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The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
Body of teenage boy pulled from river after he ‘entered water with friends'
COPS have pulled the body of a teenage boy from a river after a tragic incident. Police scrambled to Beccles Quay, off Fen Lane, in Suffolk, just before 7:30pm today after concerns for the safety of a teenager. The boy had entered the River Waveney with friends but had not resurfaced, said cops. A massive multi-agency search was launched to try and locate the teen. But the body of a teenage boy was sadly located and recovered from the water. Suffolk Fire & Rescue, East of England Ambulance Service, air ambulance crew and HM Coastguard all accompanied cops. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file with be prepared for the coroner in due course. The boy's next of kin have been notified.
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Emergency services at riverside incident in Beccles
Emergency services have been at the scene of a riverside incident throughout the were called to Beccles Quay, off Fen Lane, just before 17:30 Fire & Rescue, ambulance crews and air ambulance are in attendance. They were also joined by the coastguard, a police spokesperson has said. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service opens new control room after move
A fire and rescue service has opened a new control room after it decided to stop sharing one with another Fire and Rescue Service announced it would no longer share a control room with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority in Huntingdon in 2023. Suffolk County Council made the decision after it believed the system was "no longer fit for purpose". The authority opened the new £1.6m site in Ipswich on 24 June, following a six-month delay. The project took 18 months to complete, which the council said was "a short timeframe for a project of this scale". Twenty-three new members of staff have been hired to work in the control room. The council said it would be collaborating with Norfolk and Hertfordshire fire services, which were adopting the same technology systems. It said the control room could see calls being handled in those counties during busy periods or during larger emergencies such as flooding. The new technology allows control room staff to work remotely, however the BBC understands it would only be used where necessary, such as if the building needed to be evacuated or weather conditions stopped staff from getting to work, rather than routine working from home. Jon Lacey, the chief fire officer for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, said: "This project is about making sure every call for help is answered with speed, precision and care. "Bringing services back into the county was a decisive move to put Suffolk's residents and public value at the heart of emergency response." Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
