Police searching for a missing diplomat have found a body.

Richard Morris, former pupil of Droitwich Spa High School, set off jogging from his home in Bentley, Hampshire, near Farnham, at 10.30am on May 6.

The former ambassador to Nepal was last seen running in Islington Road in nearby Alton.

After weeks of searching officers announced the discovery of a body on Monday.

It was found in Alice Holt Forest and the death is not being treated as suspicious, police said.

Hampshire Constabulary said: "Officers investigating the disappearance of Richard Morris from Bentley have today found a body in Alice Holt Forest.

"Formal identification has not yet taken place, but the 52-year-old's family have been notified. They are being supported by specialist officers.

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

Mr Morris, who is seen in the photo with a distinctive port birthmark on his face, served as British ambassador to Nepal between 2015 and 2019, as well as taking up postings as consul-general in Sydney in addition to Foreign Office work in New York, Mexico City, Bridgetown and Ottawa.

He was head of the Pacific department at the FCO from 2013 to 2015 and is due to take up the role of British high commissioner to Fiji in July this year.