Body recovered from River Ribble in Preston

It comes as officers have been searching for 19-year-old Michael Brooks for more than three weeks.

Michael left his flat in Lawson Street, Preston, at about 1:05am on Sunday, January 14.

A friend of Michael has described how the pair made their way to Avenham Park and then into Miller Park. The friend then said he lost sight of Michael.

Police said there had been no formal idenfication of the body yet.