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Wednesday, 28 February, 2001, 18:23 GMT
Body found in climber search
Mountain rescue team in snow storm
Search teams have been hampered by bad weather
The mountain rescue team searching for a missing climber have found a body in the Loch Lomond area.

The body is still to be identified, but is believed to be that of Norah Elwell-Sutton who has been missing for three nights.

Ms Elwell-Sutton, an actress, from Glasgow, was reported missing on Sunday evening after failing to make a rendezvous.

Norah Elwell-Sutton
Norah Elwell-Sutton was last seen on Sunday
Rescue teams had been concentrating their search on the area around Beinn Narnairn and Beinn Arthur in Arrochar, Argyll and Bute.

A police spokeswoman said on Wednesday morning: "The search resumed at 8am and five mountain rescue teams of 57 personnel and four search and rescue dogs are involved."

Severe weather conditions which hampered the search operation had improved.

The search area was extended to include Beinn Ime.

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