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| Body of missing swimmer David Zikhali found | |
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| The body of a student who went missing after going swimming in the River Tees has been recovered by police. | The body of a student who went missing after going swimming in the River Tees has been recovered by police. |
| David Zikhali, 20, was with friends when he got into difficulties in the water near the Millennium Bridge in Stockton on Monday evening. | David Zikhali, 20, was with friends when he got into difficulties in the water near the Millennium Bridge in Stockton on Monday evening. |
| His family were at the river bank, where friends and fellow students had been laying flowers, when he was found. | |
| Mr Zikhali's father Bernard said they always had "that hope or that dream" he would be discovered alive. | |
| "Until you have the body, that's the feeling that everybody has," said Mr Zikhali. | |
| A police dive team had resumed the search after an overnight break as the operation entered its third day. | |
| Police said they were not treating Mr Zikhali's death as suspicious and warned people about the dangers of open water. | |
| "Despite how tempting it may be in hot weather, people can get into difficulty very quickly due to cold temperatures, depth and undercurrents," a force spokeswoman said. | "Despite how tempting it may be in hot weather, people can get into difficulty very quickly due to cold temperatures, depth and undercurrents," a force spokeswoman said. |