'major incident' as body found and police swarm popular beach

Authorities are currently in attendance at a beach in Northern Ireland after a body was found. Police, forensics, and Coastguard are currently in attendance on the County Down beach,

understood to have been alerted to the incident on Wednesday afternoon (May 21). Members of the public have been advised to stay away from the area while the investigation continues, Belfast

Live reports. In a statement, a spokesperson for the PSNI said: "Police are currently in attendance after a body was found on the beach in the Donaghadee Road area of Millisle today,

Wednesday 21st May. Cordons are in place and the public is asked to avoid the area." Local UUP councillor Pete Wray said: "Sadly I can confirm that a body has been found on

Millisle beach this afternoon. Initial reports indicate the body has been brought in from the sea. "PSNI remain at the scene and I would ask everyone to give them the time and space to

conduct their investigation. "My thoughts and prayers are with the family who will be impacted by this and the individual who found the body." The Daily Star has contacted PSNI for

further information. Last month a woman who was rescued from the ocean off Brighton's coast has died, according to police. The woman from Lewes, in her 20s, was sighted in the water

during the early hours of this morning, sparking a huge operation, Brighton and Hove News reported. A police spokesperson said: “Police were called following concerns for a woman in the sea

off the coast of Brighton just before 3am on Wednesday, April 16. Emergency services responded to the scene and the woman, in her 20s and from Lewes, was taken to hospital where she was

sadly pronounced deceased.