NEAS unite with emergency services colleagues as part of World Drowning Prevention Day

Today (Monday) marks the beginning of the school summer holidays for millions of children but it also marks World Drowning Prevention Day. Last week soaring temperatures led to an increase in tragedies in the water with 14 people sadly losing their life to drowning in a matter of days. Here in the North East, 13-year-old Robert Hattersley was tragically killed in Ovingham, Northumberland, after getting into difficult in the River Tyne. Now, emergency services across the region have come together ...