Family of youngster swept out to sea is told of the discovery of a body

A BODY has been found two weeks after a 15-year-old Nottinghamshire girl was swept out to sea.

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Humberside Police said yesterday the body was yet to be recovered from rocks due to difficult conditions at Withernsea, East Yorkshire, and a formal identification had yet be made, but the family of Grace Keeling has been told of the development.

Grace was swept into the sea on January 2 and two people died trying to save her - her mother Sarah Keeling, 45, and Mark Ratcliffe, 67. Sarah and Grace were from Sutton-in-Ashfield.

Detective Superintendent Simon Vickers, of Humberside Police, said a body was discovered among the rocks near Holmpton Road at about 8.30am on Thursday.

He said yesterday: "However, due to tide times and conditions, despite every effort, it was not possible to carry out a safe recovery before high tide.