Second body found in the K&A Canal at Newbury

The body of a man in his 80s was recovered from the Kennet & Avon Canal near to Bone Mill Sluice in Newbury on Wednesday afternoon (15 June 2011).  The man, who has not yet been formally identified, is not believed by police to be from the local area.

This follows another incident only 11 days earlier when on on June 4th the body of an 80-year-old man from Thatcham was found in the canal nearby at  Mill Lane.

Police are not treating either death as suspicious. 

Man's body pulled from the K&A Canal in Devizes

Early this afternoon emergency services were called to the pound below Prison Bridge in the Devizes Flight and a man's body was recovered from the water by a Wiltshire Fire Brigade water rescue team from Chippenham.

The man in his 50s is believed to have been living on a boat in the area.  His name will be released once his next of kin have been informed.

The man had been in the water for some time and was pronounced dead at the scene.  Police say that there are no suspicious circumstances 

Body pulled from the River Avon in Bath

Police divers pulled a man's body from the River Avon in Bath near to Locksbrook Sluicegates at Twerton yesterday morning (Tuesday 19 October). 

Police are not treating the death as suspicious and the man has not yet been formerly identified.