RESCUE teams have been searching the River Avon near Churchill Gardens this morning for a 'high-risk missing person'. 

Teams from both Wiltshire and Hampshire Search and Rescue - along with Wiltshire Police - have closed off Churchill Gardens car park for the whole day to conduct the operations. 

You can find more information here.  

Salisbury Journal: Search and rescue teams in the River Avon by Churchill Gardens

Wiltshire Police has been contacted for more information. 

UPDATE: This article has been updated from its original version to include information that the search is in relation to a 'high-risk missing person', following the release of this information by Wiltshire Search and Rescue.