7 Apr, 2016 @ 15:15
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Four-year-old British boy drowned in Costa Blanca swimming pool

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costa blancaA FOUR-YEAR-OLD British boy drowned in a Costa Blanca swimming pool last night.

Local authorities said emergency services were called to the scene in Torrevieja but the child was dead by the time they arrived.

It is believed the boy and his parents had only just started their holiday.

A UK Foreign Office spokesman said: “”Following the death of a British national in Spain, we are providing support to their family. Our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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