A child has died following an incident in the water at a Cornwall beauty spot. Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed that one child died at Wacker Quay at Antony, near Torpoint in South East Cornwall yesterday afternoon after concerns were raised that a person was in difficulty in the water.

The incident took place at around 6pm on Saturday August 15. An eyewitness who called Cornwall Live last night said "there seemed to be everyone involved" and said police as well as ambulances, the coastguard search and rescue team from Plymouth as well as the Cornwall Air Ambulance and the HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter were all at the scene.

He said: "I saw several fire engines and vans, police cars and several coastguard vehicles and what appeared to be ribs being launched on the water

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