A body has been found in the search for a Newcastle man who went swimming in the Lake District.
Cumbria Police have confirmed that a body has been found at Brothers Water in the Hartsop valley area of the Lake District, during the search for a Newcastle man.
Officers were called at 6.55pm on Tuesday by the North West Ambulance Service to the area after a man in his 30s from Newcastle went into the water for a swim.
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Cumbria Fire and Rescue, Mountain Rescue, the Coastguard and North West Police Underwater search team assisted in the search for the man, who has not yet been named
The body was found at around 2.30pm on Wednesday, following a multi-agency search operation.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, police have confirmed.
