Police have called off the search in a missing person investigation following the discovery of a body believed to be 20-year-old Charley Gadd.
Charley was reported missing on 11 December after he attended Warehouse Project with his parents.
Sadly, just after 11.30am today officers were called to a report of a body found in Manchester Ship Canal.
The body has not yet been formally identified, but it is thought to be Charley. There are believed to be no suspicious circumstances and a report is being prepared for HM Coroner.
His family are being supported by specialist officers at this difficult time.