my name is richard stanton, area commander— so...rea commander with _ so... my name is richard stanton, area commander with west - so... my name is richard stanton, i area commander with west midlands fire service. i'd like to thank you all for being here this evening. before we start, i'd like to introduce my colleagues. to my left, cameron mcvittie, the tactical incident commanderfrom cameron mcvittie, the tactical incident commander from west midlands ambulance service. and superintendent mitch harris, deputy police commander for solihull. i'm first going to outline the west midlands fire service response to babbs mill park this afternoon. i will then hand over to richard who will then hand over to richard who will hand over to cameron to give details of their respective services involvement. around 2:40pm this afternoon, west midlands fire service responded with ambulance and police colleagues to babbs mill park in solihull. reports from the scene and videos on social media indicated and videos on social media indicated a number

supt richard harris and richard stanton from west midlands fire service gave this update earlier thisrespond at the scene yesterday afternoon and having worked very closely with colleagues from other emergency services went into the lake itself to help rescue the children and to try and assist them as quickly as we possibly could. we have worked very closely with our colleagues in the west midlands fire service and also the ambulance service and this has been a realjoint effort. it is incredibly sad that we do not have any better news for you today. regarding yesterday afternoon's incident. that is all i have to say at this moment in time. i will pass over to my colleague from the fire service and then we will be open to questions. service and then we will be open to cuestions. . ~ service and then we will be open to cuestions. ., ~ , ., . ., . questions. thank you, richard. we are deel questions. thank you, richard. we are deeply saddened _ questions. thank you, richard. we are deeply saddened by _ questions. thank you, richard. we are deeply saddened by the - questions. thank you, r

richard stanton is the west midlands fire and rescue service area commander.is would no longer be a search and operation be a search and rescue operation is essentially recovery and is now essentially recovery and taking time to make sure that everything done properly. everything is done properly. there have been has been a bit of a presence here this of a police presence here this morning and them talking amongst themselves . we've had no themselves. we've had no official update as yet. one witness to the event yesterday said that there was a group of youngsters playing on playing on the lake and their friends on the lake and their friends on the side. one them fell the side. when one of them fell in, they rushed the in, then they rushed from the bank save them . she bank to try and save them. she claims that that, one of claims that one of that, one of the an eight year old, has the boys, an eight year old, has since died. the emergency since died. but the emergency have any of have not confirmed any of that just all expecting just yet. they all expecting th