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Search for body is set to resume Search for body in lough resumes
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A search for a body in Strangford Lough, County Down, is due to resume on Tuesday. A search for a body in Strangford Lough, County Down, has resumed, Belfast Coastguard has said.
Belfast Coastguard, Portaferry lifeboat and a police helicopter were deployed after reports that a body may have been spotted in water near Kilclief Castle. The Coastguard, Portaferry lifeboat and a police helicopter were deployed after reports that a body may have been spotted in water near Kilclief Castle.
The alarm was raised just before 2200 GMT on Monday by a member of the public.The alarm was raised just before 2200 GMT on Monday by a member of the public.
John Hope of Belfast Coastguard said the search was likely to focus on the area around Audley's Point. John Hope of Belfast Coastguard said Tuesday's search was likely to focus on the area around Audley's Point.
"Given the high possibility that someone may have been in the water last night we will be redeploying the teams again this morning," he said. "Given the high possibility that someone may have been in the water last night we will be redeploying the teams again," he said.
"Because round about that time it will be slack water, the tide will have ebbed and there will be a good chance of getting further out to the rocks in this area." He said that in the morning there was "slack water" and that since the tide will have ebbed there was a better chance of getting further out onto rocks in the area.