Devastated dad tells of 'agony' after his daughter drowned in a 'terrible accident'
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A devastated dad told how his teenage daughter's birthday celebrations turned into a 'death day' after the star pupil drowned in a 'terrible accident'. Thirteen-year-old Palwasha Akbar was playing in the River Wharfe at Burnsall, North Yorkshire, when she got into difficulty on May 31st. She was rescued but later died in hospital. She was one of 19 victims of water-related deaths during a week-long ‘catastrophic’ heatwave in May. These harrowing deaths prompted the Mirror to join forces with
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