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| Gairloch canoe capsize: Search to resume for man | Gairloch canoe capsize: Search to resume for man |
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| The search is due to resume later for the body of a man still missing at sea after a canoeing accident in north west Highlands at the weekend. | The search is due to resume later for the body of a man still missing at sea after a canoeing accident in north west Highlands at the weekend. |
| Ewen Beaton, 32, was one of four people who died after their boat overturned off Gairloch on Sunday. | Ewen Beaton, 32, was one of four people who died after their boat overturned off Gairloch on Sunday. |
| His sons, Ewen, five, and two-year-old Jamie, were pulled from the water, along with Gracie Mackay, aged five. The three children died in hospital. | His sons, Ewen, five, and two-year-old Jamie, were pulled from the water, along with Gracie Mackay, aged five. The three children died in hospital. |
| Gracie's father, 36, and sister Callie, eight, swam to shore. | Gracie's father, 36, and sister Callie, eight, swam to shore. |
| The families, who were on a day trip from their homes in Beauly and Muir of Ord, had gone out in the sea loch on a narrow-designed Canadian canoe . | |
| The eight-year-old girl and her father managed to alert the coastguard when they reached the shore. | The eight-year-old girl and her father managed to alert the coastguard when they reached the shore. |
| 'Utterly devastated' | 'Utterly devastated' |
| Ewen and Jamie Beaton were airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, but Northern Constabulary later confirmed they had both died. | Ewen and Jamie Beaton were airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, but Northern Constabulary later confirmed they had both died. |
| Gracie Mackay was flown to hospital on Skye then transferred to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow where she passed away with her parents at her bedside on Monday afternoon. | Gracie Mackay was flown to hospital on Skye then transferred to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow where she passed away with her parents at her bedside on Monday afternoon. |
| A shoreline search for Mr Beaton's body was expected to be launched on Tuesday morning. | A shoreline search for Mr Beaton's body was expected to be launched on Tuesday morning. |
| In a statement, the Beaton family said: "We are utterly devastated by what has happened and the loss of our beautiful little boys. | |
| "We appreciate all that has and is being done by emergency services to find their adoring father, Ewen." | "We appreciate all that has and is being done by emergency services to find their adoring father, Ewen." |
| Five-year-old Ewen had just started at Teannassie Primary School, near Beauly, and his two-year-old-brother Jamie was due to begin nursery in the new year. | Five-year-old Ewen had just started at Teannassie Primary School, near Beauly, and his two-year-old-brother Jamie was due to begin nursery in the new year. |
| Highland Council said the 61 children who attend the school and their teachers were receiving specialist support. | Highland Council said the 61 children who attend the school and their teachers were receiving specialist support. |
| The chairman of the school's parent council said the school and wider community were "devastated". | The chairman of the school's parent council said the school and wider community were "devastated". |