{"id":550618,"date":"2026-04-25T21:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550618\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:24:08","slug":"woman-and-child-die-after-getting-into-difficulty-in-water-in-west-london-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550618\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman and child die after getting into \u2018difficulty\u2019 in water in west London | UK news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A woman and her young child have died after getting into \u201cdifficulty\u201d in the water at a west London park, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Police were called to Elthorne Park in Ealing just before 4.30pm on Saturday, where a woman and child were recovered from the water, the Metropolitan police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Both died at the scene, the force said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In a statement, police said an investigation is under way, but their deaths are not being treated as suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Police are working to identify the pair\u2019s next of kin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Det Supt Pete Thackray said: \u201cThis is a tragic incident in which a woman and her young child have lost their lives. Our thoughts are with their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI would also like to acknowledge the efforts of the first responders and members of the public who did their very best in an incredibly challenging situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWhile an investigation into what took place is under way, all initial indications are that the circumstances are not suspicious.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman and her young child have died after getting into \u201cdifficulty\u201d in the water at a west&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-550618","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\/550618","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=550618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}