Skegness: Body of teenage boy recovered from the sea - BBC News
The boy's body was found after a five-hour search on Saturday.
The body of a teenage boy was recovered from the sea at Skegness after a five-hour search

A teenager has died after going into the sea in Lincolnshire.

Emergency services were called at about 18:15 BST on Saturday to attend to a child under 16 in the water at Skegness.

The body of the boy was found after a five-hour search by police and the coastguard, Lincolnshire Police said.

The force said the incident was one of 10 calls about missing children it received in just two hours, adding its thoughts were with the boy's family.

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Supt Lee Pache said: "All of the those who were reported missing, other than the child who sadly died, were located safe and well."

The search was carried out by two RNLI lifeboats from Skegness and Mablethorpe, the HMCG Helicopter from Humber and Sutton Bridge, Skegness and Wrangle coastguard rescue teams, along with Lincolnshire Police and East Midlands Ambulance Service crews.

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