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Ch Insp David Mather said: "This is a tragic discovery and our thoughts are with this boy's family and friends at this incredibly difficult time."

"While work is now under way to understand how the boy came into difficulty, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight this case as a reminder of the devastating consequences of entering open water," Ch Insp Mather added.

“Many persons are most seriously convinced that the world is flat,” wrote Frank Jewett Mather, looking down his nose, “the poor whites of certain Southern regions are most seriously convinced that clay is a delicious comestible. But their seriousness doesn’t matter, and I think that the seriousness of these Modernists matters very little.”

"You really wouldn't be able to host a family of four here," said estate agent Tom Reed of the Mather Partnership.

Conservative councillor Mark Mather said: "I never thought as a parish councillor I'd be dealing with bomb disposal."