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Body of missing boy, 16, pulled from river after frantic 5-hour search in heatwave

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The body of a missing boy has been pulled from a river after a frantic five-hour search, police have confirmed. Emergency services raced to the River Dee in Handbridge, Chester on Thursday after reports of an incident amid the heatwave.

Cheshire Constabulary said they were first called to the scene at around 2:30pm. A search for a "teenage boy" was then launched - before a tragic update was issued at around 11pm, reports CheshireLive.

A force statement said: "Police searching for a missing teenage boy in Chester have found a body. "The 16-year-old was reported missing at around 2.30pm on Thursday 22 July after he disappeared while swimming in the River Dee. Have you been affected by this incident?

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