内容摘要：Mr Ayres, who will hold the honorary post for a year and perform at civic events, said he was "over the moon".

Mr Ayres, who will hold the honorary post for a year and perform at civic events, said he was "over the moon".

Search teams gathered from first light and are scouring the banks of the river from the ford between Bolton and Abberwick, all the way to the sea at Alnmouth.Officers from the coastguard joined the search using a dinghy, accompanied by a trained dog.

A water level indicator at the ford showed the river was still more than 1ft (30cm) deep, but it would have been much higher at the weekend during the storm.His wife Anna and family thanked police, friends and the local community for their help and support.Mr Voyce was capped nine times for England from 2001 until 2006 and played for Wasps, Bath and Gloucester before retiring from the sport in 2013.

Gloucester Rugby said they were "desperately sad to hear the distressing news regarding our former player and friend"."Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tom's family and friends at this incredibly difficult time," they added.

British & Irish Lions said they sent their "heartfelt thoughts and prayers" to Mr Voyce's family and friends "during this deeply distressing time".

Premiership Rugby added: "Everyone at Premiership Rugby is devastated by the news regarding Tom Voyce.“They do it because they can,” he shrugs. “They see no reason to stop.”

It was two years after the mass protests of 2020 that the police turned up for Dmitry Luksha. By then, he had imagined he was safe.“Those two years were my undoing,” he knows now, having spent 28 tough months in jail.

When he was released, unexpectedly, he thought he would stay in Belarus. But that was impossible.“I would jump whenever the lift opened. Or when a minibus with tinted windows pulled up. And there were so many armed police in the street,” Dmitry explains, from the safety of Warsaw where tens of thousands of other Belarusians now live, for the same reasons.