Leeds surgeon will be 'tremendously missed'

A surgeon who died reportedly trying to save four teenagers from drowning was "extremely popular" and will be "tremendously missed by everyone".

Stuart Calder, 52, was pulled unconscious from the sea off Mawgan Porth beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on Saturday, after it is thought he dived in to help the children.

Mr Calder worked as knee surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and today the trust paid tribute to him, saying it was shocked by his death.

Two other adults also died in the surfing tragedy and were named as Rachel Dunn, 42, and Kevin Reynolds, 44, both from St Austell.

But the police said they would not be officially naming Mr Calder after a request from his family.

The four teenage boys - two aged 18, one 16 and one 15 - were taken to hospital after the incident but were found to be "safe and well".

Other tributes were paid to Mr Calder online, with a tweet from the Orthopaedic Network saying his death was "a massive blow for orthopaedics".

A former patient of his wrote: "Shocked to hear of death of Stuart Calder. Reconstructed both my knees and was a credit to his profession."

Another woman described Mr Calder as "one of the best consultants I've ever worked with" and a "hero".