POLICE say they are continuing investigations following the discovery of a body in Barry woodland yesterday.

Officers were called to woodlands, off Weycock Road, Barry, and the body was recovered around 3pm on Wednesday.

A South Wales police spokesman said: “The body has been recovered from the scene and investigations are continuing. The death is not being treated as suspicious.

“The body has not been identified, however, police will continue to update the family of 31-year-old Michael Morrell who is missing from the Barry area.”