THE body of a man found in the River Teme near Eastham Bridge, Tenbury Wells, last week, has been identified by police as that of Brian Tongue, aged 61.

Mr Tongue, a retired Ludlow dentist, went missing from his home at Temeside, Tenbury Wells, on October 3. A post mortem was held on October 13. An inquest was opened and adjourned by the Worcestershire Coroner at Stourport-on-Severn on October 12.