A body believed to be that of a missing boy has been found just days before his 18th birthday.

Tian Yi Zhang, from King’s Cross, was last seen on Saturday, May 5 leaving a cadet training session in Crondall Street, Shoreditch.

But he never arrived home. Tian would have turned 18 tomorrow (Friday).

A body was discovered in the River Thames on Tuesday at 3pm. Tian’s family has been contacted.

Police are not treating Tian’s disappearance as suspicious.