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| Police searching for missing Hollie McClymont find body | Police searching for missing Hollie McClymont find body |
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| Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Hollie McClymont say a body has been recovered from the sea. | Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Hollie McClymont say a body has been recovered from the sea. |
| The 14-year-old from Glasgow was last seen in difficulties in the water at the south Wales resort of Barry Island on Sunday. | The 14-year-old from Glasgow was last seen in difficulties in the water at the south Wales resort of Barry Island on Sunday. |
| A body was recovered from the sea at Fontygary, near Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan but has not been formally identified. | |
| Hollie's parents have been told, said police. | Hollie's parents have been told, said police. |
| Ch Insp Marc Lamerton said: "The family of Hollie McClymont, who was reported missing on Sunday afternoon, have been informed of this development and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time." | Ch Insp Marc Lamerton said: "The family of Hollie McClymont, who was reported missing on Sunday afternoon, have been informed of this development and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time." |
| Hollie had been on holiday with her family, including her mother Sarah, when she went missing. | Hollie had been on holiday with her family, including her mother Sarah, when she went missing. |
| Police said the family chose Barry Island because they have relatives living in the area. | |
| Steffan Wiliam, a Barry resident and Plaid Cymru councillor at the local Vale of Glamorgan Council, said the discovery of a body was "awful, awful news - the nightmare scenario we have all been worrying about". | |
| "If it is confirmed that it is the missing teenager, this is the most awful news we could have had," he said. | |
| "Our thoughts go out to the family at this awful time. The pain and grief they must be feeling now is terrible." | |
| Fontygary is a small seaside village three miles (4.8km) south-west of Barry with a small stony beach and a holiday and leisure park nearby. | |
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| Coastguards led an extensive air and sea search off Whitmore Bay on Sunday. | Coastguards led an extensive air and sea search off Whitmore Bay on Sunday. |
| The search resumed on Monday involving Barry and Penarth coastguard teams, police officers and the force helicopter. | The search resumed on Monday involving Barry and Penarth coastguard teams, police officers and the force helicopter. |
| But on Monday evening Swansea Coastguard confirmed it had concluded its search. | But on Monday evening Swansea Coastguard confirmed it had concluded its search. |
| South Wales Police said the last sighting of Hollie was in the sea at around 14:45 BST on Sunday in the part of the bay nearest the Island Leisure Amusement arcade, Western Shelter. | South Wales Police said the last sighting of Hollie was in the sea at around 14:45 BST on Sunday in the part of the bay nearest the Island Leisure Amusement arcade, Western Shelter. |
| Police handed out leaflets about Hollie to holidaymakers and also carried out house-to-house inquiries in Barry. | Police handed out leaflets about Hollie to holidaymakers and also carried out house-to-house inquiries in Barry. |
| After Hollie disappeared her cousin Shannon said: "You never ever think something like this will happen to someone in your family." | After Hollie disappeared her cousin Shannon said: "You never ever think something like this will happen to someone in your family." |