POLICE say the body of a man found in a river yesterday is believed to be that of a missing student.

Robert Davies, a third-year chemistry student at York University, went missing after a night out drinking with friends.

Police recovered a body from the River Ouse on Monday morning.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said a formal identification had yet to be carried out. A post mortem had been conducted, but the cause of death was still to be ascertained.

He said there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances.