A VILLAGE duck pond is getting lifesaving equipment amid fears that youngsters using the pond for swimming could drown.
The pond at Grewelthorpe, near Ripon, has recently been the scene for unsupervised bathing by youngsters.
Grewelthorpe Parish Council has decided it is time to act by erecting a lifebelt point, this week.
Parish council chairman Peter Lofthouse said: "We have done so because people are more safety conscious these days. And there is a real problem with some children, who have started going in the water."
Seven years ago a woman was rescued from the pond after getting into difficulties in the water. Villagers came to her rescue and she was unharmed.
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