Body Recovered From River Wear

6 July 2015, 12:01 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50

A body has been recovered from a river in County Durham by emergency services searching for a missing teenager.

A rescue operation was launched after a 14-year-old boy got into trouble in the River Wear in Witton Park.

Specialist river teams spent the night searching the water, at a spot said to be popular with children for swimming when the weather is hot.

Durham Police said a body was eventually recovered and formal identification was expected to take place.

A spokesman said: 
``A body has been recovered from the River Wear by officers searching for a missing 14-year-old boy."

``Police divers discovered the body in the river in Paradise Park, Bishop Auckland, close to the spot where a 14-year-old boy got into difficulty.

``A formal identification has not yet taken place and there will be a further update.''

In 2013 two other teenagers, Tonibeth Purvis, 15, and Chloe Fowler, 14, died after also getting into difficulty in the river at Washington during a similar hot spell.