Officers searching for missing teenager find body

    Police have discovered a body after Louis Simpson, 14, went missing following a barn fire.

    Police have discovered a body after Louis Simpson, 14, went missing following a barn fire.

    The blaze took place on Sunday, the 29th of January, around 3pm, at Fairhurst Hall, in Lancashire.

    The body has not yet been identified, but police believe it to be Louis.

    A statement from Lancashire Constabulary said: “A post mortem examination will be carried out to try to establish the cause of death and a file will be passed to the coroner in due course.”
     

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