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Search for canoe tragedy father

The search has resumed for the body of a father missing after a canoe capsized in a sea loch in the Scottish Highlands on Sunday, killing his two young sons and a five-year-old girl.

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Scottish canoe accident claims fourth life

The boating tragedy in the Scottish Highlands has claimed another life. Gracie Mackay, who was just five years old, died in hospital this evening.

Earlier police named the two other young victims - two-year-old Jamie and five-year-old Ewen Beaton. Their father, also called Ewen, is still missing and is presumed drowned.

As ITV News' Scotland Correspondent Debi Edward reports, there were a total of six people in the large canoe when it overturned in Loch Gairloch in the northwest Highlands. Only Gracie's father and sister survived.

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