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Milton Keynes ice rink has mobile phone frozen inside it

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Steve Hubbard/BBC Bright pink phone case in ice. Standing next to it are the boots of two ice skaters. One set of white skates, to the left, and one set of black skates, to the right. Steve Hubbard/BBC

The mystery workman left his daughter’s phone “on ice” at the new rink

A workman was left red-faced after his daughter’s bright pink mobile phone became frozen within a newly formed ice rink.

The man put the device on the side of the rink while it was under construction in Milton Keynes.

But when 60,000 litres (13,000 gallons) of water poured into the structure – which will be home to the Willen on Ice experience – the phone became entombed in its chilly new home.

Rob Cook, director at Ice Leisure, said the phone would have to remain there for the next two months as digging it out could affect the structure of the ice.

Steve Hubbard/BBC A female skater with brown hair poses alongside a male skater. They are holding hands and looking to the camera. They are on the ice rink and in front of them is the pink smartphone, encased in the ice rink. Steve Hubbard/BBC

The phone will sit in its icy new home for the next two months, bringing a whole new meaning to “cold call”

It was not until the following day that one of the team spotted the bright pink object – borrowed by the worker after he misplaced his own phone – frozen in the middle of the rink.

It is not known if it got there by accident or through a prank by one of his colleagues.

Mr Cook said: “Unfortunately, there is no way we will be able to get the phone out of the ice now.

“If we were to dig it out, it would affect the structure of the ice so it’ll remain entombed for the next two months.”

Steve Hubbard/BBC Smiling man standing sideways in front of an indoor ice rink. The roof is lit up with bright lights. The man, who has short brown hair with a slight wave, is wearing a zipped North Face top which is black and blue. He has a lighter blue t-shirt underneath. Steve Hubbard/BBC

Rob Cook, director at Ice Leisure, said the phone was staying put for two months.

The sheepish workman, who asked to remain anonymous, said: “My daughter wasn’t happy at the start, especially as she has just bought the new phone case, but after a short time – and the promise of a temporary replacement phone – she cooled off.”



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