A MORTUARY mix-up led to the wrong body being cremated at the funeral of an MEP who served Herefordshire.

Conservative Philip Bradbourn, 63, died just before Christmas having been diagnosed with bowel cancer in May last year.

But it has been reported this afternoon that around the time of his death a man with the same first name and similar surname also passed away, with both bodies sent to the same mortuary.

It is understood the wrong body was then released for the funeral which took place in January in Wolverhampton.

Mr Bradbourn was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands.