Searchers recover small boy's body

Norfolk - Lifeboat men searching for missing five-year-old Jake Parker last night recovered the body of a small boy from the …

Norfolk - Lifeboat men searching for missing five-year-old Jake Parker last night recovered the body of a small boy from the North Sea. Jake vanished while playing on a beach at Brancaster, Norfolk, on Sunday.

Police said a boy's body had been spotted by a private yacht about 500 yards off Brancaster beach. "Jake's parents have been informed about the discovery," said a police spokesman. "Checks are now being made to try to establish the child's identity."

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