Call to improve safety at Solihull lake after boys' deaths
By Joan Cummins, Maisie Olah & Clare LissamanFamilies are calling for better safety at a lake where three boys died after being pulled out of the icy water.
A fourth boy rescued from the lake is still in hospital where his condition remains critical, police said. He and fellow councillors are going to try to push the council for improved safety measures, he added.The community in Kingshurst was praised at Prime Minister Questions earlier, as well as the emergency services who responded to the tragedy.
One person told the BBC it did not seem real and the sight of the growing collection of toys and tributes to the "Babbs Mill boys" made it a very sad reality.Saqib Bhatti, the Conservative MP for Meriden, said at PMQs the people of Kingshurst who he represents had suffered "an unimaginable tragedy" and the families were in his thoughts and prayers.
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