People on frozen water prompts urgent warning from police forces

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Many calls astir children and adults connected frozen h2o person sparked urgent pleas from constabulary forces, arsenic England is gripped with crystal warnings.

It has been 1 week since four boys aged six, eight, 10 and 11 died aft plunging into icy waters successful Solihull.

Recent incidents person been reported successful Derbyshire, London, Lincolnshire and Merseyside.

It comes arsenic the Met Office has issued snow, crystal and rainfall upwind warnings for astir of the state connected Sunday.

An amber informing for crystal has been fixed for parts of the North East, the North West and Yorkshire, portion astir of England has a yellowish informing for ice, with rainfall owed successful the south.

Finlay Butler, his younger member Samuel, their relative Thomas Stewart and a friend, Jack Johnson, were pulled from icy waters astatine Babbs Mill Park, adjacent Solihull, past Sunday.

Hundreds of radical attended a vigil for the boys connected Saturday evening.

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Jack Johnson, brothers Finlay and Samuel Butler and their relative Thomas Stewart died aft falling into the icy lake

On the aforesaid day, Avon and Somerset Police issued a information informing aft taking "multiple calls" astir children playing connected a frozen pond.

Lincolnshire Police besides reported that 2 young boys had walked crossed a canal successful Grantham and 3 boys had aboriginal gone connected to a frozen water successful Horncastle.

Officers successful Cambridgeshire were called retired to 3 incidents of children playing connected frozen lakes and constabulary successful Northamptonshire besides had calls astir children connected icy h2o connected Saturday.

Telford First Responders said it was "incredibly sad" to spot someone had taken their motorcycle crossed a frozen pond.

Suffolk County Council reported connected Friday that children successful Lowestoft had tested crystal connected a frozen pond, which aft an inspection was lone a fewer centimetres thick.

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Kirk Hallam: Children filmed playing connected frozen water successful Derbyshire

London Fire Brigade said it had received respective calls crossed the week astir children and dogs connected frozen waters.

Earlier successful the week, children were spotted playing connected lakes successful the Solihull borough and successful ponds successful Staffordshire.

In Derbyshire, young radical were filmed messing astir connected an icy water connected Thursday, portion successful Liverpool, adults filmed skating connected a frozen pond were "abusive" erstwhile warned of the dangers.

Staying harmless adjacent frozen water

Children should not spell connected the crystal nether immoderate circumstances
Stay distant from the borderline of bodies of h2o arsenic uneven terrain tin marque slips and falls much likely
Whenever possible, instrumentality to well-lit routes distant from water
Keep dogs connected a pb erstwhile they are adjacent the ice, and bash not propulsion sticks oregon toys connected to the ice
If a favored falls in, bash not spell connected to the crystal nor into the h2o to rescue them - determination determination wherever the canine tin ascent retired and telephone them to you

Source: Royal Life Saving Society UK

In Himley Park, Staffordshire, a pistillate was rescued from an icy water aft she went successful to effort to prevention her dog.

London Fire Brigade implored radical to "stay disconnected the crystal and support dogs connected leads".

"It whitethorn look sturdy capable to basal on, but it often isn't. If you autumn into icy water, the hazard of hypothermia is precocious and tin beryllium fatal," a spokesperson added.