Boy, 16, who died in water at Stirlingshire beauty spot named

A view of Bracklinn Fallsplaceholder image
A view of Bracklinn Falls

Charlie Noble’s body was recovered from Bracklinn Falls near Callander on Thursday evening.

A 16-year-old boy who died after getting into difficulty in water at a beauty spot in Stirlingshire has been named as Charlie Noble.

Emergency services were called to Bracklinn Falls near Callander at about 6.45pm on Thursday, with Charlie’s body being recovered later that evening.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.”

Bracklinn Falls is situated in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

The 16-year-old’s death is believed to be the 12th water-related fatality around the UK over the course of the recent heatwave.

There have been deaths in places including South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Cornwall, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Cheshire, Pembrokeshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire.

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