From West Mercia Police:

Around 8am this morning (Wednesday 17 August) we received a report of a man in the River Avon near Abbey Road, Evesham.

We attended with colleagues from West Midlands Ambulance Service and Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue.

The 94-year-old man from Evesham was taken to Royal Worcestershire Hospital but sadly died.

The death is not being treated as suspicious.