3 w. ago BBC Breakfast hosts announce tragic news as family pay heartbreaking tribute

BBC Breakfast hosts Charlie Stayt and Emma Vardy shared tributes to missing swimmer Matthew Upham after police called off the search for two men following a Christmas Day swim

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast host opens show with tragic news announcement as tributes pour in

BBC Breakfast hosts Charlie Stayt and Emma Vardy shared tributes to missing swimmer Matthew Upham after police called off the search for two men following a Christmas Day swim in East Devon

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3 w. ago Families given urgent Boxing Day warning as two men still missing

Two people remain missing after a traditional Christmas Day swim at Budleigh Salterton, Devon that went ahead despite a Met Office weather warning ended with ambulances being rushed to the scene

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3 w. ago Search is called off for two men in their 40s and 60s after group 'got into difficulty' on Christmas Day swim off Devon coast

Emergency services were called at 10.25am to the beach at Budleigh Salterton following concern for swimmers in the water.

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3 w. ago Search is called off after two men 'got into difficulty' on Christmas Day swim that saw three others rescued off coast of Devon

Emergency services were called at 10.25am to the beach at Budleigh Salterton following concern for swimmers in the water.

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3 w. ago Search is called off after two men who 'got into difficulty' on Christmas Day swim that saw three others rescued off coast of Devon

Emergency services were called at 10.25am to the beach at Budleigh Salterton following concern for swimmers in the water.

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3 w. ago Budleigh Salterton LIVE: Desperate search as two missing after Christmas Day swim

Two men are believed to be missing in the sea after people were pulled from the water during a Christmas Day swim in Devon

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3 w. ago Two missing after people pulled from water during Christmas Day swim

Police raced to the beauty spot after a number of people were reported to be in difficulty.

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3 w. ago Two people missing after Christmas Day swim as search and rescue mission underway

Emergency services are at the scene of an incident at a beach in Devon following concern for people in the water, police have said, as two men have been confirmed missing

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3 w. ago Thanks to Independent readers, young people will have a safe haven to call for help

Editorial: Our readers have generously donated £165,000 in our Christmas appeal, so Missing People is now well on its way to launching SafeCall to give a supportive ear to a young person in distress

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3 w. ago ‘There’s always an empty space’: The families who spend Christmas waiting for someone who never comes home

For families of missing children, Christmas can be the hardest time of all. As The Independent’s SafeCall campaign reaches £165,000, parents and siblings open up about the ‘horrific’ pain of the festive season. Tara Cobham and Harriette Boucher report

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3 w. ago ‘I feel as though I’m singing to my son’: Inside the choir helping reunite missing people with their families

What began in 2014 as a support group for people with missing loved ones has since taken the Missing People Choir to the O2 Arena, the final of Britain’s Got Talent, and even helped reunite two missing people with their families. Harriette Boucher reports

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