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EMERGENCY SERVICES RACED TO THE SCENE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWING REPORTS THAT TWO CHILDREN HAD GOTTEN INTO DIFFICULTY IN THE RIVER THAMES. CHIARA FIORILLO and EVE BEATTIE News Reporter at
Daily Record 16:50, 31 May 2025Updated 16:50, 31 May 2025 A heartbreaking search for a missing young girl has ended after a body was discovered in the River Thames. Emergency services raced
to Gravesend, Kent, on Friday afternoon after reports that two children had entered the river near the Royal Terrace Pier. A boy was rescued from the river and taken to hospital, where he
remains in a stable condition, reports the Mirror. This morning, after an extensive search by Kent Police's Marine Unit and H.M. Coastguard, authorities confirmed a body was recovered
from the river at around 11.40am. Kent Police confirmed formal identification by the missing girl's next of kin has taken place and her death is not being treated as suspicious. Article
continues below The force said in a statement this afternoon: "Officers searching the River Thames near Gravesend for a missing girl have located a body. Kent Police was called by the
Port of London Authority at 1.46pm on Friday 30 May 2025, to concerns for the welfare of two children who had entered the river at Royal Pier Road. "Patrols, H.M. Coastguard, the RNLI
and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene where a boy had been retrieved from the water. He remains at a local hospital in a stable condition." Article continues below
The police added: "Kent Police's Marine Unit and H.M. Coastguard continued the search of the water and river bank this morning. At around 11.40am, a body was recovered from the
river near Gravesend with the assistance of the RNLI. "Formal identification by the missing girl's next of kin has taken place. The death is not being treated as suspicious at this
stage and a report will be prepared for the coroner."