Overview

• Search teams recovered a child’s body from the River Swale at Richmond Falls at around 10:45pm on Saturday following reports of a missing 12-year-old.
• North Yorkshire Police have not yet identified the body and have informed the boy’s family, who are being supported by specially trained officers.
• Fire and Rescue crews, Mountain Rescue teams, underwater specialists and an air ambulance crew joined police in the extensive evening search.
• Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious and they are withholding additional details at this stage.
• Emergency services remain at the scene as investigators continue inquiries into the circumstances of the incident.