A 16-year-old boy died after getting into difficulty in water at Bracklinn Falls near Callander in Stirlingshire. Police were called at about 6.45pm on Thursday due to concerns for the teenager. His body was later recovered from the water. Police Scotland said the death was not being treated as suspicious and that a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal, the authority that investigates deaths in Scotland. Bracklinn Falls is in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. The incident follows multiple similar deaths linked to open water swimming during a record-breaking heatwave, with temperatures reaching 35.1C in Kew Gardens.
"Police were called to Bracklinn Falls, near Callander in Stirlingshire, at approximately 6.45pm on Thursday following concerns for the teenager. His body was subsequently recovered from the water. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal. The procurator fiscal is the authority that investigates deaths in Scotland."
"It comes after a number of similar deaths resulting from open water swimming during a record-breaking heatwave, which saw temperatures climb to 35.1C in Kew Gardens, west London, on Tuesday. There have been deaths in places including South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Cornwall, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Cheshire, Pembrokeshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire."
"Bracklinn Falls is located in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. A teenager has died at Scotland's Bracklinn Falls (Pampuco/CC BY-SA 4.0)"
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