Body found in search for pensioner who fell off ferry

Coastguards have found a body days after a man was reported to have gone overboard from a Calmac ferry in Scotland (Picture: PA)

A body has been found after a pensioner fell from a Scottish ferry during Storm Boelo.

Jim Withers, 82, was reported to have entered the water after boarding a Calmac Ferry from Androssan in North Ayrshire to the Isle of Arran.

Police have confirmed they have recovered a body off the beach of Largs, a town in the Firth of Clyde.

Coastguards had initially responded to reports a man had gone overboard from a ferry on October 18.

Two helicopters, a coastguard aircraft, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboats and rescue teams were involved in the initial search, which was called off at 4.55...