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| Body found in search for missing Lancashire teenager | Body found in search for missing Lancashire teenager |
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| Divers have found a body in their search for a 17-year-old boy who went missing after getting into difficulties at a reservoir in East Lancashire. | Divers have found a body in their search for a 17-year-old boy who went missing after getting into difficulties at a reservoir in East Lancashire. |
| The boy was one of seven people who got on to a floating jetty at Burwain Sailing Club, Foulridge, two miles (3.2km) north of Colne. | |
| Lancashire Police said the alarm was raised just after 19:30 BST on Sunday. | Lancashire Police said the alarm was raised just after 19:30 BST on Sunday. |
| A police spokesman said: "Sadly, a body was found around 05:40 BST." | A police spokesman said: "Sadly, a body was found around 05:40 BST." |
| The other six people who had been with the teenager managed to scramble to safety with one taken by ambulance to hospital for a check-up. | The other six people who had been with the teenager managed to scramble to safety with one taken by ambulance to hospital for a check-up. |
| 'Urged to swim' | |
| One witness said she saw a young woman running up and down the bank. | |
| "She was shouting at him telling him to swim but he just gave up," said the woman. | |
| "You don't realise at that age the water is that cold. He probably thought he could swim - it doesn't look so far but it is a long way," the woman added. | |
| The tragedy happened on the eve of a new United Utilities water safety campaign warning children and young people in north west England about the dangers of swimming in reservoirs and other waterways. | |
| A company spokesman said it was a "tragic start" to the campaign. |