Don't miss our must-read newsletter Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailA 17-year-old feared drowned in quarry lagoon was described as the "life and soul of the family". Haider Ali, pictured here for the first time, was cooling off with friends in the sweltering 34C heat yesterday at Shavers End Quarry, near Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs. Speaking today at the quarry, his grief-stricken family said: "Haider was the life and soul of the family. The water - dubbed the blue lagoon - is a tragic blackspot with deaths reported there each summer. An inquest this year heard Jayden Clarke, 18, accessed the lagoon through an unlocked gate in July 2018.

Source: Daily Mirror August 13, 2020 13:42 UTC