Woman's body discovered in river

A police van with a digital sign on the back which reads 'closed'. In front of it, on the left side of the road are four more emergency service vehicles. One is an ambulance. Harriet Heywood/BBC

Part of Mill Lane in Little Paxton, St Neots, was closed on Tuesday morning

A road has been closed after a woman's body was discovered.

Emergency services were called to Mill Lane in Little Paxton, St Neots, at about 07:00 BST on Tuesday.

A spokesperson from Cambridgeshire Police said the body of a woman they believed to be missing was found in a river.

The footbridge and the road over the River Great Ouse, near the Little Paxton Lock, were closed.

An ambulance van and fire engine are parked just ahead of a zebra crossing and a bridge. On the other side of the bridge is a police car and a police cordon. Firefighters are stood to the side of the engine with their hands on the hips toking towards the bridge.Harriet Heywood/BBC

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews from St Neots and Huntingdon were called to assist police and ambulance services at 07:00 BST

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