Body found in search for girl missing in Western Isles Published duration 17 August 2018

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Police searching for a teenager who has been missing on Lewis since Thursday have discovered a body.

The family of 17-year-old Hannah Mackenzie, from Gravir, have been informed although no formal identification has yet taken place.

Searches were being carried out in the grounds of Lews Castle in Stornoway, where a body has now been found.

Ms Mackenzie was last seen outside her school, the Nicholson Institute in Stornoway, at 16:00 on Thursday.

It was the first day of school in the Western Isles after the summer holidays.

Police said she was intending to walk to the Western Isles Hospital.