Boy's body found in lake

THE body of seven-year-old Raymond Southall has been recovered from a lake near Northampton, where his family were on holiday., writes Louise Jury.

Northamptonshire Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious. A spokeswoman said a post-mortem had confirmed the cause of death as drowning.

Raymond, from West Bromwich, vanished on Thursday after cycling to fetch a fishing rod from his grandfather's caravan at Billing Aquadrome leisure park near Northampton.

A BMX bicycle was found in the lake with the body.