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Man dies after being pulled from lake

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A multi-agency search was carried out on Derwentwater in Cumbria

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A man has died after he was pulled from a lake after going missing from a motorboat.

The man, in his 80s from Newcastle, was found in Derwentwater in Cumbria and taken to Cumberland Infirmary on Monday after a coastguard-led search.

The alarm was raised after an empty boat was spotted on the water.

Cumbria Police said there was nothing suspicious about the death.

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