A SEARCH and rescue party has found the body of the 70-year-old woman who went missing in Great Somerford on Friday.

Wiltshire Police have confirmed that the body of the woman, who was reported missing just after 2pm on Friday, was found in the Malmesbury area at 1.08pm on Saturday.

Police are not treating the death as suspicious and the woman’s next of kin have been informed.

Wiltshire Search and Rescue and firefighters from the Malmesbury fire station were called to aid in the search and a police helicopter was seen circling Great Somerford on Friday night.

More details will follow after a formal identification takes place tomorrow.