Body found after swimmer reported missing in river
Police said the River Soar was searched on Tuesday and Wednesday
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A man has died after getting into difficulty while swimming in a river in Leicestershire.
Leicestershire Police was called to the River Soar in Loughborough at 18:45 BST on Tuesday to reports a man, who was in a group of swimmers, was missing.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service searched the area for the man, who was in his 20s, but could not find him.
The searches continued and a police team found his body in the river in the Stanford Lane area on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
A police spokesperson said the death was not being treated as suspicious and the man's next of kin had been notified.
The force said officers were supporting the man's family and a file was being prepared for the coroner.
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