A body thought to be that of Latvian builder Arnis Zalkalns – the prime suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross – has been removed from a park, police said.

Police searching for Latvian builder Arnis Zalkalns – the prime suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross – have found a body, sources said.

The hunt for the prime suspect in the disappearance of teenager Alice Gross escalated after search teams found a body in a river and launched a murder inquiry.

A body has been found by UK police searching for missing teenager Alice Gross, Scotland Yard has said.

UK detectives investigating the disappearance of missing teenager Alice Gross will continue searching an "area of interest" in a park.

The family of missing schoolgirl Alice Gross has issued an emotional plea for her to return home as police stage a reconstruction of her final movements four weeks after she disappeared.

Police frogmen are continuing to search a river near to where missing British teenager Alice Gross was last seen as a knife found in the water is sent for forensic analysis.

No evidence that Alice Gross has been harmed

Detectives searching for missing teenager Alice Gross have formally requested full details of the murder conviction against the prime suspect in her disappearance, Scotland Yard confirmed.

The hunt for missing schoolgirl Alice Gross has led to the biggest search operation since the 7/7 bombings, Scotland Yard said.

Detectives have revealed that a Latvian builder they are searching for in connection with the disappearance of British schoolgirl Alice Gross is a convicted murderer.

Police in London have made a second arrest over the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross.

Damien Enright on a rural paradise outside London

WHAT marvellous tranquillity and other-worldliness we experienced last Sunday as 19 of us Enrights cruised down the Grand Union Canal in Hertfordshire at duck pace.

Fire-fighters have been given the go-ahead to tackle one of the biggest fires in Britain since the Second World War after satisfying environmental concerns.

A teenager believed to be Britain's youngest convicted woman rapist has been sentenced to seven years in a young offenders' institution.

A teenage woman, who pinned a woman to the ground during a prolonged sex attack in London, has been found guilty of rape.