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Inquiry as boy, 13, dies canoeing | |
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The death of a 13-year-old boy while canoeing on a river is being investigated by police. | |
His name has not been released, but Dyfed-Powys Police say he was from the Earley area of Reading, Berkshire. | |
He was on a week-long organised trip when the alarm was raised at about 1500 GMT on Saturday on the River Usk, near Brecon, Powys. | |
Police are investigating what happened and have taped off two areas of the river about a mile east from Brecon. | |
His body was recovered in a joint operation between Dyfed-Powys Police and Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service. | His body was recovered in a joint operation between Dyfed-Powys Police and Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service. |
The fire service sent a rescue boat from its Hay-on-Wye station to assist in the operation. | The fire service sent a rescue boat from its Hay-on-Wye station to assist in the operation. |