POLICE have confirmed the body found at Hexham's Tyne Green is that of a 40-year-old local woman.

Officers were called at just after 8.30am on Monday by a member of the public who found the body behind the Tynedale Golf Club clubhouse, which is on a popular dog walking route.

The woman was found on the banks of the burn which runs through part of the golf course. 

There is believed to have been no third party involvement and a report has been prepared for the coroner.

A Northumbria Police spokesman has confirmed there is no link to the ongoing search for missing Ponteland woman, Sally Allan, who left her home in the early hours of Boxing Day morning.