Ursula Keogh: body found in river during search for missing 11-year-old girl

Police searching for a missing 11 year-old have found the body of a young girl in a river.

On Monday, officers launched an appeal to find Ursula Keogh, from Halifax, who was last seen at around 3.30pm dressed in her school uniform.

She was last spotted walking across the North Bridge over the River Calder, which runs through West Yorkshire.

The young girl was wearing  a dark blue blazer, grey skirt, black tights, black brogues and a black parka.

Her family have been told of the discovery of a body in the River Calder at Paris Gates and formal identification is yet to take place, West Yorkshire Police said.

The force said it is not believed there are any suspicious circumstances.

It said in a statement:  "Inquiries will remain ongoing to determine a cause of the death, however, at this stage, it is not believed there are any suspicious circumstances."