11-07-2025
Boy's body pulled from lake in Birmingham park
The body of a teenage boy has been recovered from a lake in Birmingham.
West Midlands Police said emergency services were called to a lake in Sutton Park on Thursday evening after the boy went missing in the water just after 6pm.
Specialist teams were deployed from fire and rescue, the ambulance service and Birmingham city council to search Powell's Pool.
A force spokesman said: 'Sadly this has resulted in the boy's body being found and our thoughts are with his family at this time.
'His death is not being treated as suspicious at this time and we are liaising with the coroner.'
The force said it was supporting the family of the boy.
