Boy, 12, drowns in River Lea near east London's Hackney Marshes

Emergency services were called after the youngster was seen entering the water on Saturday at about 6pm.

A 12-year-old boy has drowned in a river in north-east London in a “deeply tragic incident”. Emergency services were called to Hackney Marshes after the boy was seen entering the River Lea at about 6pm on Saturday.The Metropolitan Police said divers recovered the boy’s body just after midnight on Sunday. He was pronoun

London Fire Brigade was called to reports of a person in the water in the river just after 6pm on Saturday