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Marina MOB dies after ladder struggle

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Three people have drowned at Thames and Kennet Marina since 2016

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The tragic death of a liveaboard boater, who drowned after falling into a marina and struggling with a pontoon ladder, has prompted a hard-hitting coroner’s report asking for ‘industry-wide changes’.

Catherine Forbes, 57, a teacher who died on 31 March 2023, was

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