A 13-year-old boy died after being pulled from Leadbeater Dam in Halifax on Sunday, May 25, after emergency services were called to the reservoir at 3.18pm following reports that a teenage boy was in difficulty in the water.

The boy was taken to hospital after being recovered from the water, but he was pronounced dead there later the same day. The response at Leadbeater Dam on Lumb Lamb brought multiple emergency services to the scene.

West Yorkshire Police said enquiries into the incident are ongoing and are being carried out by Calderdale CID. The force said the death is not believed to be suspicious.

Leadbeater Dam is a small Halifax reservoir that many people treat as a local beauty spot, and the tragedy unfolded on a scorching hot day in West Yorkshire. That made the callout more urgent, but it also underscored how quickly an ordinary summer visit can turn fatal in open water.

For now, the facts point in one direction: a child was pulled from the reservoir, taken to hospital and could not be saved. The investigation will focus on how he got into difficulty and what happened in the minutes before rescuers reached him.