The body has been found in the search for missing man Ian MacFarlane. His family have been informed.

A formal identification is yet to take place, but police believe that it is 64-year-old Mr MacFarlane who went missing from his home in Bodmin on Saturday, February 3,

The body was found in Bodmin on Tuesday, March 5. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

A police spokesperson said: "The body of a man was located in Bodmin on Tuesday 5 March.

"The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

"Formal identification is due to take place.

"The family of Ian MacFarlane, 64, from Bodmin, who was reported missing on Saturday 3 February, has been made aware."

Mr MacFarlane was last seen on February 3 and was reported missing by his family, who were concerned for his welfare.

At the time he was described as a white man, with greying ginger hair. He was also said to be clean-shaven with blue eyes. He was possibly wearing a black padded bomber-style coat.

He was said to have links to Bodmin, Wadebridge, St Austell, Truro and Liverpool.