Police searching for missing man Peter Eddleston have found a body.

Peter, 50, was last seen around 4.30pm on Friday (November 22) in the Redvers Road area of Darwen.

Following extensive searches police yesterday (Saturday, November 23) recovered a body close to Bog Height Road in Darwen.

While formal identification has yet to be carried out the body is believed to be that of Mr Eddleston. His family have been informed and our thoughts are with them at this time.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be passed to the coroner.

We would like to thank everyone who assisted during the search for Peter.