Police searching for missing rugby player Tom Voyce find body in river

• Former England player’s car had been found in River Aln
• Body not formally identified but next-of-kin informed

Specialist officers searching for the missing former England rugby player Tom Voyce have found a body close to where he was swept away while trying to drive across a flood-swollen river, police have said.

Concerns were raised for the 43-year-old on Sunday after he failed to return home after being out with friends on Saturday. His Toyota Hilux was later recovered downstream from Abberwick Ford on the River Aln outside Alnwick, Northumberland.