Mother of drowned student found safe

TINA Wilcox, the bereaved mother of Leeds University student Matthew Wilcox who drowned in the River Aire, has returned home safe and well after going missing.

A large-scale search for "vulnerable" Mrs Wilcox, 49, was mounted across West and South Yorkshire after she went missing from the family home in Wickersley, Rotherham, overnight on Monday, May 10.

A police spokesman said: "Tina Wilcox has returned home safe and well this morning.

"South Yorkshire Police would like to thank the public for their help."