A 16-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty in the water at Bracklinn Falls near Callander, Stirling. Emergency services were alerted at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, and the body of Charlie Noble was recovered later that evening. Bracklinn Falls is located within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Police confirmed the death is not being treated as suspicious, and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.

Noble’s passing is the twelfth water-related fatality in the UK amid a recent heatwave that has driven many people to seek relief at lakes, rivers, and coastal areas. This tragic incident forms part of a wider pattern of drowning and water-related deaths occurring across the country over the past week.

Other fatalities include a 12-year-old boy, Junior Slater, who went missing while swimming at Hawley Lake on the Hampshire-Surrey border; a 17-year-old whose body was recovered in Northwich, Cheshire; and a teenager recovered in Swanscombe, Dartford. In West Yorkshire, a teenager named Puttock died after difficulties at Leadbeater Dam near Halifax earlier in the week. Additionally, a teenage girl’s body was found at Kingsbury Water Park in Warwickshire, and another teenager was recovered at Rother Valley Country Park, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

There have also been adult fatalities during the period, including a man in his 60s who died of cardiac arrest after entering the sea at Padstow, Cornwall, to assist family members in distress, and a 72-year-old woman who passed away after being pulled from the water at West Angle Bay beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

On Wednesday, 14-year-old Baltazar L’Quy became the eleventh fatality following a drowning incident in the River Thames. Earlier in the week, 15-year-old Declan Sawyer died after getting into trouble at Swanholme Lakes, Lincoln.

Authorities continue to emphasize water safety as temperatures remain high. The series of incidents has raised concerns about the increased risks posed by the surge in water-related activities during the heatwave, prompting warnings from emergency services and public health officials.