13 h. ago Mother and hero bystander drowned as they tried to rescue teenage girl, 15, swept into sea, inquest hears

Mark Ratcliffe, 67, died while attempting to save Grace Keeling, 15, and Sarah Keeling, 45, at Withernsea Bay Beach off the coast of East Yorkshire on January 2.

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17 h. ago Withernsea tragedy update as inquests opened after two died trying to save girl

Inquests were opened into the deaths of Sarah Keeling, 45, and Mark Ratcliffe, 67, who drowned in Withernsea, East Yorkshire, on January 2 attempting to rescue Sarah's daughter, Grace

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17 h. ago Family of girl, two, who died after falling into pond on Christmas Day tried to save her with CPR for 25 minutes before ambulance arrived, inquest hears

Isobel Abigail Maxwell, two, died in the garden of her family home in Doncaster after disappearing from view having been playing happily with toys.

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57 h. ago Swiss bar owner 'desperately tried to save waitress before she died in fire'

Jacques Moretti's statements to investigators have been reported in Switzerland, ten days on from the disaster that killed 20 children and left a further 116 injured

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4 d. ago BBC The Traitors star opens up on moment her baby stopped breathing and almost died

The Traitors winner has shared the traumatic moment her premature baby son almost died as doctors battled to save him in NICU

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7 d. ago Hero teenage boxer, 18, who died trying to save his friend in the Swiss bar inferno was the son of a British expat

Benjamin Johnson, 18, was among the 40 victims of the New Year's Eve inferno that tore through the popular Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.

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7 d. ago Man who tried to save mum and daughter in Withernsea tragedy lost dad in similar circumstances

A brave passer-by who tried to save a mum and daughter who tragically drowned last week has spoken about how his father passed away in similar circumstances

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7 d. ago The 40 young revellers killed in Swiss bar inferno: Boxer who died trying to save friend, and the boy caught by a twist of fate... amid claims fire extinguishers were 'kept in a locked room'

The fire, at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, claimed the lives of forty victims; 26 were aged between 14 and 18.

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8 d. ago Desperate coastguard attempt to save mum, child and stranger in Withernsea tragedy

Hero Mark Ratcliffe and mother Sarah Keeling were named as victims in the Withernsea drowning with her daughter Grace still missing as rescuers called off the search

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8 d. ago Pictured: Boxer, 18, who died trying to save his friend in Swiss bar fire

Benjamin Johnson, 18, a member of the Lausanne Boxing Club, died alongside at least 39 others on New Year's Eve as an inferno ravaged the popular Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.

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8 d. ago Man who died after being pulled from sea was trying to rescue a mother and daughter

Mark Ratcliffe, 67, had been trying to save Sarah Keeling, 45, and her daughter Grace, 15, who remains missing, police sayA man who died trying to save two people from the sea in East Yorkshire on Friday was attempting to rescue a mother and her teenage daughter, Humberside police have said.The body of Sarah Keeling, 45, was recovered from Withernsea on Friday, while Grace Keeling, 15, remains missing after being washed away. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Mum and daughter named after devastating tragedy at sea claims three lives

Sarah Keeling, 45, and her daughter Grace, 15, have been named by police following the Withernsea tragedy. Sarah's body was recovered on Friday evening whilst searches continue for Grace.

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8 d. ago Mum and daughter in Withernsea horror named after 'wave watching' ended in tragedy

Mother and daughter, Sarah Keeling, 45 and her 15-year-old daughter Grace were killed along with good Samaritan Mark Ratcliffe, 67, after the teenager was 'swept away' in Withernsea, East Yorkshire

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8 d. ago Pictured: 'True hero' father who died trying to rescue two people from the icy sea in Withernsea tragedy

Mark Ratcliffe, 67, was pulled from the sea at Withernsea on Friday

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8 d. ago Family pay tribute to ‘selfless hero’ who died trying to save two people from sea in Yorkshire

Body of 45-year-old woman was also recovered, police say, while searches continue for remaining missing person

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8 d. ago Pictured: 'True hero' father who died trying to rescue two people from the icy sea in Withernsea tragedy that killed three

A man who died trying to save two people from the sea in East Yorkshire has been named as Mark Ratcliffe.

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8 d. ago Withernsea good Samaritan who died trying to save girl hailed as 'selfless hero'

Mark Ratcliffe, 67, died on January 2 after being pulled unconscious from the sea in Withernsea, East Yorkshire, while trying to help after a teen girl got 'swept away'

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8 d. ago Moment man dices with death close to huge freezing waves in Whitby harbour

A shocking photo shows a person donning a hooded green parker coat while perilously edging closer along the lifeboat and yacht ramp to the foaming water below.

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8 d. ago Mother and Good Samaritan die trying to save girl swept into sea

A teenage girl was swept away by a huge wave on steps near Pier Towers at Withernsea in East Yorkshire on Friday

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8 d. ago Desperate mum 'came within inches of saving daughter before both swept away by freak wave'

Tragedy unfolded at Withernsea as witnesses describe heroic attempts to rescue teenage girl caught by 3m wave off East Yorkshire coast

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