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Search continues for former England wing
Rescuers scour banks of River Aln for Voyce after he went missing during Storm Darragh
Former England rugby player Tom Voyce in 2005

SEARCHES are continuing for the missing former England wing Tom Voyce, who is believed to have died while driving across a swollen river during Storm Darragh.

The 43-year-old’s car has been recovered from the River Aln, near Alnwick, Northumberland, which he had been trying to cross using a ford.

Searchers gathered from first light today and scoured the banks of the river from the ford between Bolton and Abberwick all the way to the sea at Alnmouth.

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