Sadly, officers searching for missing Shannon Canning have an update, following a body recovered from the River Lune.

We can confirm that we were called today (May 24) at around 4:20pm to a report that a body had been found in the River Lune, near Halton.

Specialist search teams have subsequently attended the area and can sadly confirm that the body of a woman has been recovered.

Although formal identification has yet to take place, we believe the body to be that of missing Shannon Canning.

Shannon’s family have been made aware of this sad development and our thoughts are with them at this upsetting time.