Search called off for boy, 14, missing after swimming in River Mersey

One of Antony Gormley’s statues on Crosby beach. The search for the missing boy has involved the coastguard, the RNLI, police, fire and rescue units, the ambulance service and a helicopter Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters

A search for a teenager who was reported missing after swimming with friends in the River Mersey has been called off.

The coastguard said it had stood down the search, “pending further information”, at 10am on Monday, 15 hours after it began.