Body found in search for girl missing in Thames
A body has been found in the search for a girl missing in the River Thames in Kent.
Police were called at 13:45 BST on Friday after concerns were raised for two children who had entered the river at Royal Pier Road in Gravesend.
Emergency services attended the scene, where a boy was retrieved from the water and taken to a local hospital. He remains in a stable condition.
At about 11:40 BST on Saturday, Kent Police and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) recovered a body from the river, since confirmed to be that of the missing girl.
Formal identification by the missing girl's next of kin has taken place, Kent Police said.
The death is not being treated as suspicious at this stage and a report will be prepared for the coroner, the force added.
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