- An urgent police search is underway for a 13-year-old boy who got into difficulty while swimming off the coast of Hornsea, East Yorkshire , on Tuesday evening.
- Emergency services, including HM Coastguard , Yorkshire Ambulance Service , Humberside Fire and Rescue, and Humberside Police , were deployed to the South Promenade after reports around 6pm.
- The extensive search and rescue operation involves specialist Police Search Advisors, a marine unit, and drone pilots to locate the missing boy.
- Chief Superintendent Phil Booker has urged the public to avoid the search area to allow emergency services to work efficiently and safely, and to refrain from speculating on the incident.
- This incident follows a recent death of a 14-year-old boy in London and warnings from the Royal Life Saving Society about the dangers of open water during warm weather.
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Urgent search for teenage boy, 13, missing off coast of East Yorkshire
