A body has been found in the water at Salford Quays following reports of a person getting into difficulty, amid soaring temperatures over the weekend.
Emergency services were called to the quays near Media City, in Greater Manchester, at about 6.15pm on Saturday, with specialist search teams deployed to the scene.
Greater Manchester Police said a body had been located, although it had not yet recovered from the water at the time.
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Officers believe it is the person emergency services had been searching for, they said.
“Their family has been kept updated by our officers and are being supported at this extremely distressing time,” the police statement added.
Salford fire team officers had been at the quays on Saturday to speak to members of the public about staying safe in warmer weather.
Earlier in the day, crew members rescued a young person who was having difficulty in the water.
They are among several emergency service teams to issue warnings about avoiding water as the heat increases.
“We want to remind people to never be tempted to cool off by swimming in open water, or encourage your mates to jump into reservoirs, rivers, canals or ponds (or any other open water),” they said in a statement on Twitter.
Meanwhile, police in West Yorkshire were called to Ardsley Reservoir on Saturday afternoon amid reports of a person in difficulty.
Emergency services are continuing to search the reservoir after a man was seen to enter the water yesterday evening.
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Earlier in the week, a 24-year-old woman died after paddleboarding off Conwy Morfa beach in North Wales, while last weekend a teenager died in an incident at a quarry in Wigan.
Following the teenager’s death, North West Ambulance Service shared a warning about “the hidden dangers of inviting water”.
The new health secretary has said new measures including extra working hours for ambulance crews are being put in place as the UK faces its first national heatwave emergency.
Steve Barclay said the additional support, which also includes more call handlers, is being put in place on Monday and Tuesday.
Almost all of England is now covered by a Met Office amber heat warning, which will extend to Wales and southern Scotland from Monday until Tuesday.
And temperatures are set to intensify, with the UK’s first-ever red warning covering a large part of England, from London to Manchester and York, on Monday and Tuesday.
Temperatures could soar as high as 40C (104F) in London on Tuesday as health officials warn of the dangers of extreme heat.
