British boy, 5, drowns in pool on the Algarve

A five-year-old British boy has died in Portugal after drowning in a swimming pool.

The youngster was on holiday with his family at the resort of Amendoeira, near the town of Silves, on the Algarve.

He was pulled from the water at a villa on Saturday afternoon but could not be revived.

It is understood his death is being treated as an accident. Paramedics confirmed the boy’s death shortly before 5pm on Saturday.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are providing support for the family of a British child who has died in Portugal.”

It is the second case in two weeks of a child from a holidaymaking family drowning in a pool in Portugal.

A six-year-old became trapped in a pool filter and died in hospital last week.