A WOMAN'S body has been found in the River Severn at Kempsey today.

Officers recovered a woman’s body from the River Severn in Kempsey this afternoon.

The body was discovered at around 12.25pm.

Formal identification is yet to take place, but the death is not being treated as suspicious.

A report is being prepared for the coroner. We have previously reported how search and rescue boats were deployed in the search for a high risk missing person.