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| Body found in search for girl missing in River Thames | Body found in search for girl missing in River Thames |
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| Police were called at 13:45 BST on Friday after concerns were raised for two children who had entered the river in Gravesend | Police were called at 13:45 BST on Friday after concerns were raised for two children who had entered the river in Gravesend |
| A body has been found in the search for a girl missing in the River Thames in Kent. | A body has been found in the search for a girl missing in the River Thames in Kent. |
| Police were called at 13:45 BST on Friday after concerns were raised for two children who had entered the river at Royal Pier Road in Gravesend. | Police were called at 13:45 BST on Friday after concerns were raised for two children who had entered the river at Royal Pier Road in Gravesend. |
| Emergency services attended the scene, where a boy was retrieved from the water and taken to a local hospital. He remains in a stable condition. | Emergency services attended the scene, where a boy was retrieved from the water and taken to a local hospital. He remains in a stable condition. |
| At about 11:40 BST on Saturday, Kent Police and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) recovered a body from the river, since confirmed to be that of the missing girl. | At about 11:40 BST on Saturday, Kent Police and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) recovered a body from the river, since confirmed to be that of the missing girl. |
| On Friday, HM Coastguard said it had responded to a report of two children in difficulty in the water. | |
| The ages of the children have not been revealed. | |
| The search for the missing girl was suspended on Friday evening before recommencing on Saturday morning. | |
| Kent Police said the girl's body was found in the river near Gravesend after a search of the water and river bank on Saturday morning. | |
| 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 force added. | The death is not being treated as suspicious at this stage and a report will be prepared for the coroner, the force added. |
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