YOUNGSTERS are ignoring police warnings by continuing to plunge off bridges into fast-running river water.

Officers have repeated a warning after youths were seen jumping from Worcester's Sabrina Bridge yesterday - only a day after another group was condemned for risking lives leaping from the bridge at Temeside Way near The Ketch.

A witness to the latest incident, which happened at 1.30pm, said a group of about four teenagers, aged around 15, were climbing over the rail on the footbridge, in Hylton Road, before leaping into the water.

"They were holding on to the side and then jumping," said the witness.

"They were making a right splash. It was quite a busy time of the day and people were looking on at what they were doing, no doubt surprised that they were taking such risks."

Police said they had no details about the incident, but with good weather predicted over the latter part of the Bank Holiday, they have reissued a warning to youngsters who may be tempted to fool around by stretches of water.

"The River Severn is notoriously dangerous and we appeal to people to keep out of the water," said Insp Anthony Bangham, of Worcester Police.

"The good weather in the last week has made youngsters take unnecessary risks by jumping from bridges and this is extremely dangerous."

The actions of the youngsters on Thursday were condemned as "summer madness" by Jane Eason from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

She warned that although water can look tempting, two inches below the surface the temperature is freezing and can impair people's swimming abilities.

The good weather is continuing to entice people to swim in rivers despite two sisters drowning in a stretch of water near Scunthorpe.

* What can be done to convince youngsters that they are risking death by behaving like this? We want to hear your view. Write to You Say, Evening News, Worcester WR2 5JX.