Three boys dead after falling into icy Solihull lake, police confirm

West Midlands police say a fourth boy remains in critical condition in hospital after incident on Sunday

Three boys, aged eight, 10 and 11, have died after falling through thin ice at a lake near Solihull in the West Midlands.

A fourth boy, aged six, was in a critical condition in hospital after the incident on Sunday afternoon. All four children were in cardiac arrest when they were pulled from the lake at Babbs Mill Park, a nature reserve in Kingshurst.