DIVERS are currently searching the Thames in the continuing search for missing Oxford woman Emily Stiff.
It is understood the divers have returned to the strecth of the Thames at East Street, Osney Island, after a coat was found.
Miss Stiff, 22, has been missing since February 24.
Police searched the river and its tributaries last week between Donnington bridge and the Botley Road bridge at Botley.
- Divers at Osney
They are searching a 200m stretch of the Thames from Osney lock.
Two teams of divers from the search and recovery team have been taking it in turns to conduct searches.
One of the divers at the scene said the decision to search the area was taken because Miss Stiff's coat was found near the river.
Pc Rupert Jones leading the operation said: "It's based on intelligence that this was the last area she was seen. The visibility is quite good so they can see what's down there. They will be looking for anything that she could have got snagged on."
Miss Stiff, from Riverside Road, West Oxford, was known to like to walk down by the river.
Miss Stiff is described as white, slim, approximately 5ft 4ins and has brown shoulder-length hair.
She was last seen she was wearing a red jumper, a dark chequered skirt and black tights.
- An officer outside the Punter pub in Osney
If you have any information about her whereabouts, you can call Thames Valley Police on 101.
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