children and two adults have now died in open water incidents over the past week as temperatures soared to above 30C in parts of the country.
In the latest incident, Thames Valley Police confirmed on Thursday that the boy died "after getting into difficulty in the River Thames at Donnington Bridge" on May 27.
He has been named as Baltazar L’Qui, a member of the local Timorese community.
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