Six people were killed when a boat capsized in Lake Tahoe, a popular tourist destination on the border of California and Nevada. Two others are still missing following the accident on Saturday, which occurred as fierce winds battered the lake, kicking up 8ft-tall (2.5m) waves. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said two survivors were...
Filipino authorities are investigating a claim that dozens of cockfighter enthusiasts who disappeared three years ago were killed and dumped in a volcanic lake. At least 34 men – who had been accused of fixing cockfighting matches – disappeared without a trace in the capital Manila and its surrounding provinces. Six suspects were later charged...
As the sun set over Lake Turkana, a mother sobbed and threw flowers into the greenish-blue water to remember her teenage daughter who had drowned trying to reach Kenya via a new route being used by people smugglers. Senait Mebrehtu, a Pentecostal Christian Eritrean who had sought asylum in Kenya three years ago, made the...
BBC Part of the park was taped off after emergency services were called A 16-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty while swimming in a lake in Nottinghamshire. Emergency services were called to Colwick Country Park when the boy went missing at 17:20 BST on Wednesday, Nottinghamshire Police said. A police underwater search team...
A teenager found dead after going swimming in a lake in south-east London has been named as Izaiah Smith. The body of the 15-year-old was found in Beckenham Place Park in Beckenham at about 22:40 BST on Friday following searches by specialist dive teams. The Metropolitan Police previously said his death was being treated as...
A teenage boy has died after getting into difficulty while swimming in a lake in south-east London. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the 15-year-old’s body was recovered from the lake in Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham at about 22:40 BST on Friday. The police had been called at about 15:00 to reports of the boy...