{"id":15775,"date":"2026-01-26T07:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=15775"},"modified":"2026-01-26T07:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:31:05","slug":"second-body-found-in-search-for-missing-devon-swimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=15775","title":{"rendered":"Second body found in search for missing Devon swimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flowers were placed along the edge of the beach at Budleigh Salterton<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The body of a man has been recovered after two swimmers went missing on Christmas Day, police have said.<\/p>\n

Devon and Cornwall Police said emergency services were called just before 15:00 GMT on Sunday to Exmouth Beach following a report of a possible body seen near the shore.<\/p>\n

Formal identification is yet to be carried out, but officers said the family of a 64-year-old man from Budleigh Salterton had been informed.<\/p>\n

The body of a 47-year-old man, thought to be the other of the two swimmers who went missing on 25 December, was recovered on Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The family of Matthew Upham, owner of an antiques shop in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, previously named him as one of the swimmers. <\/a><\/p>\n

According to a friend<\/a>, Upham had gone into the sea to help a woman in difficulty.<\/p>\n

“Matthew is deeply loved and will be forever missed,” said his family, thanking emergency services who responded.<\/p>\n

Singer-songwriter Kate Bush paid tribute<\/a> to 64-year-old Upham, who she said was one of her “very dearest friends” who she had known for 30 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Emergency services were called to Budleigh Salterton shortly after 10:25 GMT on 25 December after two men in their 40s and 60s could not be located. <\/p>\n

The coastguard search operation was called off at about 17:00.<\/p>\n

RNLI crews as well as coastguard helicopters carried out extensive shoreline and offshore searches and a number of people were safely brought back to shore.<\/p>\n

They were checked either by paramedics at the scene or taken to hospital as a precaution.<\/p>\n

Organisers of some Christmas and Boxing Day swims in Devon and Cornwall had postponed or cancelled<\/a> events due to a yellow weather warning for wind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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