Ammon News - A 13-year-old girl has died after being rescued from a river, as the number of deaths in open water in the UK over the last eight days reached 17, following a record-breaking May heatwave.

Emergency services were called to the River Wharfe near Burnsall in the Skipton area at around 6.30pm on Sunday after a girl was reported missing in the river, North Yorkshire Police said.

After a short period, she was rescued from the water and taken by air ambulance to hospital where she later died.

Members of the public and medical staff had attempted to help the teenager at the scene.

"At this stage we are not in a position to release her identity," police said in a statement.

"Our thanks go to the members of the public who helped at the scene."

The spell of hot weather attracted many people to open-water swimming, resulting in deaths in South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Cornwall, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Cheshire, Pembrokeshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire over recent days.

In another water-related tragedy, police on Sunday said a woman had died and a man was in critical condition after the pair had entered the sea to rescue their dog.

Sky news