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| Body found in Australia during search for missing Briton Gary Tweddle | Body found in Australia during search for missing Briton Gary Tweddle |
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| Police searching for a British man who went missing in bushland in Australia six weeks ago have discovered a body. | Police searching for a British man who went missing in bushland in Australia six weeks ago have discovered a body. |
| Gary Tweddle, 23, was attending a conference in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, when he disappeared after a work dinner. | Gary Tweddle, 23, was attending a conference in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, when he disappeared after a work dinner. |
| The computer salesman, who had emigrated to Australia with his family, rang colleagues also staying at the Fairmont Resort in Leura in the early hours of 17 July to say he was lost in the bush. | |
| He has not been heard from since then despite extensive search and rescue efforts. | He has not been heard from since then despite extensive search and rescue efforts. |
| Police said a body believed to be Tweddle was found by an ambulance rescue helicopter during a training exercise near bushland in Leura on Monday at about 4pm local time (7am BST). | Police said a body believed to be Tweddle was found by an ambulance rescue helicopter during a training exercise near bushland in Leura on Monday at about 4pm local time (7am BST). |
| Joanne Elliott, a spokeswoman for the Blue Mountains local area command of New South Wales police, said the extremely rough terrain meant police rescue officers would be unable to retrieve the body until dawn, when formal identification would take place. | Joanne Elliott, a spokeswoman for the Blue Mountains local area command of New South Wales police, said the extremely rough terrain meant police rescue officers would be unable to retrieve the body until dawn, when formal identification would take place. |
| "At 4pm the ambulance rescue helicopter was on a training flight over the Blue Mountains when they saw what they believed to be a body," she said. | "At 4pm the ambulance rescue helicopter was on a training flight over the Blue Mountains when they saw what they believed to be a body," she said. |
| "The location couldn't be accessed on foot and the crew lost all light in the mountains so we're unable to get down to the ground. They will return first thing in the morning with Blue Mountains police." | "The location couldn't be accessed on foot and the crew lost all light in the mountains so we're unable to get down to the ground. They will return first thing in the morning with Blue Mountains police." |
| Elliott said officers had been in contact with Tweddle's family to inform them of the discovery. | Elliott said officers had been in contact with Tweddle's family to inform them of the discovery. |
| His mother, Carol Streatfield, who also lives in Australia, had previously flown to the Blue Mountains to join the search for her son. | His mother, Carol Streatfield, who also lives in Australia, had previously flown to the Blue Mountains to join the search for her son. |
| She said the phone call from her son's partner, Anika, telling her that he was missing was the first step in the most "heartbreaking journey" of her life. | She said the phone call from her son's partner, Anika, telling her that he was missing was the first step in the most "heartbreaking journey" of her life. |
| In a statement issued by the Foreign Office last month, she said: "On the mountain my days were filled with sirens, noise, searching, tireless walking and door-knocking. I repeatedly followed the track I believed he had taken in the hopes of finding a clue. | In a statement issued by the Foreign Office last month, she said: "On the mountain my days were filled with sirens, noise, searching, tireless walking and door-knocking. I repeatedly followed the track I believed he had taken in the hopes of finding a clue. |
| "Every pole and tree were covered with his beautiful face. However, it was on a piece of A4 paper with a 'missing' heading. | "Every pole and tree were covered with his beautiful face. However, it was on a piece of A4 paper with a 'missing' heading. |
| "At one point I was so exhausted I found a bench to sit on in the middle of a bush track, and as I sat down there to the left of me was Gary's photo. It was a small comfort as I stroked his face, kissed him and told him how much I loved him and that I will never give up trying to find him, ever." | |
| Streatfield married her partner, Clive, last month in what she described as an "intimate celebration of our family unity". | Streatfield married her partner, Clive, last month in what she described as an "intimate celebration of our family unity". |
| She went on: "Gary was to give me away that morning and this decision was difficult to come to, however made easy by the fact that Gary was adamant that after 15 years we tie the knot. | She went on: "Gary was to give me away that morning and this decision was difficult to come to, however made easy by the fact that Gary was adamant that after 15 years we tie the knot. |
| "It was a day full of emotions with a common theme – love and hope for Gary, for us and for our family. | "It was a day full of emotions with a common theme – love and hope for Gary, for us and for our family. |
| "Gary was the most positive person I know. Today he would say to me: 'Just get on with it, mother', and so I will. I remain as positive as ever as Gary would want me to. | "Gary was the most positive person I know. Today he would say to me: 'Just get on with it, mother', and so I will. I remain as positive as ever as Gary would want me to. |
| "I just want my beautiful boy back. There is always love and hope and it is these two things that I will hold on to, always." | "I just want my beautiful boy back. There is always love and hope and it is these two things that I will hold on to, always." |
| A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are aware of reports that a body has been found. We are making inquiries." | A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are aware of reports that a body has been found. We are making inquiries." |
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