Body was that of missing sailor

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A body of a man found in the English Channel is that of a sailor whose empty catamaran was found adrift.

Paul Fairbank from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire had been sailing from Salcombe to Cawsands in Devon when he went missing on Friday night.

A massive hunt began for the sailor after his 24ft boat was found drifting towards rocks, near Plymouth.

The 54-year-old's body was found near the river Erme on Saturday morning by an RAF helicopter.