Avon and Somerset Police have recovered a body from the River Avon this evening (Saturday, October 29). Shortly before 2.45pm today (Saturday 29 October), a member of the public alerted an on-duty police officer that they had seen a body on the bank of the River Avon near Bedminster Bridge, in Bristol.
Police, ambulance and the fire service attended the scene and a search was launched. The fire service has this afternoon recovered a body and sadly the individual was pronounced deceased at the scene.
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