Tributes paid to 'loveliest little boy' after Loch Lomond tragedy

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We start with some awful news from one of Scotland's most popular holiday spots.

A family has paid tribute to lost loved ones after a mother, son and friend of the family died in a tragic accident at Loch Lomond.

Edina Olahova, 29, and her son Rana Haris Ali, nine, as well as a family friend Mohammad Asim Raza, 41, drowned at the Scottish loch on Saturday. A seven-year-old boy, believed to be the son of Mr Raza, was taken by ambulance to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow where he is in intensive care.

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