London, May 26, 2026 (AFP) - Four teenagers drown in England since Sunday in heatwave

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2026-05-26

Four teenagers have drowned in lakes in England since Sunday amid a heatwave, police said. The school-age children drowned over a long weekend including a public holiday on Monday as temperatures soared to reach record-breaking levels near London this week. In Lincolnshire in northeast England, a 15-year-old boy drowned Sunday, police said. The father of the boy, named as Declan Sawyer, issued a warning to other families about the dangers of ch......

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