Search launched after boy goes missing while swimming in a lake

Emergency services are urgently searching for a boy who vanished while swimming in a lake.

The boy went missing at about 4pm today at Crown Lakes near Farcet, Peterborough.

Cambridgeshire Police, the fire service and paramedics are all on scene as specialist equipment is used to search for the boy.

A force spokesperson told The Sun: ‘We ask that members of the public stay away from the area while this work is carried out.

‘The boy’s family are aware.’

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue told Metro: ‘I can confirm crews were called to Crown Lakes in Farcet around 4pm this afternoon (April 3) to assist our police and ambulance colleagues at an incident.’

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