{"id":375540,"date":"2026-01-17T17:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375540\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:14:09","slug":"body-recovered-in-search-for-teenager-swept-into-sea-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375540\/","title":{"rendered":"Body recovered in search for teenager swept into sea | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The body of 15-year-old Grace Keeling, who was swept into the sea with her mother, is believed to have been found, police have said.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was discovered among rocks on Withernsea beach at 8.30am on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Tide times, weather conditions and the location meant emergency workers were unable to recover Grace before high tide on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This morning, with the help of HM Coastguard, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service and other specialist assistance, we have been able to safely recover Grace,&#8221; said Detective Superintendent Simon Vickers.<\/p>\n<p>Although formal identification is yet to take place, Humberside Police say they believe the body belongs to the teenager who was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/police-give-update-on-search-for-teen-girl-who-fell-into-sea-13491229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">swept into the sea on 2 January<\/a>, along with her mother, Sarah Keeling, who also died.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the public, Mark Ratcliffe, also died trying to rescue the pair.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/skynews-mark-ratcliffe-humberside-police_7126005.png\"   alt=\"Mark Ratcliffe. Pic: Humberside Police\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Mark Ratcliffe. Pic: Humberside Police<\/p>\n<p>It is thought Grace and a friend were on steps near the rocks on Withernsea beach when Grace fell into the water after being swept by a wave.<\/p>\n<p>Grace&#8217;s mother and three other members of the public, including Mr Ratcliffe, immediately entered the water in an effort to save Grace.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/skynews-search-rescue_7124973.jpg\"  class=\"ui-video-player-poster-image\" alt=\"\" data-testid=\"video-player-poster-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Share<\/p>\n<p>\n                Earlier this month: Search underway after two people drown\n            <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a deeply upsetting incident, and I cannot begin to understand the heartbreak felt by all the loved ones of those involved,&#8221; said DS Vickers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have spoken with Grace&#8217;s family and updated them, and we are continuing to support them with specially trained officers at this extremely difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" data-testid=\"app-promo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Understandably, they have asked for their privacy, and we would ask that this is respected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our thoughts and sincere sympathies will always remain with the families of Grace and Sarah Keeling, and Mark Ratcliffe following this utter tragedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The body of 15-year-old Grace Keeling, who was swept into the sea with her mother, is believed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-375540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}