by Angela Cole

acole@thekmgroup.co.uk

A man's body was found in the River Medway at Maidstone this morning.

The man in his late 40s was found close to the Millennium Bridge over the river, near Lockmeadow, at around 11.30am.

The bridge was closed off while the body was retrieved from the river.

He has not yet been formally identified. Police are not treating his death as suspicious.