POLICE have now identified the woman at the centre of this appeal.

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POLICE are asking for the public's help in identifying a woman whose body was recovered from the River Ouse in York city centre.

North Yorkshire Police said officers were called to reports from a member of the public about a body in the river shortly before 7am on Friday.

A police spokeswoman said that a body of a woman had been found in the river and Skeldergate and Ouse Bridge were closed in order to work at the scene to recover the body from the water.