Bournemouth pier boat operations suspended after swimmer deaths

Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned after they were suspected to have been caught in riptide

All boat operations have been suspended off Bournemouth pier following the deaths of two young swimmers last week, the local authority has announced.

Trainee chef Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton, and Sunnah Khan, 12, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, drowned and eight others were treated by paramedics after they were suspected to have been caught in a riptide next to the pier at the Dorset seaside resort on 31 May.