Specialist teams are trying to locate the 16-year-old.
An urgent search is underway after a 16-year-old boy vanished while swimming in a lake with his pals on the hottest day of the year.
A police spokeswoman said: "It is believed the boy, who is 16 and from the Essex area, was swimming in the lake with a group of friends when he got into difficulty. "Search teams remain at the lake to find the boy and we ask that members of the public stay away from the area while this work is carried out. The boy's family are aware."
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