The body of a man has been found in the sea at Bamburgh in Northumberland. Emergency services were called to an area near Stag Rocks on Sunday afternoon. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. He is thought to have been in the water for several days.
Detective Superintendent Lewis Raw from North Yorkshire Police explains how a DNA profile could help identify the body of a woman found on Sutton Bank in 1981.
Detectives working on a thirty-year murder investigation say they've been able to build a full DNA profile of a woman whose body was found near a North Yorkshire beauty spot.
Her body was exhumed earlier this year in the hope that modern science may help to solve the mystery.
The body of a man has been found at a park in Darlington. Police were called to Springfield Park at 7am today. Officers are treating the death as unexplained. The area has been cordoned off while police investigate.