Teenager dies at Kendal Calling festival in the Lake District

2 August 2026
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Teenager dies at Kendal Calling festival in the Lake District

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Emergency services were called to a festival site at Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District, Cumbria, at 2.13am this morning following reports of a teenage girl suffering a medical episode.

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The 17-year-old suffered a medical episode at about 02:15 BST and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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