The body of a teenage boy has been found in a lake after a huge search operation in Birmingham. 

The tragic discovery was made at a pool in Sutton Park after the boy got in to trouble and went missing in the water just after 6pm on Thursday.    

Emergency services descended on Powell's Pool, a large body of water on the edge of the park near the Boldmere area of Sutton Coldfield at around 9pm following reports a boy had gone missing. 

Boat crews were seen on the water and the emergency services continued to work after dark, using torches to search the pool, BirminghamLive reported. 

West Midlands Police are supporting the family of the boy at this difficult time and were not treating the death as suspicious. 

The police said: 'Specialist teams were deployed from fire and rescue, ambulance colleagues and Birmingham City Council colleagues. 

'Sadly this has resulted in the boy’s body being found and our thoughts are with his family at this time.' 

On Thursday boat crews were seen on the water and the emergency services continued to work after dark, using torches to search the pool, BirminghamLive reported. 

Sutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands covers 2,400 acres and is one of largest urban parks in Europe and a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest.