BREAKING NEWS: Woman's body found in reservoir near Northampton

Police have confirmed a woman's body has now been recovered from Pitsford Reservoir near Northampton.

Emergency services were called to the reservoir at about 9.15am today following a report of a body in the water, close to the treatment works and the Grange Lane causeway.

The treatment works at Pitsford Reservoir.placeholder image
The treatment works at Pitsford Reservoir.

The area was cordoned off while police and fire officers recovered the body of the woman, who is aged in her late 50s or early 60s.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and the identity of the deceased will be confirmed once relatives have been informed.

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