Police divers find body in river

The discovery was made only 40 minutes after the divers from West Yorkshire Police’s underwater search unit entered the river at about 11am.

North Yorkshire Police officers had called on their colleagues from across the country boundary as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Lee Calam, 35, from York.

Mr Calam, was last seen on the evening of March 8 in the Bishophill area of the city, near Skeldergate Bridge where the body was found.

But a North Yorkshire Police spokesman stressed yesterday that formal identification of the body had yet to take place.