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Police divers tragically find dead body in River Thames during search for 23yo after he had ‘got into difficulty’

A DEAD body has been found in the River Thames in search for missing man.

Specialist diving teams have been searching for a young man who went missing on Sunday July 13.

Members of a search and rescue team removing a boat from a river.
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Rescue teams have recovered a dead body during the search for a 23-year-old man[/caption]

Buscot Lock on the River Thames.
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He was last seen getting into difficulty in the River Thames at Buscot Lock, Oxfordshire[/caption]

Search and rescue van and police car at a search site.
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Thames Valley Police announced the tragic news after discovering a body this afternoon[/caption]

He was last seen entering the River Thames at Buscot Lock, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire.

Police received a report just after 9.10pm on Saturday that 23-year-old William had got into difficulty after entering the river.

Emergency services rushed to the scene.

A number of search and rescue teams responded immediately.

It included Thames Valley Police, National Police Air Service, specialist search teams (POLSA), search dogs and Lowland Rescue Oxfordshire, Wiltshire Search & Rescue, Severn Area Rescue Association and Hampshire Search & Rescue Dogs.

The Avon & Somerset police dive team also attended the investigation.

Thames Valley Police announced that they had found a body during the search this afternoon.

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