A major emergency services operation took place on the river in Bristol this evening (Wednesday), after a body was spotted in the water.
Fire crews, ambulance and police rushed to the scene underneath the Brunel Way bridge between Ashton Gate and Hotwells with police cordoning off a section of the riverside path at Ashton Meadows.
Eye-witnesses said water rescue craft from Avon Fire and Rescue Service launched from both sides of the New Cut river close to the Ashton Swing Bridge and the Create Centre bonded warehouse, and appeared to have located and retrieved a body from the water.
