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| Pierre Barnes: Body found in island search | Pierre Barnes: Body found in island search |
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| The father of a 12-year-old Lincolnshire boy who went missing on an island in France has been asked to identify a body which has been found. | The father of a 12-year-old Lincolnshire boy who went missing on an island in France has been asked to identify a body which has been found. |
| Pierre Barnes vanished on Porquerolles while cycling on Saturday. | Pierre Barnes vanished on Porquerolles while cycling on Saturday. |
| A body has been found in water off the island. | A body has been found in water off the island. |
| Pierre's father, Stephen Barnes, said: "I believe it will be Pierre. I feel as though it will bring an element of closure and for that we should be grateful." | Pierre's father, Stephen Barnes, said: "I believe it will be Pierre. I feel as though it will bring an element of closure and for that we should be grateful." |
| The 12-year-old, from Grantham, disappeared just hours after arriving on the island for a half-term holiday with his family. | |
| He had been cycling in a storm and his bike was later found with a broken chain. | |
| Search teams scoured the island and Mr Barnes said at a press conference on Tuesday that the response from people in France had been "overwhelming". | |
| Mr Barnes said he had given up hope of finding his son alive, but said the family hoped to find his body. |