Man's body found after small boat sinks on the Broads around Suffolk and Norfolk

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A search operation for the missing man after a boat sank in the River Waveney. Credit: Hemsby Lifeboat

A man went missing after a boat carrying several people sank on the Broads.

Hemsby Lifeboat said it was called at 9.45pm on Monday night to reports that a small vessel had sunk on the River Waveney, north of Barnby in Suffolk.

Four people managed to get to safety, but on Thursday a body was found in the search for a man who was missing from the boat.

Police, the fire and ambulance service, coastguard teams and the coastguard helicopter searched for the man throughout the night and into the morning.

Although the deceased has not been formally identified, he is currently believed to be the missing man, named locally as Nathan Strowger from Lowestoft.

Suffolk police said his family have been informed.

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