Drowning Prevention Week
The importance of teaching children to swim is being highlighted in a new campaign as part of Drowning Prevention Week.
Cornish mum talks about how swimming lessons saved her daughter's life
A mum from Cornwall has told ITV News how swimming lessons helped to save her daughter's life. Tollana Shearn-Reeves was only two when she fell into a pond - but already she knew how to stay afloat.
The importance of teaching children to swim is being highlighted as part of Drowning Prevention Week, as Kathy Wardle reports.
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Mum says all kids should learn to swim
Mum of toddler who nearly drowned says all kids should learn to swim
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Tollana's life was saved by lessons at just 12 weeks
400 people die from drowning every year and it's now the third highest cause of accidental death in children.