The body of a woman in her 80s has been recovered from a river in Fenland. 

Police were called to Chain Bridge, March, at about 8.35am yesterday (Saturday July 13) with reports of concern for the welfare of two people.

In the afternoon, the body of a woman in her 80s was recovered from the river.

Officers are currently carrying out searches to locate a man, also in his 80s.

Detective inspector Lee Womack said: “We are currently treating the death of the woman as unexplained and searches are ongoing of the river and the surrounding area to locate the man.

"We would like to appeal to anyone who was driving in the area on July 10 and may have dashcam footage of a silver Vauxhall Astra or the man and woman.”

Anyone with information should contact police quoting incident 116 of July 13.