Former England rugby player Tom Voyce is believed to have died after going into a river in his car, local authorities have said.

Police in northeast England say former England rugby international Tom Voyce is missing and feared dead after his car was recovered from a flood-swollen river.

The rugby union community has rallied around the family of missing former England wing Tom Voyce, who is believed to have died after apparently trying to cross a flood-swollen river in his car during Storm Darragh.