Body found in search for teen missing during swim

A body has been found in the search for a missing 16-year-old boy, who went missing after getting into difficulty while swimming with friends in a Peterborough lake.

Emergency services were called to Crown Lakes at around 4pm yesterday (3 April).

Teams remained at the scene overnight to find the boy, but at midnight a body was found.

In a statement, Cambridgeshire Police said: "Our officers searching for a teenage boy who got into difficulty at a lake in Farcet have found a body.

"We were called at 4pm yesterday (3 April) by the ambulance service reporting concerns for a teenage boy in the water at Crown Lakes, Farcet, Peterborough.

"It is believed the boy, who is 16 and from Peterborough, was swimming in the lake when he got into difficulty.

"Search teams recovered a body from the lake just before midnight.

"While formal identification is yet to take place, it is believed to be that of the missing boy and his family have been notified."

This case will now be handed to the coroner.

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