Police searching for a missing girl in the River Thames have found a body.
Emergency services responded on Friday to a report of two children, a boy and a girl, in difficulty in the water near the Royal Terrace Pier in Gravesend, Kent, having entered the river at nearby Royal Pier Road.
A boy has since been rescued and is in a stable condition at a local hospital.
The children got into difficulty in the water near the Royal Terrace Pier, Gravesend
Kent Police said the body was recovered at around 11.40am.
The force said in a statement on Saturday afternoon its marine unit and the coastguard “continued the search of the water and river bank this morning.
“At around 11.40am, a body was recovered from the river near Gravesend with the assistance of the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).
Coastguard officers searching for the missing child
“Formal identification by the missing girl’s next of kin has taken place. The death is not being treated as suspicious at this stage and a report will be prepared for the coroner.”
The boy’s condition was “not described to be life-threatening”, police said.
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