Searches continue for Tom Voyce as tributes paid to former England player

Rescuers gathered at first light to scour banks of river from ford between Bolton and Abberwick to sea at Alnmouth

Searches are continuing for the missing former England wing Tom Voyce, who is believed to have died while driving across a flood-swollen river during Storm Darragh. The 43-year-old’s car has been recovered from the River Aln, near Alnwick, Northumberland, which he had been trying to cross using a ford.

Searchers gathered from first light on Wednesday and will scour the banks of the river from the ford between Bolton and Abberwick all the way to the sea at Alnmouth.