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04/01/2007
Body found in search for missing canoeist
A body has been found in a search for a missing canoeist in Cumbria.
According to reports, the search has now been called off for a 47-year-old David Thorne from Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, who disappeared after the canoe he was travelling in got into difficulties on the River Lune on Wednesday.
It is understood that the man was in a two-person canoe and that the other person managed to swim to safety.
The body was found in the river near the village of Barbon.
Formal identification was expected to take place on Thursday afternoon.
(KMcA)
According to reports, the search has now been called off for a 47-year-old David Thorne from Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, who disappeared after the canoe he was travelling in got into difficulties on the River Lune on Wednesday.
It is understood that the man was in a two-person canoe and that the other person managed to swim to safety.
The body was found in the river near the village of Barbon.
Formal identification was expected to take place on Thursday afternoon.
(KMcA)
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