Body found in hunt for missing woman

Police hunting for missing architect Joanna Yeates have found a body.

The discovery was made by a couple walking their dogs in the Failand area of North Somerset, an Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said.

A force spokesman said: "At 9am this morning a couple walking their dogs found the body of a young woman in a roadside verge in Longwood Lane in the Failand area of North Somerset.

"The area has been cordoned off and Longwood Lane has been closed at both ends by police, pending an examination of the scene by crime scene investigators.

"A pathologist will be attending the scene to examine the body.

"At this moment in time it is far too early to confirm the cause of death or any circumstances."