A body has been found in the search for a 17-year-old boy who went missing in a river, police have confirmed. Gloucestershire Police was called at about 22:00 BST on Sunday after the boy was spotted in the River Thames near Lechlade on Thames.
A group of five had been at the location together, and some had entered the water to try to find him. The others have been accounted for and the death is not being treated as suspicious.
The National Police Air Service, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service and Severn Area Rescue Association carried out searches into the early hours of Monday.
Searches continued throughout Monday and a body was later recovered from the river by specialist police divers from Avon and Somerset Police. Although formal identification has not yet taken place, the boy’s next of kin have been informed and they are being supported by trained officers.
Gloucestershire Constabulary has said its thoughts were with the boy’s family and friends at this distressing time.
Source: BBC
In other news – Stone blocks collapse onto road from a bank building in Thurso
Large sandstone blocks have collapsed onto the road and pavement from a former bank building in Thurso. The centre of the Highland town was cordoned off after the incident in the early hours of Monday.
Police Scotland said officers were called to the former Clydesdale Bank building on Traill Street at about 03:35. A large section of the building facade is missing along its roofline, with rubble strew across the road below. Learn more
