York river safety campaign

Jackie Roberts, whose daughter was one of three people who drowned in York's rivers last winter, has been speaking to ITV Calendar about coping with the loss of her daughter.

She explained how this has been an especially difficult time as students return to York University where Megan would have been due to start her third year.

Jackie told Christine it would also have been Megan's 21st birthday this week:

The loved ones of three young people who have drowned after nights out in York this year today joined forces to spearhead a new safety campaign to try and prevent further tragedies.

In the space of a just a few weeks, 20 year-old Megan Roberts, Ben Clarkson who was 22 and 18 year-old Tyler Pearson died in the city's rivers.

Today, as police and the local council outlined their own safety campaigns, the families released emotional videos highlighting the trauma of their loss.

Lisa Adlam reports:

The families of three young people who drowned in York's rivers this year have made individual films highlighting river safety.

The personal and highly-emotional videos have been made by Jackie Roberts, mother of Megan Roberts, Steve Pearson, father of Tyler Pearson and Rachel Peatfield, girlfriend of Ben Clarkson as part of a new safety campaign to try to prevent further tragedies.

The families of three young people who drowned in York's rivers this year are to take part in a new safety campaign to try to prevent further tragedies.

The local police and council are due to announce their plans today on how to tackle the drinking culture which has been a factor in a number of drownings in the city.

Jackie Roberts from Wetherby, whose daughter Megan drowned after a night out has made a film highlighting river safety - as have the loved ones of Ben Clarkson and Tyler Pearson who also died.