Overview
- Police announced on Tuesday that search teams recovered a body from the River Don and that Mackenzie Swift’s family have been notified while formal identification is carried out.
- Mackenzie, 11, was last seen entering the River Don near Ferry Boat Lane in Mexborough on Saturday and did not re-emerge, prompting a 48‑hour missing-person search.
- Separately, a 13‑year‑old girl was pulled from the River Wharfe near Burnsall, airlifted to hospital and later died, with police thanking members of the public who tried to help.
- The searches used multi‑agency resources including underwater teams, police helicopters, drones, fire and ambulance crews and mountain rescue volunteers, and officers asked the public not to enter the water or film operations.
- Media tallies place heatwave-related open‑water deaths in the mid‑teens and safety bodies such as the RNLI have urged people to follow simple precautions for cold water shock and to follow local warnings at beauty spots.