• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

News and entertainment worth sharing – York and North Yorkshire

  • News
  • Radio
  • Vouchers
  • WIN
  • More
    • Tickets
    • Lifestyle
    • Advertise
    • About
    • Contact

Body recovered from river in the Yorkshire Dales

Sun 11 Aug

The River Wharfe at Burnsall. Photograph © Google Street View

Sun 11 Aug 2024  @ 10:13pm
YorkMix
News

A man has died in the river at a Wharfedale village this afternoon (Sunday).

Emergency services were called to Burnsall near Skipton at 4.39pm following reports of a person in the water.

A man had entered the River Wharfe and got into difficulties.

Burnsall, North Yorkshire

Police, fire and ambulance crews went to the scene.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “Our colleagues from the fire service located a man in his 30s who had sadly passed away.

“Enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the man’s death are ongoing and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course.

“However, there is not believed to be any suspicious circumstances.

“The man’s family are aware, and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.”


Trending »


Primary Sidebar

Footer

Contact us

General
01904 375 029

Studio/competitions
01904 375 030

Email YorkMix »

5-6 King's Court
Shambles
York  YO1 7LD

Listen to us

You can listen to YorkMix Radio using your DAB+ radio, Alexa or Google smart speaker, or online using the links below.

Click here to listen to YorkMix Radio »

Download the app from Google Play store
Download the app from Apple App store
About us

YorkMix is a trading name of
York Sound Ltd

Registered in England
Company no: 12831940
VAT no: GB289462452

YorkMix Radio public file

  • About
  • Public file
  • Privacy policy
  • Corrections & complaints
  • Contact

Copyright © 2025 YorkMix