A body has been found in the search for a 21-year-old man who went missing in the water near Clacton Pier during Tuesday's 40C heat
Emergency services who were searching for the missing man found the body on Saturday morning.
They have not formally identified the remains but police are "liaising with international partners to contact the family of the 21-year-old". He went missing as temperatures soared over 40C for the first ever time in the UK on Tuesday, when five other people were pulled out of the water near the pier and taken to hospital.The communications manager for the pier, Nigel Brown, said on Tuesday that currents had “dragged” the group to towards the structure."Eight of them were in the water but my understanding is four or five got into difficulty,” Mr Brown said.
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