"An eight-year-old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a leisure centre in Dundee, it has emerged.

The boy, who has not been named, was with a relative at the Olympia Leisure Centre in Earl Grey Place on Saturday.

He was reported missing to police at about 1800 BST and was later found at the bottom of the swimming pool.

He was taken to Ninewells Hospital but he was pronounced dead a short time later. Tayside Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

Officers said that the boy's name would not be released until his next of kin had been notified. "

(Via BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tayside and Central | Boy, 8, drowns in swimming pool: .)

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