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Woman and child die at Windermere

A woman and a young girl have died and a man is seriously ill after suffering breathing difficulties on a private boat at Windermere in the Lake District.

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Windermere boat deaths latest

36-year-old Kelly Webster and her 10-year-old daughter Lauren Thornton have been named as the two people who died from suspected gas poisonings on a boat at Lake Windermere yesterday (1st April).

Matthew Eteson, aged 39, who was also on the boat and was taken to hospital for treatment, has now been released.

Our reporter Tim Backshall sent this latest report at 2pm today (2nd April):

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