A search operation was launched after a person was reported missing along a stretch of a Norfolk river.

Crews from HM Coastguard, Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Lifeboat and the police scoured a section of the River Yare in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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The section between the lifeboat station and Haven Bridge to the north was searched by the RNLI on their inland lifeboat 'John Rowntree'.

The search was launched at 2.12am and resulted in the missing person being located safe and well, with the lifeboat and HM Coastguard stood down.