THE MP for Ealing North, Steve Pound, has paid tribute to missing Hanwell teenager Alice Gross on the day police found a body in the River Brent.

The body is yet to be identified and was found near the area where Alice went missing on August 28.

Mr Pound praised the way the community had come together before saying that Alice’s musical background would live long in the memory.

He said: “The entire local community has been united in the search for Alice and we will be just as united in our grief and in our support for the family.

"Alice is a wonderfully talented singer, musician and songwriter and her music will always be with us as will be her memory.”

Mr Pound also called for the family to be left alone at this difficult time.

He said: “We have lessons to learn at a national and international level but now is the time to give the family the space and the silence to grieve.”