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| Body find in search for teenager | Body find in search for teenager |
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| Rescue teams searching for a teenager who went missing during heavy flooding have recovered a body. | Rescue teams searching for a teenager who went missing during heavy flooding have recovered a body. |
| Mitchell Taylor was last seen in the early hours of last Saturday after leaving a bar in Tewkesbury. | Mitchell Taylor was last seen in the early hours of last Saturday after leaving a bar in Tewkesbury. |
| The 19-year-old's family said his disappearance, which coincided with the peak of the floods in the Gloucs town, was "totally out of character". | The 19-year-old's family said his disappearance, which coincided with the peak of the floods in the Gloucs town, was "totally out of character". |
| A police spokeswoman said the body had been discovered by an Italian hovercraft crew in a submerged field. | A police spokeswoman said the body had been discovered by an Italian hovercraft crew in a submerged field. |
| The team, from Turin, arrived in the county a few days ago to help fire crews working around the Mythe water plant. | |
| They were called to search the fields around Gander Lane on Saturday morning in a specialised type of hovercraft. Within minutes, they found the body tangled in undergrowth. | |
| Firefighters then had to swim to the body before they could recover it. | |
| Police said the body has yet to be identified and that the coroner has been informed. | |
| A 64-year-old man and his son were found dead in the town on Wednesday. Bram Lane and his son Chris died while they were cleaning up flood water at Tewkesbury RFC. | A 64-year-old man and his son were found dead in the town on Wednesday. Bram Lane and his son Chris died while they were cleaning up flood water at Tewkesbury RFC. |