Girl, six, dies after getting into difficulty in sea at Margate Harbour

A six-year-old girl has died after getting into difficulty in the sea in Margate.

Emergency services were called to Margate Harbour amid concerns for a child in the sea on Saturday afternoon.

The girl, from Erith in south-east London, was taken to hospital in a serious condition but Kent Police confirmed on Sunday that she had died.

The force said: “Kent Police was called at 3.13pm on Saturday July 28 to concerns for a girl in the sea at Margate Harbour.

“Officers and the South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene and the six-year-old from Erith was taken to hospital, where she later died.”

The force said the girl’s next of kin had been informed, adding: “There are no suspicious circumstances and a report is being prepared for the coroner.”

The tragedy is the latest death involving people getting into difficulty in the water.

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Two bodies were recovered on Saturday in separate incidents.

The body of a 15-year-old teenager, provisionally named as Ben Quartermaine, was found near Clacton Pier in Essex after a search which began on Thursday.

And in Bedfordshire the body of a man aged in his late 20s was recovered from the Great Ouse river after reports of someone getting into difficulty on Friday afternoon.