The dad of a Scot who drowned in the River Clyde has told how three water deaths in the last ten days have brought him back to the day he lost his own son.
Duncan Spiers said he has been left saddened after the deaths at beauty spots during Scotland's recent heatwave - including 14-year-old schoolgirl Nieve McIsaac.
The teenager died at Royal Children's Hospital in Glasgow on July 16 after getting into difficulty in the water at River Teith in Bridge of Allan.
Kayaker Stuart Bailey, 51, was later recovered from the River Spey near Fochabers in Moray on Sunday, July 17, after he capsized.
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